1 / 59

Symbol Communication at Ingfield Manor School

Symbol Communication at Ingfield Manor School. @. Overview. The school Communication strategy Communication Books IDV Starting Blocks. 1. Ingfield Manor School. Ingfield Manor School is an independent day and residential special school for children with cerebral palsy aged 3-16.

declan
Download Presentation

Symbol Communication at Ingfield Manor School

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Symbol Communication at Ingfield Manor School @ Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  2. Overview • The school • Communication strategy • Communication Books • IDV • Starting Blocks Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  3. 1. Ingfield Manor School Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  4. Ingfield Manor School is an independent day and residential special school for children with cerebral palsy aged 3-16. • It operates a Conductive Education ethos…… • … which presents benefits and challenges for embedding communication strategy Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  5. I was warned I wouldn’t last 6 weeks at Ingfield because Conductive Education and AAC don’t mix • but I’m still there 18 years on Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  6. Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  7. There is always a significant proportion of students who require AAC • For a 2007 audit, the school population was divided into the following categories …… Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  8. Primary Communication Categories • Sp: Speech • Phon: Difficult to understand • Dis: Language disorder • Del: Language delay • Soc: Social communication issues • Si: Signing • AAC: Aided AAC • Pre: Pre-Intentional Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  9. Communication Categories @ IMS November 2007 Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  10. 2. AAC Strategy Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  11. Those numbers represent a typical pattern at IMS • So an infrastructure to support AAC is necessary • Over the years, we have developed resources and teaching strategies, currently reflected in the following: Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  12. Early development of intentional communication with objects, pictures and symbols. Understanding of Cause & Effect Progression of Skills Voca Paperbased Communication Starting Blocks Level 1: Keywords. Cloze activities. Skills Development TurnTaking Skills Development Go Steps Timing Choicemaking IDV-A Simple Scanning Level 2: Sentence construction. Single pages. Categorising IDV-B Other vocabs Navigating Complex Scanning IDV-C Other vocabs/ IDV combo Level 3: Creative language projects; navigating pages Keyword Communication IDV-D skills integration functional use Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  13. Resources have been developed piecemeal over the years • Starting with communication books in pre-Boardmaker days • and high tech grids in Pre-Windows days Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  14. We had no thoughts of integrating low and high tech • We had no vision as to where it would lead….. • …….just solutions for individuals • A reasonably well integrated solution has emerged Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  15. If I were starting with the tools, knowledge and experience I have now I would do many things differently…….. • ………but we do have an embedded strategy that has stood the test of time Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  16. 3. Communication Books Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  17. The first books involved Copy, Cut, Paste, Line Colour and Fill Colour • but nothing to do with Microsoft Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  18. Mayer Johnson had relatively extensive resources, so we set off down the PCS path • We have so many resources that switching symbol sets would be a mammoth undertaking Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  19. There are currently 5 basic levels of book • Although several variations at each level appear on a regular basis • The books are intended as templates to customise Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  20. 1x2 Book Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  21. 1x2 Photo Book Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  22. 2x2 Book Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  23. Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk 2x2 Book with Yes/No

  24. 2x4 Book Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  25. Spanish 2x4 Book Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  26. 4x4 Book Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  27. Encoded 4x4 Book Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  28. B&W 7x5 book with grid reference numbers Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  29. Coloured 7x5 book with grid reference numbers Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  30. Each level retains and builds on the vocabulary of its predecessor • Both in terms of topics • and sentence building Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  31. At the first 3 levels, topics are the same. Complexity increases according to size of vocabulary Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  32. The 1x2 Book has key word vocabulary; but this may be extended by using a ‘flipout sheet’ Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  33. The 2x2 Book is in essence the same; but more vocabulary is displayed on one page Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  34. The 2x4 book introduces some sentence builders and may warrant a more complex flipout sheet Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  35. More topics are introduced in the 4x4 book Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  36. As well as more vocabulary and sentence builders Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  37. More topics again at 7x5 Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  38. As well as lots more sentence builders Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  39. and an extensive flipout sheet if needed Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  40. Level 1: Keywords. Cloze activities. Level 2: Sentence construction. Single pages. Level 3: Creative language projects; navigating pages • There is a 4 year curriculum designed for focused time on vocabulary learning • Divided into 3 levels • And with session plans for every week Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  41. 3. IDV (Ingfield Dynamic Vocabularies) Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  42. Ingfield Dynamic Vocabularies (IDV) are high tech communication grids • Developed for children at Ingfield • spotted and selected for publication in 1994 • Since then, they have been published on 13 different software platforms Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  43. COMMUNICATION: YEARLY PLANNER Go Steps 1 Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  44. COMMUNICATION: YEARLY PLANNER IDV A Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  45. COMMUNICATION: YEARLY PLANNER IDV B Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  46. COMMUNICATION: YEARLY PLANNER IDV C Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  47. COMMUNICATION: YEARLY PLANNER IDV D Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  48. The latest addition is a hybrid of Grid Talk……………. Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  49. and Star Talker (both Grid 2 user files from Sensory Software)……….. Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

  50. And IDV for a student who needs a combination of strategies, including Word Banks, Word Prediction and familiar topic pages Symbols @ IMS sally.conner@scope.org.uk

More Related