Fiducia TalkPage sets
Also called Vocabulary package, Grid set, Vocabulary file, Language system
The complete vocabulary and layout loaded on a device. It is the real product, and changing it is a bigger decision than changing the hardware.
Communication A to Z
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.
28 topics filed under P, showing 1–10 (page 1 of 3).
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Pain and communication
Also called Pain assessment without speech, Communicating pain
Pain that cannot be said gets called behaviour. Here is how a person tells someone it hurts, where and how much, without words.
Parkinson's and communication
Also called Parkinson's disease and speech, Hypokinetic dysarthria, Hypophonia
Quiet, flat, fast speech and a face that no longer shows feeling: why people with Parkinson's get talked over, and the therapies with the strongest evidence.
Partner-assisted scanning
Also called PAS, Partner scanning, Listener-mediated scanning
A person reads or points to the options and watches for the signal. No equipment, no battery, no set-up, and it works on a ward at 3am.
PCS
Also called Picture Communication Symbols, Boardmaker symbols, Mayer-Johnson symbols
Picture Communication Symbols, the licensed set behind Boardmaker and many dedicated AAC devices, and the most widely used symbols in the world.
PECS
Also called Picture Exchange Communication System, Picture exchange
The Picture Exchange Communication System: handing a picture to a person to ask for something, taught in six phases, and what it is and is not.
PECS phases
Also called Six phases of PECS, PECS Phase 1, PECS Phase 4, PECS Phase 6
The six phases of PECS, from one picture handed over to a sentence strip and a comment, and what a person should be doing at each.
People vocabulary
Also called Names on a board, Family vocabulary, People set
Family, friends, staff and pronouns: the words that let a person say who did what, who they want, and who they mean when that person is not in the room.
Person-centred planning
Also called PCP, Person-centred approaches, Person-centred thinking, PATH, MAP, Essential lifestyle planning
Planning that starts from what the person wants their life to be, with their communication method in the room, rather than from what the service has to offer.
Personal care and communication
Also called Intimate care and consent, Dignity in personal care
Washing, dressing and the toilet are done to a person unless the person can say how, and stop. Dignity is a communication task.
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