Positive behaviour support Getting it right from the start

50 Positive behaviour support: Getting it right from the start - Facilitators reference manual
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Augmentative and alternative communication can be divided into two groups:
UN-AIDED AAC options
(Requires no equipment)
• Crying
• Self-injury
• Aggression
• Vocalisations
• Intonation
• Facial expression
• Touch
• Eye gaze
• Gesture, pointing
• Manual signs eg: AUSLAN, key word signing
• Speech
• Individualised communicative behaviours
AIDED options
(Requires equipment)
• Object symbols
• Partial objects
• Raised symbols
• Logos
• Photographs
• Line drawings Communication symbols, 13 Compic 14
• Written word
• SMS text messaging
Useful AAC strategies for unintentional and intentional communicators 15
Unintentional (non-symbolic)
‘All about me’ book
Communication passports
Personal communication dictionary
Activity sequence schedule using object symbols
Multi-sensory environments
Touch cues
Intentional symbolic (symbolic)
Chat books
Community request cards
‘Who’s here today’ board
Talking mat
Activity sequence schedule using photographs and
line drawings
Social stories
Feelings board
What symbols can I use with the person?
‘A symbol (visual cue) is a device or action that can be used to represent something else
because it has qualities that can be associated with the original device or action. These symbols
can represent places, people, activities, feelings and objects’. (Bloom 1997)
There are many different types of symbols we all use throughout our daily life. Not all people
with complex communication needs will be able to interpret, understand and use symbols.
13. Picture Communication Symbols © 1981-2007 Mayer-Johnson
14. COMPIC© Communication Resource Centre, SCOPE, Victoria, Australia.
15. For more information refer to the interAACtion manual (2004) InterAACtion© Strategies for Intentional and
Unintentional Communicators. InterAACtion Copyright of CRC Bloomberg K, West, D & Johnson, H (2004),