This PDF consists of 12 grids of core vocabulary words with Pixon symbols - one for each month of the year. This is one approach to consider when introducing core vocabulary to students.
"This site is compilation of vocabulary lists, evidence based research articles, questionnaires, communication grids, visual supports, video clips and general information from a variety of educators and therapists close to home and around the world. The Assistive Technology Team at Region 13 would like to keep this site dynamic, ever growing and up to date. As the field of technology rapidly increases and changes, the ESC AT team needs to rely not only on information obtained from within but information provided by the educational teams it serves.
Create your own Peanuts character on this fun and interactive website. Great for practicing mouse skills and choice-making. After you create your character, you can download it and insert it into a Word document or PowerPoint to provide a visual for creating a story about the character.
Episode #123 features a recording of a statement by the spokesman for N.O.T.S.I.C.K., the faux National Organization for Training and School Improvement in Classrooms for Kids, pertaining to the outbreak of the PD2.0 virus. A text version of this statement including additional visuals can be read at the Microsoft Partners in Learning Hot Topics Accessibility blog.
Your Special Chef" is a collection of resources to help teach cooking skills to individuals with special needs. Click around the site to find cue-card recipes, lesson plans for life skills teachers, video tips, and more!
This wonderful PrAACtical AAC blog explains how to create a large core vocabulary board with Velcroed picture communication symbols to display in the classroom that students can interact with, providing more opportunities for aided language input and practice in using core vocabulary as a group. Includes a step-by-step video on how to create the board.
Each week Night Light Stories does a blog post featuring a visual representation of a word. These posts are done in alphabetical order and help students learn vocabulary.
Pictures provide wonderful visual supports to support content. This YouTube video shows different ways to insert and position pictures into a MS Word document.
Boardmaker Symbols for Picture Books
This is a collection of Boardmaker Symbols to use while reading picture books. Many of the boards are of books in the SET BC Accessible Book Collection. The symbols are 2 1/2 by 2 1/2 inches in size. These could be made smaller, then laminated and cut up to velcro to the book itself. This image is a sample of a board that can be used while reading 50 Below Zero by Robert Munsch. Download as complete zipped file
"Here you will find speech therapy materials for speech-language pathologists, teachers, and parents alike! Check out the great games, cards, and e-books to help you improve speech and language skills in your child or in your students."
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