Quick and Easy: Ideas for Using Classroom Materials to Teach Academics to Nonverbal Children and More!
by Carolyn Rouse, Katera and Mayer-Johnson, LLC
Include your non-verbal students in the classroom
Includes Tech/Talk and Tech/Speak overlays
If you have ever struggled to find time to adapt classroom materials for nonverbal students, you will love this book! The book of overlays and materials are ready-to-use with a main focus of communication, academics, and inclusion.
Ideas are given on how to turn the nonverbal child’s communication device into a teaching tool that all your students will enjoy. The 256 page book by Carolyn Rouse and Katera features a variety of pre-made overlays that are ready to use with the Macaw, Tech/Speak, Tech/Talk, Cheap Talk 4 and 8, or Superhawk or use any board as a low-tech picture board. The school subjects are as follows:
- Class Routine
- Reading
- Mathematics
- Social
- Science
- Spelling
- English
In addition, there is a section on adapting classroom items to use for communication, like a lunch box, desk, backpack and more!
Quick and Easy Classroom Overlays CD for Boardmaker
To save time, all the overlays from this book are now available on CD for Mac and Windows.
- Simply Print and Go
These pre-made overlays include Picture Communication Symbols (PCS) arranged in a grid can be used with alternative and augmentative communication devices such as Tech/Talk, Tech/Speak, Hawk, Macaw, Superhawk and Cheap Talk.
Students can also communicate by pointing to the appropriate symbol on a print-out.
- Customisable Boards
You can also replace or alter symbols on the communication boards to better fit a student’s environment, interests and needs. The manual includes specific suggestions for using communication boards in your classroom.
View sample overlay one, overlay two (Musical Instruments), and overlay three (Non-reader in Reading Group).
Two types of overlays are included. Core overlays are used throughout the year, and include:
- An alphabet overlay for spelling
- A calculator overlay for math
- An art overlay for art projects
- Lunch overlays for discussing foods
- Choice boards for recurring activities
- Overlays for social situations
- Classroom overlays to encourage interaction with teachers and classmates
Unit overlays cover specific topics or subject areas. They are designed to be used for one to four weeks.
TIPS Use Quick and Easy Classroom to:
- achieve success with money skills
- provide boards to assist students with requests
- encourage participation in music
- assist non-readers in participating in reading groups!
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System Requirements for CD-ROM
Requires Boardmaker, Boardmaker Plus! or Boardmaker with Speaking Dynamically Pro version 3 or higher for Mac or Windows
Quick and Easy: Ideas for Using Classroom Materials to Teach Academics to Nonverbal Children and More! is targeted at the following age ranges:
- Early Primary
- Mid Primary
- Upper Primary
- Secondary School
Quick and Easy: Ideas for Using Classroom Materials to Teach Academics to Nonverbal Children and More! is designed to foster development in the areas of:
- Communication
- Resource preparation
- Use of assistive technology
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