Remnant Books

Learn how to create and use a remnant book for a child. A remnant book serves as a communication tool to help a child remember and talk about their experiences, encouraging interactions with communication partners and promoting literacy development.
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“Playing” with Core Words

This resource offers some suggestions of core words that can be modeled during play. 
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Functional Use of Symbols

This resource discusses using symbols to support communication and offers considerations for implementing and supporting their functional use.
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Fitzgerald Key Colour Coding

This resource is about using colour coding to organize word categories, making locating specific symbols or words easier and aiding in grammar development.
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Core Vocabulary

Did you know that a person can effectively express over 80% of their communication needs with a few hundred core words? This resource lists examples of general core vocabulary and personal core vocabulary.
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Communication Temptations

This resource emphasizes encouraging early communicators through the need, opportunity, and reward approach. It provides tips on maximizing development opportunities, accepting all forms of communication, and making environmental changes to promote communication.
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Communication Dictionary

This handout helps you understand and respond to a person's behaviour by providing simple explanations for certain actions. It also includes a blank sheet to customize a list of your child's common behaviours, their meanings, and how to respond to them.
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Eddie the Elephant

Check out this story about Eddie the Elephant, who happens to use augmentative communication to communicate with his friends.
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Augmentative Communication Orientation

(Online learning module) Learn what augmentative communication is all about, what to expect and what's involved with this service.
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Core Words

(Online learning module) Learn what core vocabulary is, how it's different from fringe vocabulary, key characteristics of core vocabulary, why using core vocabulary is so important and how to teach core vocabulary.
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