Profession
Functional communication supports, communication partner strategies, choice boards and participation-focused activities.
Communication happens in everyday places, with everyday partners. These resources focus on functional, participation-based communication: supporting communication partners, building visual aids and choice boards, repairing conversations and growing confidence in real situations.
Specialist materials are flagged for review by a speech pathologist before use, and symbols should be matched to the person's existing communication system.
Scope: Specialist communication resources require review by a speech pathologist. Match symbols and vocabulary to the person's existing communication system.
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For Speech pathologists
A practical guide for families, teachers and support workers on modelling language on a person's AAC system while talking, with tips, examples and a…
AAC and aided language · Communication partner strategies
For Speech pathologists
A practical handout for families, support workers and teachers on how to be a better communication partner, with space to record strategies agreed for…
Communication partner strategies · Functional communication
For Speech pathologists
A log for families and teams to capture communication successes, big and small, with what happened, who was involved and what helped, to build…
Celebrating communication · Functional communication
For Speech pathologists
A landscape core vocabulary board with 28 high-frequency words for modelling and communicating across routines, plus guidance on use and personalisation.
Core vocabulary · Visual communication aids
For Speech pathologists
A playful activity for building describing words across colour, size, shape, texture, feeling and sound, with a guessing game and a describing chart.
Describing words · Vocabulary
For Speech pathologists
A printable choice board with twelve original symbols for everyday needs and responses, plus blank spaces and practitioner guidance on modelling and personalising.
Choice and control · Functional communication
Speech pathologists
Resources designed first and foremost for this profession.
For Speech pathologists
A daily and weekly checklist for keeping AAC devices and systems charged, clean, protected, backed up and always available, with a troubleshooting and contacts…
AAC and aided language · AAC maintenance
For Speech pathologists
A template and checklist for turning written information into an aphasia-friendly format, with one key message per row, a picture space and design guidance.
Accessible information · Aphasia
For Speech pathologists
A plain-language handout for families and friends of people with aphasia, explaining what aphasia is and practical ways to support conversation and participation.
Aphasia · Communication partner strategies
For Speech pathologists
Conversation cards for children with everyday topics and picture icons, plus skill cards for asking back, adding a comment, asking a follow-up question and…
Conversation supports · Social communication
For Speech pathologists
A checklist for teachers and speech pathologists to review classroom communication supports, covering teacher talk, visuals, AAC access, instructions, peer interaction and the environment.
Classroom communication · Communication partner strategies
For Speech pathologists
A guide for communication partners building commenting and sharing skills through shared activities, with comment words to model and a practice planning table.
AAC and aided language · Communication partner strategies
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For Speech pathologists
A daily and weekly checklist for keeping AAC devices and systems charged, clean, protected, backed up and always available, with a troubleshooting and contacts…
AAC and aided language · AAC maintenance
For Educators and school support staff
A template for planning reasonable adjustments with students and families, covering barriers, adjustments across curriculum, environment, assessment and wellbeing, consultation and review.
Inclusive education · Individual learning plans
For Speech pathologists
A practical guide for families, teachers and support workers on modelling language on a person's AAC system while talking, with tips, examples and a…
AAC and aided language · Communication partner strategies
For Speech pathologists
A template and checklist for turning written information into an aphasia-friendly format, with one key message per row, a picture space and design guidance.
Accessible information · Aphasia
For Speech pathologists
A plain-language handout for families and friends of people with aphasia, explaining what aphasia is and practical ways to support conversation and participation.
Aphasia · Communication partner strategies
For Allied health and multidisciplinary teams
Short, plain-language reminder templates for SMS, email and phone, with options for confirming, rescheduling and accessibility, designed to reduce missed appointments.
Appointment reminders · Client engagement
For Educators and school support staff
A planner for adjusting assessment tasks so students can show what they know, covering format, time, environment, support and how the adjustment keeps the…
Assessment adjustments · Inclusive education
For NDIS providers and support coordinators
A participant-led planner for exploring assistive technology: everyday tasks that are hard, ideas to explore, trials, professional input and next steps.
Assistive technology · Choice and control
For Occupational therapists
A structured record for trialling assistive technology, covering the goal, item, setting, set-up, performance, the person's feedback, safety and recommendation.
Assistive technology
For Allied health and multidisciplinary teams
A template for allied health clinicians to review their caseload with a supervisor, covering episode length, progress towards goals, discharge readiness, waitlist flow and…
Caseload management · Clinical and professional supervision
For Speech pathologists
Conversation cards for children with everyday topics and picture icons, plus skill cards for asking back, adding a comment, asking a follow-up question and…
Conversation supports · Social communication
For Allied health and multidisciplinary teams
A set of prompt cards for checking understanding with people who have communication or cognitive difficulties, covering question styles, signs of misunderstanding and adjustments.
Communication partner strategies · Health literacy
For Positive behaviour support practitioners
A plan for building more real choices into a person's day, mapping current choices, new opportunities, how choices are offered and how the person's…
Choice and control · Proactive support strategies
For Speech pathologists
A checklist for teachers and speech pathologists to review classroom communication supports, covering teacher talk, visuals, AAC access, instructions, peer interaction and the environment.
Classroom communication · Communication partner strategies
For Educators and school support staff
Visual step cards for five everyday classroom routines, arriving, lining up, moving to the mat, packing up and going home, with a teacher guide…
Classroom routines · Visual schedules
For Allied health and multidisciplinary teams
A reflection tool for clinicians and students to make clinical reasoning explicit, covering the information gathered, hypotheses, the client's priorities, options, decisions and review.
Clinical and professional supervision · Clinical reasoning
For Allied health and multidisciplinary teams
A meeting guide and template for multidisciplinary teams to set shared, person-led goals, agree who does what and plan reviews.
Collaborative goal setting · Goal setting
For Allied health and multidisciplinary teams
A self-assessment for allied health practitioners on collaborative practice, covering role clarity, communication, shared goals, conflict, client involvement and team reflection.
Collaborative practice · Interdisciplinary practice
For Speech pathologists
A guide for communication partners building commenting and sharing skills through shared activities, with comment words to model and a practice planning table.
AAC and aided language · Communication partner strategies
For NDIS providers and support coordinators
A plan for making meetings accessible for participants with communication needs, covering preparation, communication methods, supports, the environment, pacing and checking understanding.
Communication access · Meeting preparation
For Speech pathologists
A low-tech communication book template with an about-me page, topic pages and blank symbol grids, plus guidance on organising pages and modelling.
AAC and aided language · Visual communication aids
For Speech pathologists
An audit for supported living, aged care and day programs on how well the environment supports communication, covering noise, light, visuals, AAC access, opportunities…
Communication environments · Communication partner strategies
For Speech pathologists
A tracker for communication goals across settings, recording opportunities, the level of support needed and progress, shared between home, school and therapy.
Functional communication · Goal tracking
For Speech pathologists
A practical handout for families, support workers and teachers on how to be a better communication partner, with space to record strategies agreed for…
Communication partner strategies · Functional communication
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