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"Augmentative-Alternative Communication" also click Left Navigation Menu to explore wonderful and practical resources and free downloads NOW THIS LINK http://jpschools.org/resources/speech-hearing-resources/ http://jpschools.org/resources/speech-hearing-resources/augmentative-alternative-communication-aac/

CODES infor "Overlays You will need Boardmaker installed on your computer to open most of these files. Communication Books, Storybags, Low Tech Communication Kits, Tech 8/32 overlays, Games Pack Overlays Timetables" The CODES Framework now has its own website, please click on link to visit page http://codesframework.wordpress.com/ The Codes Framework - What is a successful AAC communicator and how do we know the individual is an effective communicator?

This website shares a wonderful collection of resources. Here are examples of communication resource samples. Communication placemats, books, and other great ideas to integrate communication

This website provides guidelines for teaching literacy skills to learners with special needs, especially learners with complex communication needs Autism spectrum disorders Cerebral palsy Down syndrome Developmental apraxia Multiple disabilities. The This website provides guidelines for teaching literacy skills to learners with special needs, especially learners with complex communication needs Autism spectrum disorders Cerebral palsy Down syndrome Developmental apraxia Multiple disabilities. The webs

Note: Last upadate to website was in 2012. "This website provides guidelines for teaching literacy skills to learners with special needs, especially learners with complex communication needs (CCN) such as: Autism spectrum disorders Cerebral palsy Down syndrome Developmental apraxia Multiple disabilities This website provides information on: What skills to teach How to teach these skills Videotaped examples of instruction with learners with special needs"

The Inspired Learning Community is aplace for educators to share lesson plans, examples and ideas around visual learning with Inspiration®.

"Augmentative Communication Bill of rights (Amy Goldman NJC)"

How to score the communication matrix

"These resources were supported by NHS Education Scotland (www.nes.scot.nhs.uk), and produced by Manchester Metropolitan (Dr Janice Murray, Helen, Bell, Helen Whittle, Osman Javaid) in collaboration with Sara Dale, the ACE Centre (www.acecentre.org.uk ), and Janet Scott, Scottish Centre of Technology for the Communication Impaired (SCTCI)."

You tube AAC collection You can make a communication board for children who are nonverbal or minimally verbal using either Google documents or Google presentation. Your board will be available to edit anytime or any device. You can also make it public for others to use online. It only takes 5-10 minutes or even less. This presentation includes step-by-step directions using Google Presentation to create a communication board for core vocabulary.

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Activities and free downloadable visuals to teach safety signs and signals

ALSO LINK http://www.ianbean.co.uk/VCA.pdf Heidi and Jacqui have now created this easy layout of lists of websites for you. Most visuals are FREE, some sites have a paid subscription, others are products you can buy.

This booklet provides a goldmine of graphics and links to websites providing visual supports for communication.

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This short booklet provides information about children and young people who use a variety of different ways to communicate, how you can help support them and where to go for further information. You should read this booklet if you live or work with children and young people whose speech is difficult to understand or who have no speech.

Engaging kids in creative video productions allows them to develop communication skills and enhances their technical know-how. It also gives them an avenue through which they can practice multimodal expressions and present information in numerous ways.This multimodality in communicating information does not only help students understand topics much better and at a deeper level but is also an elemental feature of the 21st century learning.

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When we don't understanding someone, listeners tend to respond with phrases like "What?", "Can you say that again?", or "I'm sorry, I didn't understand you." This often prompts the student to repeat the phrase again in the same way without understanding why the attempt failed in the first place. Reply in a way that provides the student with a strategy for how to improve the communication attempt. Use a phrase like "Say that again using different words" or "Say that again slower" to prompt the student to use synonyms, descriptors, or a slower rate. Pair a hand gesture, like twirling fingers when prompting the use of alternate words or lowering a palm to indicate slowing down, to provide a visual cue

Video describing and modeling sabotage, waiting, and other strategies for prompting communication interactions.

SLP Judith Bergman discusses strategies for how to address communication breakdowns with repair strategies. This is relatively specific to foreign language speakers but could be applied to any communication breakdown.

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