Somebody hands you a leaflet that says AAC. A review mentions partner-assisted scanning. A ward asks whether your dad has a communication passport. Everyone else in the room seems to know what these words mean, and asking feels like admitting you're behind. You aren't. This library explains each one plainly: what it is, who it helps, how it works, and what you can do about it this week. Search by the word you heard.
Please note: This page is general information about communication and the ways people are supported to communicate. It is not an assessment, a diagnosis or speech and language therapy, and it does not know the person you have in mind. If you are worried about someone's speech, language or communication, ask a GP, a health visitor or a speech and language therapist. In an emergency, call 999; if you cannot speak, Relay UK on 18000 or the emergencySMS service reach the same operators.
7 topics filed under G.
Also called GLP, Natural language acquisition, NLA, Gestalt language development
Some children learn language in whole chunks and only later break them into words: the framework, its six stages, and what to do differently if this is your child.
Also called Natural gesture, Pointing, Deictic gesture, Gestures
Pointing, reaching, showing, waving, shrugging. The oldest communication system there is, and the one partners most often ignore.
Also called Morphology, Syntax, Sentence structure, Morphosyntax
Word order and word endings: the difference between "dog bite man" and "man bit dog". AAC users are routinely denied both, and shouldn't be.
Also called Grapheme-phoneme correspondence, GPC, Letter-sound correspondence, Digraphs and trigraphs
The written form of a sound: one letter, two, three or four. Knowing that "igh" is one sound is the difference between reading and guessing.
Also called Social greetings, Hello and goodbye, Openers and closers
Hello, bye, see you later, how are you: the small words that open every conversation, and why a person with only requests on their board never starts one.
Also called Cell count, Number of cells, Button size, Grid layout
How many cells fit on a page, and what fewer or more actually costs: bigger targets and fewer words, or more words and a harder reach.
Also called Block scanning, Group-item scanning, Quadrant scanning
The screen is split into blocks; pick a block, then a row within it, then a cell. A third pass that pays for itself on a big vocabulary.
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