Building Communication Skills - Early Intervention

This Early Intervention Speech Therapy Resource has been developed as a Building Communication Skills Program. It has been developed to assist you in using pictures/visuals and Makaton signs to facilitate communication with your child.

This program is great for individuals with intellectual disabilities and cognitive impairments who require the use of visual supports to supplement and build upon their communication attempts.

This package includes:

• Strategies when using visuals to help your child communicate
• Learning new words
• Making sentences
• Communicative temptations
• Strategies when using Makaton signs to help your child communicate
• Why is signing used with children with communication difficulties
• Points to remember when introducing signing stages in teaching your child signs