Boardbuilder is a simple grid making AAC chart builder that offers a multilingual set of symbol sets. In the future sample boards or charts will be made available for printing as pdfs or for uploading to other apps that accept the open board format (.obf and .obz format) such as CoughDrop and Cboard
Fiona is a young girl
with global developmental delay. She has significant learning and physical
difficulties, but is usually happy and alert to her surroundings.
Yola
has cerebral palsy which affects her arms and legs. It also affects the clarity
of her voice. Her speech can be understood by those who know her very well,
including her teacher and close family.
Milo is a young boy who
has just been diagnosed with high-functioning autism. Milo has developed very
little functional speech and instead communicates through behaviours including
screaming, running and hiding. He had tried a few communication aids prior to
his diagnosis and did not get on with devices that used vocabularies sorted in
categories.
Petra has Autism Spectrum Condition and attends a language unit within a mainstream school. She has support 15 hours of 1:1 teaching assistant support throughout his school week. The local Speech and Language Therapist reviews Petra’s communication and behaviour supports as required following requests from the teaching staff.
Frederick is a young boy with Down’s Syndrome. He is in a reception class in a small country school for children of all abilities. Frederick has his own class assistant who helps him keep on track with his tasks and supports him with his learning. Frederick has great non-verbal communication skills, such as gaining attention, using gestures and taking conversational turns. However, his difficulties planning his speech and using correct grammar. He also has some difficulty pronouncing words sounds
These are presentations that have been used in face to face training with activities.