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AAC - Communication Boards
for Adults
Provided here are various types of communication boards for Adults who may not be able to communicate using their voice. These type of boards are extremely important to arm yourselves with when your loved one experiencing such is in the hospital and cannot communicate. AAC boards will allow the patient to not only communicate with loved ones and caregivers but most importantly they will be able to communicate their wants and needs to their nurses and doctors while in the hospital.
Communication boards for Hospital stays
| hospital_1.pdf |
| hospital_2.pdf |
Bedside Communication Board
| bedsidemessages.pdf |
Alphabet Board & Yes/No
| abc_board.pdf |
Fill in booklet
| aug-cc-booklet-1.pdf |
Accident & Emergency Communication Board
| a-e_communication_passport.pdf |
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AAC - Communication Boards
for Children
Below are examples of various types of PECS (Picture Exchange Communication Symbols) communication boards made for children to enhance communication. It is highly encouraged to model verbal communication and gestures (multi-modality) while using PECS and any other type of communication board in the hopes that the child will take in that vocabulary receptively and hopefully one day, expressively.
Pictures and picture symbols can be used for a variety of reasons/activities. You can use them as part of a communication system, for scheduling purposes, for social stories, and to support literature (to name just a few). I like to use a combination of real photos and picture symbols. Some kids will need the concrete nature of the photographs, and others will pick up the abstract drawings without difficulty. Many times I use photographs because I can’t find a picture symbol that adequately illustrates the item I want to represent.
Pictures and picture symbols can be used for a variety of reasons/activities. You can use them as part of a communication system, for scheduling purposes, for social stories, and to support literature (to name just a few). I like to use a combination of real photos and picture symbols. Some kids will need the concrete nature of the photographs, and others will pick up the abstract drawings without difficulty. Many times I use photographs because I can’t find a picture symbol that adequately illustrates the item I want to represent.
WANTS/NEEDS COMMUNICATION BOARDS
I want communication board
| planning_board.pdf |
First/Then communication board
| howto-firstthen.pdf |
Calming communication boards
| calming_boards_page1.pdf |
Communicating feelings; communication board
| feelings1.pdf |
| feelings2.pdf |
Communicating actions; communication board
| actions1.pdf |
| actions2.pdf |
| actions3.pdf |
Communicating wanting/labeling Toys
| toys1.pdf |
| toys2.pdf |
| toys5.pdf |
FEEDING/FOOD COMMUNICATION BOARDS
Kitchen communication board
| kitchen_board.pdf |
Food pictures communication boards
| food1.pdf |
breakfast
| amy_breakfast.pdf |
lunch
| amy_lunch1.pdf |
| amy_lunch2.pdf |
snack
| amy_snack1.pdf |
| amy_snack2.pdf |
Bathroom routine communication board
| bathroom_routine_simple.pdf |
Grooming communication board
| grooming2.pdf |
Body parts communication board
| bodyparts1.pdf |
SEASON COMMUNICATION BOARDS
Summer vocabulary communication boards
| summer-vocabulary-words.pdf |
Christmas vocabulary communication boards
| christmas-vocabulary.pdf |
| christmas-vocabulary-2.pdf |
Mixed Holiday Communication Boards
| holidays1.pdf |
| holidays2.pdf |
| holidays3.pdf |
| holidays4.pdf |
| holidays5.pdf |
HOSPITAL STAY/OPERATION COMMUNICATION BOARDS
Child Hospital stay/operation booklet communication boards
| child_daycase_operation_booklet.pdf |
Child Hospital stay/operation Flashcards communication boards
It is ideal to print these cards, laminate them, hole punch one punch in the top left hand corner, and put these flashcards on a "ring"/key chain so the child can easily flip through them.
| child_daycase_operation_flashcards.pdf |
Child Hospital stay/Post-op chart communication boards
| child_daycase_operation_post-op_chart.pdf |
Accident & Emergency Communication Board
| a-e_communication_passport.pdf |
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Learning Materials for Children with
Autistic/PDD
| teachingnewskills.pdf |
Picture Symbol Creating Websites & Resources
1. I think whenever possible, it's always a great idea to go onto google images https://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi and print lifelike, concrete pictures for the adult or child. It's cheap, it's easy, and it's most adapt to real life.
2. Boardmaker Software Family http://www.mayer-johnson.com/boardmaker-software/ The possibilities are endless with this traditional program by Mayer Johnson featuring PECS. There is then an additional website called Boardmaker Share www.boardmakershare.com/ where teachers/SLP's etc share they're already made PECS boards as they are the widely used but sometimes time consuming brand.
3. LessonPix Custom Learning Materials http://lessonpix.com/ is a web-based program that allows users to create picture symbols and a large variety of other materials for learning. With Boardmaker you can create your own board, add your images, while with LessonPix you cannot create your own board designs, but they offer a ton of pre-made activities..
4. Wikipedia has an article on PECS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picture_Exchange_Communication_System
