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 Allied health and multidisciplinary teams
A practical checklist and rewrite exercise to help teams produce handouts and letters people can understand, from planning the message to testing it with…
Accessible information · Team communication
For Educators and school support staff
A writing planner for students with spaces for purpose and audience, ideas, a beginning, middle and end plan, useful words and a checklist for…
Study skills · Writing skills
For Speech pathologists
A guide for teams on establishing a reliable yes and no response, choosing a method, asking clear questions and checking consistency, with printable yes…
Choice and control · Functional communication
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