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Adults - for those over 16 years
Resources for supporting speech
Where to find resources for supporting speech on the Commtap website.
Resource packs
Resource packs contain a comprehensive set of activities to work from beginning to end on a specific communication skill.
Alphabet board
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This alphabet board can be used in a number of different situations, for example:
- To clarify some words that are difficult to communicate in another way.
- As the main form of communication in a conversation.
You can use it by:
- Pointing to individual letters or phrases.
- Spelling out whole words or indicating start letters/sounds of a word to help someone get nearer to the word you want to say.
- Fist pointing if pointing to individual letters is difficult: fist point to a group of letters, and then clarify which letter in that group you intended by fist pointing to one of the colours at the top or bottom of the board.
Your conversation partner could write down the letters as you go - you could indicate "x mistake" if they get a letter wrong, or writing down might not be necessary.
Created 2 August 2023.
Core communication board
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Core communication board using ARASAAC symbols (https://arasaac.org). For use with everyday communication.
Note: if re-distributing with the ARASAAC symbols, this must be done non-commercially only.
You can make your own core communication board using different symbols with the Commtap Symboliser for PowerPoint.
Created 25 June 2022; updated 6 December 2024.
Commtap Flyer
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Flyer which you can print out and give to people to let them know about the site.
Created 20 April 2022.
Core communication boards
neil
Full core communication board plus a simplified version. Uses Noun Project icons - can be used in any context as long as the icons are attributed.
Created 17 March 2022; updated 22 March 2022.
Colourful Semantics Resources
The following page contains resources colour coded according to a Colourful Semantics approach. Colourful Semantics is an approach developed by Alison Bryan using colour coding to teach the understanding of question words, develop vocabulary including increasing the range of verbs (actions words) and develop ability to build sentences. There is an excellent resource pack that can be purchased, written by NHS Forth Valley - Colourful Semantics - A resource for developing Children's Spoken and Written Language Skills.
Who resources - Orange
- Who - fairytale/imaginary characters
What doing? resources - Yellow
Sentence Building
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