Transition to adult services
Also called Transition, Moving to adult services, Preparing for adulthood
Children's services end at 18 and the communication support often ends with them. Here is how to carry it across the gap.
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 11–15 (page 2 of 2).
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Turn-taking
Also called Conversational turn-taking, Serve and return, Reciprocity
The back-and-forth that every conversation runs on, learned in the first months of life through noises, faces and games long before words.
Two-switch scanning
Also called Dual-switch scanning, Two-switch step scan, Move and select
One switch moves the highlight, the other chooses. Full control of the pace, at the price of two reliable movements instead of one.
Two-word stage
Also called Two-word combinations, Telegraphic speech, Word combinations
"More juice", "daddy gone", "no bed": the point where words start to combine, and the right first target for AAC as well.
Types of switch
Also called Switches, Accessibility switches, Sip-and-puff, Proximity switch, Blink switch, EMG switch
Buttons, pads, proximity sensors, sip-and-puff, blink and muscle sensors, matched to whatever the body can do reliably.
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