 Communication
Resources
This page contains a number of useful
information sheets. If you cannot find what you are looking for then
please contact us and we
will help you.
Client Information Forms
Child Client
Information Form (PDF)
Adult Client
Information Form (PDF)
Facilitated
Communication Therapy (FCT)
FCT is a strategy that may enable some people with severe communication
impairments to point to things for communication purposes.
Measurable
Outcomes in the Treatment of People with Severe Communication Impairments
(Complex Communication Needs) (PDF 183kb)
A Working Paper by Jane Remington-Gurney.
Two outcome measures have been developed by the author over the
last two years in acknowledgment that some clients with very severe
communication impairments are able to demonstrate progress and benefit
from regular speech therapy, but progress is slow and change is
subtle. The first measure developed relates to the clients inability
to learn sign and speech but to learn or re-learn natural gesture
and paired vocal signals. The second measure relates to the need
to record and measure communication partner competencies by people
who support such clients.
Songs to learn by
(PDF)
Emotional Thermometer (PDF)
A 'conversational hierarchy' tool for communication.
Tables of
phonological development (PDF)
Information taken from Developmental Phonological Disorders,
by Dr Caroline Bowen.
Visual teaching at Options
We tend to think in pictures and then find the words to express
our thoughts and what we ‘see’. At
Options we use a lot of visual teaching not only to aid understanding
but also to assist the student recall the words needed for expression.
Stages
of friendship
From 0 to 13 years of age.
When Someone Cannot Speak
for Themsleves
Communication is a gift and a basic human right. Some people need
more help with it than others!
Critical Thinking
At Options we do a great deal more than just 'speech' and this is
a summary of one of the aspects of our work.
New Clients
Story (PDF)
You can use this information sheet when bringing your child to Options.
Level Questions
Movement
Gesture and Speech (PDF)
You're
not what I expected! (PowerPoint presentation)
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