Functional Communication Strategies for Nonverbal Autism: Visual and AAC Support Toolkit
Nonverbal and minimally verbal autistic students need reliable ways to ask for help, make choices and share how they feel. This 20-page toolkit uses Sign/Support/Impact tables to connect observed communication signs with visual and AAC supports.
What's Inside
- Asking for Help strategies using help cards, AAC buttons, and visual step-by-step guides
- Requesting Needs and Wants with visual choice boards, eye gaze boards, and picture labels
- Expressing Discomfort or Pain using pain choice boards and body part cards
- Greeting and Saying Goodbye with hello boards and goodbye routine visual strips
- Indicating Choices and Preferences using two-choice boards and favorites books
- Managing Emotions through Communication with emotion choice boards and sensory regulation toolkits
- Understanding Yes/No Questions with visual yes/no cards and concrete action demonstrations
How It Helps You
- Links each communication sign to a specific support tool
- Covers needs from requesting and greeting to expressing pain
- Helps teams build a consistent functional communication system
Ways to Use It
Use it in classroom planning, speech therapy sessions, IEP meetings or at home to keep communication supports consistent.
Who It's For
Designed for special education teachers, speech-language pathologists, behavior therapists, and parents looking for a practical, visual and AAC-based toolkit to build functional communication skills in nonverbal and minimally verbal autistic children.
Format
PDF (print-ready) and PPTX (editable). 20 pages. Instant download.
Need more than one?
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