Communication Development Kit - AAC Visual Support Tool Bundle

Our Communication Development Kit is a comprehensive set of AAC aids to support children across settings, as they develop their communication skills. AAC stands for Augmentative and Alternative Communication. Our AAC tools include a range of supports featuring pictures and text, to meet children where they are at with their communication. It provides a quick, simple and functional method of communication for kids who are not yet able to consistently communicate with words alone.

Therapy Benefits:

• Gives every child a voice; just because you can't speak doesn't mean you have nothing to say!
  
• Provides an augmentative support for children who can speak but struggle to get their message across with speech alone
• Supports emotional awareness and development of emotional vocabulary
• Improves interaction and reduces frustration
• Encourages children to communicate feelings and needs
• Provides visual calming and regulation strategies
• Promotes independence and self-advocacy
• Ideal for classrooms, calm corners, sensory rooms, shared regulation spaces and more
• Recommended for families, educators, therapists and support workers supporting children who benefit from visual communication support, both full and part time
  

Who is This Communication Development Kit For?

• Nonverbal and minimally verbal children 
• Kids with autism / neurodivergent children
• People with Selective Mutism or Situational Mutism
• Children with speech and language delays or disorders
• Children using AAC & picture-based communication
• Parents, teachers & speech therapists

How do I use this Communication Development Kit?

Learning to use an AAC system is just like learning to talk. A child will learn best by having the system modelled to them. In other words, the input matches the output. The most natural way for kids to become confident with an AAC system is to have their communication partners (that means you, their teachers and whoever they regularly communicate with) use that system as well. As you talk to them in everyday interactions, point to key word pictures as you go. This helps them to attach meaning to the symbols, as well as developing an understanding of how to use the system for real life communication (a range of pragmatic functions). The more practice and experience the child has, the more confident they will become.

Product Features:

Our Communication Development Kit - AAC Visual Support Tool Bundle includes:

• My Communication Book - AAC Visual Support Tool
• Communication Card - Portable AAC Visual Support
• Foundation Communication Board - AAC Visual Support Tool
• Emotion & Regulation Communication Board - AAC Visual Support Tool