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Customisable symbol charts for communication available in five layouts to support different access methods.

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Assistive Technology for Complex Communication, Physical & Learning Needs

Access to paper-based symbol resources when pointing is difficult

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Listener Mediated Scanning ABC Chart Pack

Coaching Communication Partners

Pragmatic Auditory Scan Communication Book

Editable templates for creating a Pragmatic Auditory Scan Communication Book designed to support individuals who find pointing difficult by offering an auditory partner assisted scanning to express messages. Flexible and easy to personalise, the resource follows a pragmatic organisational structure and can be edited in Microsoft PowerPoint or Google Slides. Includes both colour and monochrome versions, plus an introductory help sheet.
This is an updated version (2026).

Being a Communication Partner

Being a Communication Partner&#8217; is our quick guide to having conversations with people who use the alphabet to communicate.
Positive and effective communication involves two or more people interacting in a skilful way, so when someone is using an alphabet based communication tool, it’s not just down to them to make the conversation work. As a ‘Communication Partner’ (the person they are communicating with) you can help make the conversation more successful, inclusive and effective for everyone.

Communication Pack for Adults who Benefit from Symbol Support

This leaflet provides information about simple things you can do to support the communication of someone with aphasia. It has been designed to be used by family, friends and professionals working with someone who has aphasia.
Want to learn more? Try Ace Centre Learning’s self-directed module <a title="https://acecentre.org.uk/learning/supporting-communication-for-people-with-aphasia-i" contenteditable="false" href="https://acecentre.org.uk/learning/supporting-communication-for-people-with-aphasia-i">Supporting Communication for People with Aphasia</a>

Supporting Communication for People with Aphasia

Designing and using alphabet charts

Alphabet Chart Pack - charts you point to

SpeakBook

High Frequency Words & Phrases with QWERTY alphabet for Pointing

Appraising an AAC Resource in a Language You Do Not Speak

This communication book is designed to be used by someone who can point to fairly small messages. The template will need to be completed with personalised words and phrases that are communicated repeatedly and useful to deliver quickly.

A5 Communication Book you can point to

This is a FREE online taster webinar to introduce you to Ace Centre&#8217;s popular Developing and Using a Communication Book resource.

How to Develop and Use a Communication Book (DUCB)

The Pragmatics Profile for People who use AAC

This pack includes:
<ul>
<li>Using a Clues Book help sheet (PDF)</li>
<li>Sample Clues Book with Widgit symbol support (PDF)</li>
<li>Sample Clues Book with text (PDF)</li>
<li>InPrint3 templates for creating a Clues Book with Widgit symbol support</li>
<li>Boardmaker 7 template for creating a Clues Book with PCS symbol support</li>
<li>MS Word template for creating a text based Clues Book</li>
</ul>

Designed to support speech when there is difficulty being understood by providing a means for giving clues to a communication partner so they can make guesses to get conversation back-on-track.

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.
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>)
<h2>With thanks to:</h2>
English &#8211; With thanks to Suzanne Guerin and her colleagues for finding the mistake with the circles/triangles and cyan/green dots!
Turkish &#8211;  Ersin Sinay
German &#8211; Julius Deutsch, kommhelp e.V., Michael Ritson, Ace Centre, UK.
Afrikaans &#8211; Emma Emmerich, Inclusive Solutions.
Portuguese &#8211; Hélio Lourenço, Ace Centre UK
Maltese &#8211; Martina Zarb, Mariah Amber Busuttil, Jamie Said, Access to Communication and Technology Unit (ACTU), Malta
Bulgarian &#8211; Evgeniya Hristova
French &#8211; Michael Ritson, Ace Centre, UK.
Zulu &#8211; Sipho Sibanda, Inclusive Solutions
Arabic &#8211; Hossein Amin, Iraq.

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This fully revised and updated illustrated guide describes what’s required to construct and use a communication book with a preliterate individual.  This second edition builds on all that was good about the original, much loved guide, incorporating the wealth of experience of the full Ace Centre team.  The guide offers clarity for parents, carers and professionals in developing communication books that progressively help people to communicate an increasing number of messages.  
The guide sets out:
<ul>
<li>An updated, stable core vocabulary that is available from every topic page to promote its use.  The core vocabulary is developed through five stages and includes a newly simplified Stage One.</li>
<li>Ideas for developing a fringe vocabulary that can meet an individual’s interests, needs and varied environments, with plenty of examples included.</li>
<li>A continued promotion of the communication of rich ideas through symbols rather than the production of grammatically correct sentences for face-to-face communication.</li>
<li>A new approach to organising pages and accessing vocabulary with a suggested menu, tabs and supports for navigating around the book.</li>
<li>The importance of a communication partner who is taught, through the guide, to use and model the symbols during communication and to support and scaffold the learner’s own communication attempts.</li>
</ul>
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The guide itself with its sample pages is presented in an A5 file, but a learner’s communication book can easily be created at A4 size if this is preferred.  Templates for use with most resource making software are available for download along with worksheets to assist in generating page and vocabulary ideas. Download the templates here:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://backend.acecentre.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/DUCB-Ace-Centre-BM6-Templates-2.25.zip">Boardmaker V6 Templates </a></li>
<li><a href="https://backend.acecentre.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/DUCB-Ace-Centre-BM7-Templates-2.25.zip">Boardmaker V7 Templates</a></li>
<li><a href="https://backend.acecentre.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/DUCB-Ace-Centre-InPrint-3-Templates-2.25.zip">InPrint3 Templates</a></li>
<li><a href="https://backend.acecentre.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/DUCB-Ace-Centre-MindExpress-Templates-2.25.zip">MindExpress Templates</a></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://acecentre.org.uk/resources/identifying-vocabulary-to-personalise-aac/">Identifying Vocabulary to personalise my book</a></li>
</ul>
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DUCB - Developing and Using a Communication Book

A4 Whole word and QWERTY book you can point to

Pragmatic-based Auditory Scan chart

A4 Category Based Listener Mediated Scan Book

Instructions and Template

Example (PDF)

<div><a title="https://acecentre.org.uk/resources/developing-using-communication-book" contenteditable="false" href="https://acecentre.org.uk/resources/developing-using-communication-book">Click here to learn more</a> about the Developing and Using a Communication Book manual or join us on a <a title="https://acecentre.org.uk/learning/search?category=communication" contenteditable="false" href="https://acecentre.org.uk/learning/search?category=communication">webinar with Ace Centre Learning</a></div>

DUCB Easter

<div>Ready-made to support communication around Easter. Includes pages in all layout options to add to a book made using the Developing and Using a Communication Book template.</div>

Widgit

AAC in Action: Tasty Traditions

This guide is designed to support educational settings through the process of creating an AAC policy that is unique to them and the needs of their students and staff. The document outlines practical steps for integrating AAC into daily classroom activities, ensuring that AAC users can participate fully and learn effectively. It also highlights the importance of fostering a supportive culture that values diverse communication methods and promotes understanding and inclusion. 
We created this free online guide, directed by the original Developing AAC Policies in Schools document created in 2001, whilst working alongside and within several education settings. The aim is to pull from and share our recent joined up experience to assist education teams through the process of creating an AAC policy that is unique to them and the needs of their students and staff. The guide addresses key points for effective AAC policies to include:
<ul>
<li>Introduction</li>
<li>Defining AAC</li>
<li>The need for an AAC policy statement</li>
<li>The educational context</li>
<li>Legal considerations in the use of AAC</li>
<li>Roles and responsibilities</li>
<li>Ongoing training and development</li>
<li>Transition</li>
<li>Funding options</li>
<li>Conclusion</li>
</ul>
Each section in this guide has been designed to promote discussion and planning throughout the process of creating your AAC policy whilst providing examples from existing school policies and considerations to explore within your setting.

A Guide to Writing an Effective AAC Policy in Education Settings

Free online eBook or download as PDF

<ul>
<li><a href="https://acecentre.org.uk/resources/matter-education-edition">See the Education Edition of You Matter here</a></li>
<li><a href="https://acecentre.org.uk/resources/you-matter-education-pack">See the Education Edition Participant Pack of You Matter here</a></li>
<li><a href="https://acecentre.org.uk/resources/you-matter">See the Family Edition of You Matter here</a></li>
<li><a href="https://acecentre.org.uk/resources/you-matter-pack">See the Family Edition Participant Pack of You Matter here</a></li>
</ul>

You-Matter - Education Edition

A one day course for educational staff in using aided communication
You Matter Education Edition aims to support and empower professionals working with children who use aided communication (Augmentative and Alternative Communication). This includes children who use communication aids and children who use symbol-based communication books and charts.
<h2>Course Learning Outcomes:</h2>
Awareness of the benefits of aided communication 
Be able to identify the aided communication stage of children in your class 
Select appropriate vocabulary for the five stages of aided communication 
Become an effective aided communication partner 
Be able to set targets
The course provides practical guidance on how education staff can become effective communication partners to support a child using aided communication to communicate, participate and learn within the classroom and beyond.Full You Matter Education Bundle &#8211; this includes:
<ul>
<li>1x Tutor Guide, resource pack &amp; digital delivery of course content</li>
<li>10 x Resource packs for participants</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://acecentre.org.uk/resources/you-matter-education-pack/">Additional packs available here</a>

AAC Accredited Module

The AAC Module can be combined with an additional 30 credits from one of two further modules (The Access Unit or Assistive Technology for Complex Communication, Physical &amp; Learning Needs) to gain the PGCert Specialist Assistive Technology, awarded by University of Dundee.

Talk Together will work within a range of communication software including Tobii Communicator, Mind Express and The Grid 2 and Grid 3 software. There are minor differences in layout and appearance between the different versions, and the symbols used will depend upon the software it is used within.
The vocabulary complements our bestselling <a href="https://acecentre.org.uk/resources/developing-using-communication-book/">Guide to Developing and Using a Communication Book</a>, and the Sternberg award-winning <a href="https://acecentre.org.uk/resources/look2talk/">Look2Talk</a> guide to making a communication book for eye-pointing communicators.
Just like with the communication book resources, Talk Together promotes the use of a consistently located core vocabulary that grows over a number of stages, from just two items at the Introductory Stage through to a wealth of vocabulary at Stages 4/5.
<h2>How to get hold of Talk Together</h2>
Talk Together is free, provided you own one of the communication software options below.  It is available from the suppliers of the software:
<ul>
<li>Talk Together for Grid 3 can be downloaded from <a href="https://grids.thinksmartbox.com/en">Online Grids.</a>  If you’re using The Grid 2, contact <a href="https://thinksmartbox.com/">Smartbox</a></li>
<li>If you’re using Mind Express software, Talk Together can be downloaded from <a href="http://www.mindexpress.be/index.php">Techess.</a> Or you can contact them directly on 01476 512881</li>
<li>For Tobii Communicator software, contact <a href="http://www.tobiidynavox.com">Tobii Dynavox </a></li>
</ul>
<h2>The benefits</h2>
<ul>
<li>Gives easy access to a stable core vocabulary from every topic page.</li>
<li>Provides a structured approach to organising personalised vocabulary.</li>
<li>A page-by-page guide is integrated into the vocabulary to help with the big issues like how to introduce it, how to help young people to learn it, and how to support their developing skills.</li>
<li>The role of the communication partner and their skills is discussed throughout.</li>
<li>Emphasises the importance of play and having fun, particularly in the early stages.</li>
<li>Switch, eye gaze and keyguard-friendly page design.</li>
<li>Early literacy skills are encouraged and supported with phonic alphabets, storytelling and story reading pages.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Who is it for?</h2>
<ul>
<li>Talk Together is ideal for children and young people who need to use symbols to communicate.</li>
<li>Supports the vocabulary development of children and young people who have just begun to use a communication aid, through to more complex symbol use.</li>
<li>Children and young people using a wide range of access methods, from touchscreens to eye gaze to switches.</li>
</ul>
Licensed via <a href="https://choosealicense.com/licenses/gpl-3.0/">GPL v3</a>
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Talk Together

Talk Together is a unique new way for a young person and their communication partners to communicate together. From the very beginning, this innovative vocabulary package encourages involvement in modelling and supporting a developing vocabulary – all within a highly intuitive set of pages that enables young people say what they want. A wealth of on-screen support and ideas are available at the touch of a button on every page, so there’s no need to feel lost or to constantly refer to the manu

Language Questionnaire

Practical Tips when working with AAC Users who communicate in Languages Other than English

This leaflet is derived from the information presented in the chapter &#8220;Augmentative and Alternative Communication” written by Ace Centre colleagues Lizzie Sadiku, Katherine Small and Suzanne Martin for a book by Dr. Sean Pert called “<a href="http://bit.ly/AACLang">Working with Children Experiencing Speech and Language Disorders in a Bilingual Context: A home Language Approach</a>”.

We have created this document pulling from our experience of supporting AAC users who want to communicate in more than one language. It is a compilation of questions you can and should be asking when appraising resources in a language you do not speak and considerations for you to keep in mind.

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