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"Symbly is a new way to create, share, and go with visual supports, communication boards, visual schedules, social stories, and more. The primary design goals of Symbly are to provide a new tool for special education that: Makes it easy for beginners to create visual supports through the support of templates and examples created by experts Provides the tools that power users need to quickly create, manage, and share an entire library of visual supports Promotes a healthy community of parents and professionals focused on creating visual supports utilizing best practices Features an easy-to-use editor with great image search, drag-and-drop editing, and more Runs completely in the web browser without the need for any special plugins (no Flash, Silverlight, etc.) and is accessible from anywhere in the world Connects parents and therapists together more than ever before through ease of use, sharing capabilities, and real-time collaborative editing Provides the best mobile experience possible, to allow you to view and edit your supports on the go."

"These resources are intended as a starting point to learn more about visual supports and to offer templates and suggestions to begin creating your own visual support material"

"Create, Share, and Go with Visual Supports and More Symbly is a new tool to create and share visual supports, communication boards, social narratives, and more. It features a powerful editor, an amazing community, expert examples, and an iPad app for supports on the go"

"the All-in-One-Visual-Support Tool evolved.   With consideration for some of the most frequently recommended visual supports in mind, this small 5 ½ x 8" binder includes a First/Then board, a Personal Picture Schedule, and a Task Analysis Checklist, with a Finished Pocket on the front cover.  Each of these is easily available by flipping or opening the folded board which is adhered to the Finished Pocket.  A Token Reward board is on the back cover. The picture symbols and tokens for all these tools are housed inside the binder on plastic tabbed dividers covered in adhesive carpet tiles."

"Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders and lots of other students with behavior or communication challenges tend to be visual learners. They understand what they see better than what they hear. Therefore, they benefit significantly from the use of Visual Strategies. Deciding when and how to use pictures and other visual supports is the key . . . learn lots of great ideas here."

The visuals engine will help you build visual supports and sequences for your child.

Available for download, the booklet and DVD 'GETTING STARTED!!! Using Visual Systems to Promote Communication'. These resources were produced with funding received by School for Parents from the Non Government Centre Support for Non School Organisations of Western Australia. The booklet has been written for parents and discusses a range of visual systems they can use at home to develop their child's communication skills. Along with the booklet is a DVD which demonstrates the use of the visual systems discussed in the booklet. Although this resource is for parents it will also be useful for early childhood educators, child care staff, teachers, therapists etc.

"The Visual Understanding Environment (VUE) is an Open Source project based at Tufts University. The VUE project is focused on creating flexible tools for managing and integrating digital resources in support of teaching, learning and research. VUE provides a flexible visual environment for structuring, presenting, and sharing digital information. "

"A look at how visual supports for children with autism could be improved through customized supports and an open-source image librar"

"This workshop will discuss how Chittenden Central Supervisory Union(CCSU) uses an AT Assessment Plan (ATAP) based on the SETT framework to support students with multiple or severe disabilities to enable increased access to the curriculum and independence.  The ATAP and the process of implementing it will be discussed.  Several extensive case studies will be reviewed.  How those ATAPs were revised in subsequent years to continue supporting students will also be covered.  Case studies include students with visual impairments, autism, learning impairments, speech impediments and physical disabilities.  Learn how one district is making a difference for its students with severe or multiple disabilities!"

"Visual tasks are useful activities designed to stimulate and engage. Click an image below to view the task, or view our entire collection of visual tasks."

"A resource for parents, caregivers, special education teachers, speech and language pathologists, AAC and assistive technology specialists and rehab specialists who use visual supports, Mayer-Johnson Boardmaker™ Picture Communication Symbols, and pecs symbols with children and adults with communication disorders resulting from autism spectrum disorders, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, Rett's syndrome, dyspraxia, apraxia, aphasia, Alzheimer's, dementia, stroke and traumatic brain injury."

"The definitive site for free visual tools and devices also includes support tools. Compiled by Karl Gude of Michigan State University's School of Journalism from various sources on the internet. All were given strong recommendations and some may appear under more than one category."

Supports for language learning

"Widgit Symbol Resource Packs Hundreds of free and low-cost symbol resource packs, created in partnership with professionals* Widgit produce a wide range of symbol-supported learning materials and symbol stories, including extensive topic-based packs 'ready to go' for special and mainstream education, developed by the Symbol Inclusion Project."

"iWordQ US (English) is an easy-to-use writing and reading application to assist struggling writers and readers. In Writing mode, a simple text editor is used for writing with the support of word prediction, abbreviation-expansion and speech feedback features. Spell-check and dictionary access is included. Use speech recognition with an iPad 3. In Reading mode, text is shown in a more visually pleasing manner to improve readability. This is used for proofreading, reading to learn, silent reading, reading aloud, and casual reading/listening. A novel text chunking method (patent-pending) can be selected to enhance comprehension and readability of text to allow you to focus on one text chunk at a time"

"Lately, I have discovered many cool free apps that are incredible for creating digital stories, reading stories, and interacting with stories. These apps are incredibly engaging and meet the needs of our diverse learners. They allow learners to interact with the plot, characters, and even design of the story. They also support multiple learning styles because they are visual, have sound, and animation. Students can even begin to craft their own stories using their voices, drawings, images, videos, and so much more"

"Plan for your child's school year now with articles for parents, teacher resources, explaining your child's disability to teachers plus other resources like visual supports, social stories, school rules and more. "

"Individuals who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and their families have new expectations for life after high school, including attending college, becoming employed, managing personal assistance services and transportation, and having intimate relations. However, the vocabulary needed to support these socially-valued adult roles is frequently not be available in pre-programmed devices nor in commonly used visual symbol systems. This website contains vocabulary needed to participate in 8 socially-valued adult roles: * College Life * Emergency Preparedness * Employment * Sexuality, Intimacy, and Sex * Reporting Crime and Abuse * Managing Personal Assistance Services * Managing Health Care, and * Using Transportation "

"We have been asked if our other app - Audio Notes, could be more optimized for creating and organizing personal tasks for individuals with disabilities. We thought that it would be great to create an app, which can help thousands of people who rely on visual and auditory supports to do their common tasks easily. We started to collaborate with"