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So I have customized the premade PODD book for her by using clear packing tape to add symbols. Ideally you would custom make and print a book but the facility where I work had not figured out the logistics of printing on special water and rip resistant paper and spiral binding.

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But having two of our SLPs trained gave me access to a PODD book to trial with her and then was able to order a premade one for her. Ideally I would have gone to that PODD training but it didnвЂ™t make sense for me to take a spot being so close to retirement. Thank goodness a PODD training finally came close enough and was priced affordably enough that our facility sent two SLPs to get trained. I spent hours scouring the internet looking for PODD resources and watched just about every video I could find. I would seriously lay in bed at night and ponder what else we could try. She hated head pointing and eye gaze devices and any type of scanning. She made it very clear that she wanted to use her hands for direct access despite having minimal use of them. I spent almost a year trying literally EVERY possible AAC device and app and every type of access option in a quest to find a вЂњvoiceвЂќ for a child who I knew had so much to say. Have you ever had a patient who you knew had something to say but you struggled to find a means of communication? I know that it can be a bit overwhelming to scroll through all of the info on this huge blog post so here is a FREE handout with a few key PODD related resources to get you started: Here's an example of the one for the front door, and one for inside the bathroom door.*** New 8/23/21: New FREE handout on my TPT storeвЂ¦ Resource Roundup: PODD. use them yourself to model language as you do activities or move around the house. They are specific to the areas in which they are located, and prevent having to carry more icons around in large binders. These are a set of communication displays, or boards, that you can print and put on inside doors throughout your house. Instructions for Home Displays Home Communication Displays

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You can download them by clicking on the links below. For example, in many of our classrooms, we have a communication display on the classroom door it shows picture symbols of places in the school where we might go, and has some options for building phrases such as 'I'm going (to the) auditorium.' We also have a set of home displays for families to put on doors or walls at home.

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In addition to portable communication supports, we use ' Communication Displays,' which are communication boards that stay in a particular location. Note: We usually add the child's picture just above 'you' on this board, so that the picture serves as 'I' or the child's name.

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I recommend still exposing your child to the more complete boards above, as having only a few words available can be very limiting.Дownload PDF of 4 Core Words Download PDF of 8 Core Words If you need something larger or simpler, you can try one of these communication boards that use core words, but have fewer symbols. Here's an example of the first two boards: You can also find starter versions here -В they have only a few symbols available, but still in the same locations so you can 'graduate' from one board to the next) of the complete boards. The second versionВ has the Symbolstix symbols, which are alsoВ in the Proloquo2Go communication app that some of our classes and students use. We also have this Core Communication Board withВ translations in Arabic and Spanish. We use the core board and other resources for a teaching strategy called Aided Language Input.Д¬ore communication board (Mayer-Johnson / Boardmaker Symbols) Core communication board (Symbolstix symbols) We refer to it throughout the day to support language comprehension as well as expressive language. It is also in each classroom as an enlarged poster. This is the communication board that is the 'home page' for our communication books and for many of our communication devices.