Emotion & Regulation Communication Board - AAC Visual Support Tool

The Emotion & Regulation Communication Board is a Visual Communication Board designed to support understanding and expression of feelings, sensory needs and development of self-regulation. This visual communication board helps children recognise emotions, communicate their needs, and provides prompts and reminders for calming strategies. Designed to support emotional regulation at home, school, therapy and in the community.

Pairs well with My Communication Book and our Foundation Communication Board. 

Also, available as part of our Communication Development Kit - a comprehensive set of AAC aids to support children across settings.

Therapy Benefits:

• Supports emotional awareness and development of emotional vocabulary
• 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
• 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
• Improves interaction and reduces frustration

Who is This Communication Board 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 Foundation Communication Board?

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:

• Tear-resistant
• Wipe-clean
• Designed for everyday use
• A3 Size