Our students created Christmas communication board that could help children who can not communicate verbaly

Communication boards are a specific method of utilizing augmentative and alternative communication primarily designed for children and individuals facing communication challenges. They represent one form of low-tech augmentative and alternative communication.

Children who do not understand language or cannot communicate verbally can use symbols to convey messages about their desires, destinations, or to comment on events around them, and to respond to questions. The communication board also conveys a message of inclusivity for all parents and children facing communication challenges.

Augmentative communication involves the use of various symbols as an aid for complex communication needs, either as a supplement to underdeveloped speech or as a complete replacement for verbal communication. Communication boards are designed to encourage communication that aligns with the child's interests and needs, providing choices, and using language (symbols) for social purposes.

Individuals who use augmentative communication include children and adults with autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities, multiple disabilities, genetic syndromes, hearing impairments, and similar conditions that may limit or entirely impede verbal communication. Communication boards are crafted to promote communication that follows the child's interests and needs, offering choices, and using language (symbols) for social purposes.