CLASSROOM COMMUNICATION CHECKLIST

Developed by Alison Sweep Speech Pathologist (adjustments have been made for use at Tangara School)

QUESTION Do the teacher, aide and casuals understand the importance of AAC and have knowledge of key terms and practices? Is simplified language used that matches the students understanding? Are classroom areas and items labelled with appropriate symbols? Where possible, are there clear, natural indicators to the start and end of activities? Is key word signing used consistently across environments? Are appropriate response times allowed before repetition or rephrasing? Are attention markers, such as students names, used consistently? Are supports, such as pointing, touching and gesturing used when needed? Do the teacher and aide regularly expect students to initiate communication? Does the teacher know how to use the digital camera? Does the teacher know how to use the digital camera software? Are photos used to create social stories? Are photos used for choice making? Does the teacher know how to use the computer snipping tool?

YES

SOME TIMES

NO

I WOULD LIKE TO IMPROVE THIS

QUESTION Does the teacher know how to use Boardmaker? Does the teacher know how to use the additional features of Boardmaker Plus, such as Writing with Symbols? Does the teacher know how to put photos into Boardmaker? Is the teacher aware of different voice output communication aides (VOCAs) and how to use them? Is a daily class timetable located centrally? Does the daily timetable use photos/symbols which all students can understand? Is the daily timetable referred to before and after each activity with students attending? Are changes to routine indicated on the timetable and brought to the attention of students? Are the class rules represented visually? Are rewards and consequences represented visually? Are behaviour scripts used to explain rewards and consequences? Are who what where boards used? Are who what where colours used on all symbols? Are turn taking boards used in required activities? Does the teacher know how to use Proloquo2go? Does the teacher know how to use Click and Talk?

YES

SOME TIMES

NO

I WOULD LIKE TO IMPROVE THIS