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Website Resources for Augmentative/Alternative Communication

By: Kristie Brown Lofland, M.S., CCC-A and Rachel Hopf, MA, SLP-CF, Graduate Assistant, Updated 12/2019

https://global.cbeebies.com/ - Cbeebies is a British website for kids age 0-6 with stories to watch and read, pages to color, games to play, etc. all free. Also Spanish version offered.

https://www.myboardmaker.com/Login.aspx -Boardmaker Share is a Mayer-Johnson website which is an online community for finding and sharing thousands of free activities on hundreds of topics created with the Boardmaker Software family.

https://www.do2learn.com - Do2Learn is a website with games, songs, communication cards, print resources and information for special needs.Some are free resources and some must be purchased.

https://www.first-school.ws/theme/fairytales.htm - First-School is a website with preschool activities in English and Spanish.Fairy tales preschool activities, crafts, lesson plans, online stories and coloring pages related to legends, tall tales and folk tales as well.

https://www.noblesvilleschools.org/Page/1323 - Visual supports for parents created by Hamilton-Boone-Madison Special Services.

https://lessonpix.com/ - Lesson Pix includes thousands of picture symbols to support communication needs in the classroom and at home. Parents, teachers, and therapists can personalize these pictures to particular students or create activities for entire classrooms or caseloads. This website offers a free trial followed by a monthly membership.

https://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ - MakeBeliefscomix is a free online educational comic strip maker.Can be used for comic strip conversations or for just making cartoons!

http://www.makinglearningfun.com/ - Making Learning Fun seeks to provide free learning activities to early childhood educators.Visitors to the site enjoy unlimited access free of charge.

https://praacticalaac.org/ -  PrAACtical AAC was founded by professors in speech-language pathology. This website includes activities, strategies, videos, and lesson plans for therapists targeting language, communication, and literacy with AAC. Information focuses on both adults and children.

https://www.stickids.com/ - Stickids offers software and workshops to support sensory challenged children. Enhance child participation in therapy; create sensory diets and functional event visuals.

https://www.speechpage.com/main.html – Speechpage offers fun speech & language therapy materials for purchase.

https://enchantedlearning.com/– Enchanted Learning offers software to create children's educational web sites and games designed to stimulate creativity, learning, enjoyment, and imagination.Some resources are free and some for purchase.

https://usevisualstrategies.com/- Use Visual Strategies is a website for Speech Pathologists, educators, parents, therapists and others who work to support the learning of students with Autism Spectrum Disorders and related learning needs This siteis about students with Autism Spectrum Disorders and lots of other students with behavior or communication challenges tend to be visual learners. They understand what they see better than what they hear. Therefore, they benefit significantly from the use of Visual Strategies. Deciding when and how to use pictures and other visual supports is the key . . . learn lots of great ideas.

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Director: Cathy Pratt, Ph.D., BCBA-D
Email: prattc@indiana.edu

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