Communication Support Reference Guide by Kimberly Boston https://padlet.com/bostonk4/rnbiu01oo3k9c635 en-us 2022-08-11 16:29:47 UTC 2022-08-20 18:11:33 UTC hello@padlet.com Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)-low tech bostonk4 https://padlet.com/bostonk4/rnbiu01oo3k9c635/wish/2259944180 Students use increasingly detailed pictures to express themselves in various locations. Students graduate to creating their own picture books for routines, answering questions and sentence building. Teachers and parents will notice an increase in structured and spontaneous communication.]]> 2022-08-12 16:13:07 UTC https://padlet.com/bostonk4/rnbiu01oo3k9c635/wish/2259944180 Visual Schedules and Routines-low tech bostonk4 https://padlet.com/bostonk4/rnbiu01oo3k9c635/wish/2259944508 Visual schedules and visual routines foster student independence by decreasing dependence on caregivers for routines, transitions and developing new skills. Negative behaviors due to anxiety over transitions will decrease. Students will learn to associate words with pictures and increase language development. Teachers and parents can customize visual schedules and routines to any situation or target skill. ]]> 2022-08-12 16:13:39 UTC https://padlet.com/bostonk4/rnbiu01oo3k9c635/wish/2259944508 Communication Boards-low tech bostonk4 https://padlet.com/bostonk4/rnbiu01oo3k9c635/wish/2259945632 Communication boards display pictures, symbols or drawings for people with limited language skills to point to, gesture towards or blink at to express themselves. Students can ask questions, express needs and indicate a preference. Teachers should do some research first about the student's preferences and common responses so those can be on the communication board. The student should be encouraged to use it all the time. When effective, the student's communication increases and negative behaviors decrease. ]]> 2022-08-12 16:15:22 UTC https://padlet.com/bostonk4/rnbiu01oo3k9c635/wish/2259945632 Sign Language-low tech bostonk4 https://padlet.com/bostonk4/rnbiu01oo3k9c635/wish/2259945900 Sign language increases vocabulary and verbal language skills by hearing words while processing them through sign language. Sign language is generally used with children who have no or limited verbal skills. Teachers, parents, therapists and students will work together learning sign language. An increase in communication and a decrease in negative behaviors lets you know sign language is working.]]> 2022-08-12 16:15:47 UTC https://padlet.com/bostonk4/rnbiu01oo3k9c635/wish/2259945900 Gestures-low tech bostonk4 https://padlet.com/bostonk4/rnbiu01oo3k9c635/wish/2259946588 Gestures are an easy way for ASD students to communicate their wants, needs and opinions. Students can communicate what they need by acting out or pointing to what they want. Parents and teachers will teach students what gestures to use to get what they want. This would be appropriate for students who cannot verbally communicate the name of what they need. Students will increase the number of gestures they use and decrease the negative behaviors associated with not being able to communicate. ]]> 2022-08-12 16:16:41 UTC https://padlet.com/bostonk4/rnbiu01oo3k9c635/wish/2259946588 Speech Generating Device-high tech bostonk4 https://padlet.com/bostonk4/rnbiu01oo3k9c635/wish/2259949785 Speech generating devices provide an electronic voice for students who are non-verbal or have very limited verbal skills. Teachers and caregivers should work together to select the appropriate device and set the device up for the student. Using the speech generating device should be encouraged in all areas so that the use of them will increase.]]> 2022-08-12 16:21:35 UTC https://padlet.com/bostonk4/rnbiu01oo3k9c635/wish/2259949785 iPad or Tablet-high tech bostonk4 https://padlet.com/bostonk4/rnbiu01oo3k9c635/wish/2259950210 iPads and tablets can be used for varying degrees of communication delays associated with autism. They can generate speech, generate text from speech and include pictures to choose from to express themselves. They can put words and symbols together to communicate. There are endless amounts of apps to use on devices that can help with language, speech, modeling social skills and executive functioning. ASD individuals will increase verbal communication and decrease negative behaviors.]]> 2022-08-12 16:22:20 UTC https://padlet.com/bostonk4/rnbiu01oo3k9c635/wish/2259950210 Drawing-low tech on paper or high tech on a tablet bostonk4 https://padlet.com/bostonk4/rnbiu01oo3k9c635/wish/2259950746 Children with ASD can use drawing to communicate feelings, wants and needs. Children and adults can often draw what is in their heads easier than expressing it verbally. Drawing can be a calming experience and allow ASD individuals to self soothe. Drawing can also increase fine motor skills. ASD individuals often think in pictures so drawing may be the best way for them to express themselves. ]]> 2022-08-12 16:23:16 UTC https://padlet.com/bostonk4/rnbiu01oo3k9c635/wish/2259950746 Communicative Repair-low tech bostonk4 https://padlet.com/bostonk4/rnbiu01oo3k9c635/wish/2259951557 Communicative repair is a strategy parents and teachers can use in everyday conversation with children with ASD. Teachers and parents should not correct every verbal error but calling attention to the error while in conversation helps the student use the correction. Communicative repair can be correcting sounds by calling attention to how your mouth looks when making a sound. It can also be correcting language usage by correcting the tense, word inflection etc.]]> 2022-08-12 16:24:26 UTC https://padlet.com/bostonk4/rnbiu01oo3k9c635/wish/2259951557 Alphabet Board-low tech on paper or high tech on a tablet bostonk4 https://padlet.com/bostonk4/rnbiu01oo3k9c635/wish/2259954747 An alphabet board can be a portable way for students with limited language skills to spell out words seldom used, including people's names. Alphabet boards can also be used on a device and generate the letters verbally. Alphabet boards are often used with individuals with limited coordination and motor function. It can be used with eye gaze and gestures.]]> 2022-08-12 16:29:13 UTC https://padlet.com/bostonk4/rnbiu01oo3k9c635/wish/2259954747 References bostonk4 https://padlet.com/bostonk4/rnbiu01oo3k9c635/wish/2263742167 Araujo, M., Mophosho, M., & Moonsamy, S. (2022). Communication strategies used by adolescents with autism 
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