Ace Centre Learning

Communication

Alphabet Charts

ABC spelling charts

Encoded alphabet charts

Frequency layout spelling charts

High contrast charts

QWERTY alphabet charts

Charts with the alphabet + some words and phrases to point to

Coded alphabet charts

Letter codes

Alphabets you can point to

Alphabets you can eye point to

Charts for Listener Mediated Scanning

Alphabet communication book templates

E-Books

Getting Started

Publications

Additional Packs

Seasonal resources

ChristmAce

Software

Symbol Charts

Symbol charts with core vocabulary

Symbol charts for playing with toys

Symbol charts for imaginative play

Symbol charts for playing games

Symbol charts for active play

Symbol charts for reading, looking at photos & telling stories

Symbol charts for watching television

Symbol charts for creative play

Symbol charts for daily routines

Alternative access symbol charts

Altered colours

Altered spacing to support direct access

Coded access

Combination access

Encoding

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Paper-based resources to support Communication for Adults with Progressive Conditions

<p>This guide provides information about paper-based tools and strategies that can support communication if speech is becoming or has become difficult due to an acquired progressive condition. It is written for people living with such a condition and also for family, carers and relevant professionals.</p>


<p dir="ltr" data-test-bidi="">For a more general all round introduction to low tech symbol based AAC, you could see another resource in this AAC Information Series, Getting Started with AAC: Using low tech symbol based systems with children.</p>


Access to low-tech symbol based resources when pointing is difficult

<p>The aim of this resource is explore access to low tech symbol based AAC when accessing standard resources is difficult physically or visually. It is aimed at people who are familiar with low tech AAC, but want to find out more about how to adjust and adapt the resources to meet individual needs.</p>


<p>Please note that this resource is not suggesting that low tech is ‘best’, or that low tech is a prerequisite to a more high tech communication aid. It is simply about valuing the role of paper based communication systems, and sharing lots of ideas and strategies to help develop and support them. You may well find that many of the ideas and strategies are useful when it comes to other forms of communication too.</p>


Designing and using alphabet charts

<p>The aim of this resource is help you design and use alphabet charts with people who can’t rely on speech, enabling them to communicate to the best of their ability. Through communication we can express ourselves, learn, have fun, and be active members of society</p>


<p>Speakbook is a simple communication tool that was developed by Patrick Joyce who had Motor Neurone Disease (MND / ALS). Understanding the progression of his condition and the needs of others, Patrick realised that there was a need for a cheap and easy-to-use way of communicating for people who are able to read and spell and can move their eyes, but struggle to point with their finger or hand.</p>
<p>Speakbook is a template for a communication book which you populate with your own messages.  It also provides access to an alphabet chart. While originally developed with MND in mind, Speakbook can be useful for anyone who is literate and requires a communication tool that they can access with their eyes. (<a href="https://acecentre.org.uk/project/speakbook/">For more information &#8211; see here</a>)</p>


SpeakBook

German/Deutsch

Afrikkans

Turkish

Portuguese

Maltese

Zulu

English

French/Francais

Spanish/Espanol

Swedish

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<p>Find here a Make your own flip joke book &#8211; in Widgit and PCS. Here&#8217;s what you need to do to make your own:</p>
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<li>Choose the PCS or Widgit PDF and download it</li>
<li>Print all pages with the printer settings;</li>
<li>one slide per page, single sided, full colour, A4</li>
<li>Cut out individual question slips from the 4 question slip pages. Cut around the bold black rectangular edge but also include the lift the flap tab for each question.</li>
<li>Stick with glue or sellotape, the top blank panel of each question slip to the corresponding top panel on the answer/joke page. This will create the flip element of the joke book. Each question and answer/joke page are numbered accordingly.</li>
<li>Then connect the book together with treasury tags, ring binders or similar.</li>
<li>Start using and laughing!</li>
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<p>Want to see a electronic version that is switch accessible? Try out the TarHeel Reader versions here:</p>
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<li><a href="https://tarheelreader.org/2018/12/21/joke-book-using-pcs/">PCS Tarheel version</a></li>
<li><a href="https://tarheelreader.org/2018/12/21/christmas-joke-book-widgit/">Widgit Tarheel version</a></li>
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Make your own Flip Joke Book

Widgit PDF

PCS PDF

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<p>Three books have been designed to help families and professionals alike to get started with Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). These have been edited by the <a href="https://acecentre.org.uk/">Ace Centre</a>, a UK charity providing information, advice and support for individuals who require technology to communicate.</p>
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<li><a href="http://aacbooks.net/book1/"><strong>Book 1</strong> &#8211; “Getting Started with AAC: Designing and using alphabet charts”</a> &#8211; discusses how to develop an alphabet chart, with videos and examples of how to use them.</li>
<li><a href="http://aacbooks.net/book2/"><strong>Book 2</strong> &#8211; “Getting Started with AAC: Using low tech symbol based systems with children”</a> &#8211; introduces low tech symbol based AAC to support individuals who can’t rely on speech to communicate to the best of their ability.</li>
<li><a href="http://aacbooks.net/book3/"><strong>Book 3</strong> &#8211; “Getting Started with AAC: Access to low tech symbol based resources when pointing is difficult”</a> &#8211; explores alternate ways of accessing low tech symbol based AAC where a child/young person/adult has physical or visual difficulties that make standard resources hard to use. This book is aimed at people who are familiar with low tech AAC and want to find out more about how to adjust and adapt the resources to meet individual needs.</li>
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Getting started with AAC

Resources