Aided Language Stimulation - Morning Circle Book

Aided Language Stimulation - Morning Circle Book

Aided Language Stimulation is the process of modelling Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) language in everyday settings. The communication partner communicates with the AAC user verbally, whilst also selecting keywords on the person’s AAC system.

This helps to develop the person's understanding of the communication, and also their ability to use the AAC expressively.

The Purpose of this resource:

This resource can be used to:

• model the use of pictures for conveying a message
• expand vocabulary
• model and encourage spoken language.

Description of Resource:

This book has pages of Picture Communication Symbols related to activities often used during morning circle. There is a page for greetings, the days of the week, the date and month, the weather, and feelings.

How to use this resource:

The teacher/parent points to the picture symbols on a page and pairs it with speech.

Preparation of this resource:

Print and laminate each page. Bind along the short edge to make a book and keep all the pages together.

How to adapt this resource:

You can add photos of children, staff or other significant people to the greetings page.

This resource can be adapted to other activities by adjusting the available vocabulary.

It can also be programmed onto a hightech system (such as a voice output device, or communication app such as Proloquo2Go).

For students who are PECS users, the system can be customised to make some symbols removable to facilitate a physical exchange.

For more information on Aided Language Stimulation, please visit the resource "Aided Language Stimulation Strategies".