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AAC for MND Best Practice Guidelines for Professionals

http://www.mndassociation.org/for-professionals/AAC+for+MND

A MNDA guide to available resources and clinical issues that professionals have experienced.

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Connecting Young Kids (YAACK)

http://aac.unl.edu/yaack/toc.html

A website covering issues related to AAC and young children. It provides information and guidance to families, teachers, speech/language pathologists and anyone else who is involved with a child with special communication needs.

Concept Training

http://www.concepttraining.co.uk/

Concept Training specialises in practical, "hands on" training for the Special Needs Sector.

Daring to Dream: Turning Dreams into Future Realities

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Daring-Dream-Turning-Realities-ebook/dp/B008O5BKHU/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1347301048&sr=1-1

An eBook on Dream driven goals and planning, by Professor Diane Bryen.

Interview Skills Training from St. Catherine's

http://www.stasspublications.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=172

A manual and a CD of resources to run interview skills group therapy sessions for young people with speech, language and communication needs.

Parlerai

https://www.parlerai.com/

Parlerai creates a secure network of family, friends and caregivers surrounding a child with special needs using innovative and highly personalized tools to enhance collaboration and provide a safe means of communicating via the Internet.

Towergate Insurance Limited

http://www.ellisbatescare.com/

Insurers who offer AAC device cover with online application under personal belongings (£75 per annum gives up to £7500 cover).

Widgit.com

https://www.widgit.com/

Widgit Software, suppliers of educational and literacy software for pre-school, primary, special needs students and adults with learning difficulties

iPad/iPod Touch Resources

AppsForAAC

http://appsforaac.net/applist

The AppsForAAC website provides a searchable full list of all AAC applications available on the iPhone, iPod and iPad.

KeyboardExplorer

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/keyboard-explorer/id564902755?mt=8

Miss Sue's Keyboard Fun app begins the process of teaching the letters on the keyboard.

Miss Sue's Keyboard Fun

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/keyboard-fun/id572392664?ls=1&mt=8

Miss Sue's Keyboard Fun app is designed to help children identify where keys are on the keyboard.

Type-A-Word

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/type-a-word/id572392301?ls=1&mt=8

Miss Sue's Type-A-Word app begins the process of teaching the letters on the keyboard in order to spell words.

Volume Purchase Programme

http://www.apple.com/uk/education/volume-purchase-program/faq.html

The programme allows educational institutions and businesses to purchase iOS apps in volume.

Support Groups

Autism NI

http://www.autismni.org/

Group of parents and professionals concerned by the lack of Autism services in Northern Ireland, Autism NI seeks to ensure that people with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their carers have access to appropriate services, enabling people with Autism to become valued members of the community.

Autism West Midlands

http://www.autismwestmidlands.org.uk/

West Midlands, aims to improve the quality of life for people with autistic spectrum disorders and their families. We are the principal provider of autism-specific services for children and adults in the West Midlands region.

Communication Matters

http://www.communicationmatters.org.uk/

Communication Matters, a UK charitable organisation for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC).

Peach

http://www.peach.org.uk/

Parents for the Early Intervention of Autism in Children (PEACH) promotes early intensive behavioural intervention and helps parents of children with autism.

Funding Support

Family Fund

https://www.familyfund.org.uk/

The Family Fund helps families with severely disabled children and young people aged 17 and under to have choices and the opportunity to enjoy ordinary life.

Newlife Foundation

http://newlifecharity.co.uk/

Newlife Foundation provides action to help disabled and terminally ill children in the UK. We provide equipment to help individual children.

Sequal Trust

https://www.thesequaltrust.org.uk/

The Sequal Trust aims to bridge the communication gap by supplying specialist communication equipment for disabled people of all ages across the UK.

Free Sources of Symbols

Picto-Selector

http://www.pecsforall.com/pictoselector/index_en.html

Picto selector is a Windows application written for easy selection and printing of Pictos. The Pictos have a Dutch, English, French and Spanish translation.

Straight Street

http://straight-street.com

Mulberry Symbol Set from Straight Street

Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired

http://www.tsbvi.edu/tactile-symbols

Tactile Symbols Directory to Standard Tactile Symbol List