Tactile symbols
Also called Tangible symbols, Textured symbols, Touch symbols, Tactile cues
Symbols you can feel: textures, shapes and part-objects on cards, for people who cannot see a picture symbol or hear a spoken word.
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.
15 topics filed under T, showing 1–10 (page 1 of 2).
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Talking Mats
Also called Talking Mat, Digital Talking Mats
A mat, a topic, a set of picture cards and a scale from happy to unhappy. A way for anyone to give their view on anything, and have it recorded.
Teaching a new word
Also called Introducing vocabulary, Word learning on a device, Targeting a word
How a word moves from a card on the device into the person's own use: modelling, hundreds of times, in real situations, without ever making them press it.
Telling stories
Also called Recounting, Narrative on a device, Personal narrative, News
Recounting the day on a device: who, what, where and then what. The hardest thing to do with a board and the one that makes a person a person to everyone else.
Text-based AAC
Also called Typing to speak, Text-to-speech AAC, Spelling-based AAC, Keyboard AAC
Typing to speak. The most flexible AAC there is, for anyone who can spell, and the reason literacy is worth fighting for.
Text-to-speech
Also called TTS, Speech synthesis, Speech output
How a device turns the words on the screen into a voice in the room, and what to check when the voice says the wrong thing.
Time words
Also called Temporal vocabulary, Time concepts, When words
Now, later, yesterday, soon, wait: the words for when. Why they are among the hardest to learn, and how a board and a timetable together make them real.
Total communication
Also called TC, Total communication approach, Total communication environment
Speech, sign, symbol, gesture, writing, objects, all at once, and whichever gets through is the right one.
Touch settings
Also called Hold time, Release time, Touch guard, Acceptance time, Debounce
Hold time, release time and touch guard: three timing settings that turn an unreliable finger into a reliable one, without buying anything.
Tracheostomy and communication
Also called Trache, Trachy, Speaking valve
A tube in the windpipe takes air away from the voice box. Speaking valves, cuff changes and plain alternatives can give the voice back.
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