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Communication A to Z

AAC, core vocabulary, partner-assisted scanning, a communication passport. Meetings and leaflets are full of words everyone seems to know already. More than three hundred of them explained in plain English: what each one is, who it helps, and what you can do about it this week.

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.

42 topics filed under C, showing 31–40 (page 4 of 5).

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Communication partner

Also called Conversation partner, Communication partner training, Partner strategies

Every conversation has two ends. The person holding the device is only one of them, and the other end decides how well it goes.

Communication passport

Also called Personal communication passport, Communication profile, About me booklet

A few pages that tell a stranger how this person communicates, what helps and what to do, before anything goes wrong. Carried, not filed.

Communication provision in an EHCP

Also called SLT in an EHCP, Section F speech and language, AAC in an EHCP, EHCP communication

In England, speech and language therapy and AAC belong in Section F of an EHCP, quantified, and the council must then deliver them. Here is how.

Communication support at school

Also called SEN support for communication, School SLT, Communication in school without an EHCP

What a school must do for a child's communication without any EHCP, and what to ask for when it is not happening.

Communication temptations

Also called Sabotage, Environmental arrangement, Engineering the environment, Tempting communication

The wrong cup. The lid that won't open. The bubbles you blow once and then hold. Small setups that make saying something worth the bother.

Complaints and communication needs

Also called NHS complaints, Social care complaints, Complaints advocacy, Ombudsman

How to complain when the problem is that a service could not or would not communicate with you, and how to make the complaint itself accessible.

Consent and communication

Also called Informed consent, Consent to treatment, Consent to care, Regulation 11

Consent given by sign, symbol, device, blink or gesture is consent. The service's job is to give the information in a form the person can use and then hear the answer.

Contacting 999

Also called emergencySMS, 999 text, 999 BSL, Emergency SMS, Silent solution

Three ways to reach the emergency services if you cannot speak or hear on a phone. One needs registering in advance, so do it today.

Core board

Also called Core word board, Core vocabulary board, Universal core board

A single page of core words that never moves, so a person can learn where each word lives and reach it without looking.

Core vocabulary

Also called Core words, Core language

The few hundred small words that make up most of what anyone says. Put them on the board first and a person can talk about anything.

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