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Select, design and maintain personalised low-tech communication aids
Customised communication aidsfrom Scope
$1000 for one communication aid
$1500 for two – five communication aids
With the help of communication aid experts you will:
• View the NECAS low-tech range.
• Discuss options for your specific needs.
• Get content guidance to make it meaningful.
• Receive design advice for accessible communication aids.
• Be in contact with NECAS by phone, email, telepractice or in-office.
• Receive your customised communication aid(s).
This pack does not include PODD books.
$1500
You will receive:
• Consultation on the range of PODD books available.
• A customised PODD book.
• Contact with NECAS by phone, email, telepractice or in-office.
• Updates of up to 10 pages over 12 months from date of purchase.
• The option to loan a PODD book for 4 weeks.
Scope’s Complex Communication Needs (CCN) consultants have the expertise and equipment to produce customised, high-quality communication aids for adults and children.
Our team will work with you to design and produce your customised aid. We provide four core packs:
1. Design support pack
2. My PODD book pack
3. Review and update pack
4. Basic pack
1. Design support pack 2. My PODD book pack
Communication aid packs can be funded by the NDIS under ‘Core consumables’ or ‘Capital supports - Assistive Technology’.
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Type of communication aid Price* FeaturesBooks Examples: Book About Me, customised Communication Book, Personal History, Shopping list
Book $450 50 customisationsA4 or A5 sizeBindingUp to 20 pages
Book - with cards $500
Book - with tabbed pages $530
Book - tabbed pages and cards $550
PODD book - Boardmaker $1,200 50 customisations
PODD book - SimPODD $900 Templates provided; no customisations
BoardsExamples: Activity Schedule, Budget Wheel, Calendar or Timetable, Chore Chart, Communication Board, Meal Planner
Board $240 50 customisationsUp to 5 copies of item per order
Board – with cards $320 Board: 50 customisationsCards: 50 customised cards
Core word board plus fringe vocabulary $300 50 customisations
CardsExamples: First Then Board and cards, Community Request Cards, lanyard with cards
$230 Up to 50 customised cards / magnets
Objects of Reference $280 Up to 15 itemsCard attached to each object
*Additional costs incurred for further customisations. See Terms and Conditions for full details.
NECAS recommends a speech pathologist supports development of your overall communication system, as well as training for you and others on how to use communication aids effectively.
$800
With the help of communication aid experts you will:
• Discuss adjustments to your current communication aids.
• Update the vocabulary, improve design and access.
3. Review and update pack
If you have your communication aid design finalised and ready for manufacture, NECAS provides a printing, processing and review service.
4. Basic pack
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Low tech communication aid catalogueComprehensive Expressive Communication AidsYou can send a message to another person using these aids. They are described as comprehensive as they have content for you to say whatever you want to say regardless of your topic, or who you are talking to.
Aid name DescriptionAlphabet Board
If you have literacy and spelling skills, you can spell out your message. The board can be designed specially to suit the you, with extra phrases, such as “new word” and “I’ll start again”, and formatted to an ABC or QWERTY letter order.
Communication Book You can use a multi-level communication books if you would like access to a large vocabulary and need a method of communication that supports your speech, or to use instead of speech.
These books are a visual display with symbols, photos, pictures and written words for communication.
The book is usually categorised in different sections and levels, and includes general and specific words.
Pragmatically Organised Dynamic Display (PODD) Communication Book
Similar to a communication book, PODD is a multi-level communication system, providiung pathways for you to state the purpose of your communication.
Use it to support language development, or to convey messages.
PODD stands for:
Pragmatic – the ways that we use language socially Organisation – words and symbols arranged in a systematic way Dynamic Display – changing pages
There are many different types of PODDs, so the one to use will depend on your physical, sensory and communication needs.
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Communication Board
Use a communication board to talk about something specific.
You can also use it to better understand what others are saying.
The boards are a visual display of photos, pictures and/or written words.
Core Board A Core Board is a communication board that uses high frequency words, also known as Core words. Core words are important because they make up approximately 80% of what we say, and we can use these words in lots of activities and situations to comment, give directions and join in with others.
E-Tran Board Use eye contact to spell out words using an E-Tran board to your communication partner. The board is a see-through Perspex board with the alphabet and numbers displayed in eight sections.
The E-Tran board is placed between you and your communication partner. Points with your eyes to indicate letters and spell out words. Your communication partner follows your eye gaze to see the message you spell out.
Targeted Expressive Communication AidYou can use a targeted communication aid to send a message in a given situation, routine or about a specific topic. These aids can assist you with active participation and choices.
Aid name DescriptionCommunity Request Cards
Community Request Cards are used by a person who cannot speak or who are difficult to understand.
Use these cards to request items and services while you are out in the community. Instead of using speech to request an item or a service, gives or shows the card for the other person to read.The content on the card explains what you want with all the details needed for your request to be met.
My Day Book
These books are a valuable way of using pictures and photos to share information about the things that you do in your day. They can be useful for people who need visual reminders, have limited vocabularies, or need support to structure a recount. My Day Books allow for communication about the things that you have been doing, where you have been, who you saw, how you have felt, anything different or special that has happened and may also include other information such as reminders for the next day.
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Receptive communication aids and visual supports for understandingYou can understand spoken information more easily with a visual support.
These aids can support, enhance or add to a message so that you can better understand a situation, or another person’s words.
Aid name DescriptionPicture Based Timetable
You can use a visual timetable with cues about the daily routine, to help recognise and anticipate activities that will happen during the day or week.
A timetable can also be used to encourage choice making, for example, you might decide the order of your afternoon tasks, or see when you have scheduled your preferred activities.
Budget Wheel
The Budget Wheel has been designed as a way to match the amount of money you have with the different expenses that happen over a week. Each piece of the wheel can be used to represent the cost of an item and activity. As you spend money, it is placed on the wheel. When the wheel is full, no money is left.
It may be useful for you to have a visual support to help manage their money. It allows you to understand how to budget, so that your income does not exceed your expenditure.
Picture Based Calendar
A calendar may be useful for you to have a visual support to remind you about what appointments or special events ahead.
It can reduce anxiety, let you know about unexpected things, and give you time to prepare.
Activity Schedules
Activity schedules break down daily activities into smaller steps enabling you to be more independent in particular tasks.
Shopping Lists
You can use a shopping list to pre-plan what you want to buy, or indicate if you want something extra or different.
Shopping Lists need to be individualised to contain grocery and personal items.
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First-Then Board A First-Then Board is a schedule that provides information about what is happening now and what is coming next. They can be used to support transitions between activities or to reduce anxiety about what happening next.
This allows for active choice and control.
Chores Chart
It may be useful for you to have a cue to remind you of the jobs that need to be done at home or work, and to feel a sense of accomplishment once you have done them.
A Chores Chart has been designed with photos or pictures to show the daily or weekly tasks within the home or work environment.
It assists with activie participation.
‘Who’s Here Today?’ board
A ‘Who’s Here Today’ board displays the whereabouts of different people. It can prepares you for who to expect to see, any unexpected changes, and reasons why staff or others are away. This is a tool that can support your choice and control.
Picture stories/Social stories
Picture stories or social stories are tools to help you better understand a specific social situation and how to interact in an effective and appropriate manner.
It supports you to participate in situations or activities that would be difficult otherwise, and undertake safe and meaningful exchanges.
Objects of Reference
Objects of Reference may be suitable for people who can understand that whole real objects can represent things, activities and events. The objects selected need to look, feel or have something to do with the item or activity they represent e.g. a piece of towel that smells like chlorine for swimming.
Objects of Reference can be used for making choices. Instead of using real objects, object symbols representing items or activities are offered for the person to choose between, e.g., hairbrush = please brush my hair, hand lotion = please give me a hand massage. Objects of Reference can also be used to help the person understand what is going to happen in their day. Daily or weekly events and routines may be identified by the object symbol associated with the event or activity, e.g., purse = shopping; seat belt buckle = go in the car.
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Communication Aids for Communication PartnersA communication aid that can be used to provide information about an individual.
These aids support communication partners in understanding, interacting and communicating effectively with people with complex communication needs.
Aid name DescriptionPersonal Communication Dictionary (PCD)
A PCD records what you do (your individual gestures, body language, facial expressions, vocalisations and/or signs); what this means; and what the role the communication partner can play. It can also record when and where the behaviours may be seen.
A Gesture Dictionary is similar and outlines all the manual signs and gestures that you understand or use to communicate.
Book About Me
A Book About Me is useful for communication partners or support people to know important things about you, and how best to support you. It contains current information about a your needs, abilities and interests. It can include information about your daily routine, what you can do independently and where you might need assistance. It allows for consistent and predicatble support from your carers.
Personal History
This book provides your communication partners with information and photos about your life and family history. It can be used as a conversation starter or to get to know a person.