PrAACtical AAC Topic Cards for Improved Communication

Using the PrAACtical AAC Topic Cards designed by www.PrAACticalAAC.org can help individuals with unclear speech to indicate the topic of their message before communicating the actual content. These cards assist in conveying intent effectively and enhancing communication. The cards cover a range of categories like People, Places, Things, Time, Actions, Questions, and more to support communication needs.

• AAC
• Communication
• Speech
• Topic Cards
• PrAACtical

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1. Topic cards PrAACtical AAC www.PrAACticalAAC.org www.PrAACticalAAC.org

2. Using these Topic Cards These cards are designed for people whose speech is unclear. They can use cards like indicate the topic of the message before telling the actual message so that the listener can better guess their intent. E.g., School + Nobuck might be notebook Directions: Download & save the file. Modify, as needed. For printing, select the handout option. Set desired number of slides per page based on the size you want. Print the slide version for a full-sized copy. Print & laminate. Teach the communicator to either spell out the message OR point to the first letter of the word they are saying. Attribution: Please feel free to share with families & colleagues using professional standards for attribution. These materials were created by PrAACtical AAC (www.PrAACticalAAC.org). www.PrAACticalAAC.org

3. Person Place Thing Something Else Family Home Looks like Important Friend School Used for Not Important Someone else Feeling Somewhere else Time Something else Medical I don t know. Problem Good Now Pain Health Bad Later Medicine Appointment Something else Past Something else Something else www.PrAACticalAAC.org

4. Person Place Thing Something Else Family Home Looks like Important Friend School Used for Not Important Someone else Feeling Somewhere else Time Something else Medical I don t know. Problem Good Now Pain Health Bad Later Medicine Appointment Something else Past Something else Something else www.PrAACticalAAC.org

5. People Places Thing Time Describe Action Question Family Home Food Now Who? Looks like Need or Want Friends School TV Before/ Past What? Used for Help Work Radio/ Music Later/ Future When? Size Tell Classmate Co- worker Transpor- tation Minutes or Hours Where? Shape Do Shopping Medical Medical Phone Week or Month How? Location Fix Year Why? Talk about Computer Something I have Community Community Something else Something else Something else Something else Something else Something else Something else www.PrAACticalAAC.org

6. People Places Thing Time Describe Action Question Family Home Food Now Who? Looks like Need or Want Friends School TV Before/ Past What? Used for Help Work Radio/ Music Later/ Future When? Size Tell Classmate Co- worker Transpor- tation Minutes or Hours Where? Shape Do Shopping Medical Medical Phone Week or Month How? Location Fix Year Why? Talk about Computer Something I have Community Community Something else Something else Something else Something else Something else Something else Something else www.PrAACticalAAC.org

7. People Places Thing Time Describe Action Question Mom Home Food Now/ Today Who? Looks like Need or Want Dad School TV/DVR Before/ Yesterday /Past Later/ Tomorrow/ Future Minutes or Hours What? Used for Help Park Books or Music When? Size Tell Brother or Sister Car Where? Shape Do or Watch Grandma or Grandpa School Friend Library Store Video Game Week or Month How? Location Play Other Friend Year Why? Talk about Computer Something I have Camp Someone else Some- place else Something else Something else Something else Something else Something else www.PrAACticalAAC.org

8. People Places Thing Time Describe Action Question Mom Home Food Now/ Today Who? Looks like Need or Want Dad School TV/DVR Before/ Yesterday /Past Later/ Tomorrow/ Future Minutes or Hours What? Used for Help Park Books or Music When? Size Tell Brother or Sister Car Where? Shape Do or Watch Grandma or Grandpa School Friend Library Store Video Game Week or Month How? Location Play Other Friend Year Why? Talk about Computer Something I have Camp Someone else Some- place else Something else Something else Something else Something else Something else www.PrAACticalAAC.org

9. People Places Thing Time Describe Action Question Mom or Dad Home Food Now/ Today Who? Looks like Need or Want Help Me Teacher School Books or Reading Stuff Writing Stuff Before/ Yesterday /Past What? Used for Bus Later/ Tomorrow/ Future Minutes or Hours When? Size Tell or Ask Aide Back- pack Talker Where? Shape Do or Watch Therapist Library School Friend Week or Month How? Location Play or Work Cafeteria Other Friend Year Why? Talk about Computer Something I have Playground Someone else Some- place else Something else Something else Something else Something else Something else www.PrAACticalAAC.org

10. People Places Thing Time Describe Action Question Mom or Dad Home Food Now/ Today Who? Looks like Need or Want Help Me Teacher School Books or Reading Stuff Writing Stuff Before/ Yesterday /Past What? Used for Bus Later/ Tomorrow/ Future Minutes or Hours When? Size Tell or Ask Aide Back- pack Talker Where? Shape Do or Watch Therapist Library School Friend Week or Month How? Location Play or Work Cafeteria Other Friend Year Why? Talk about Computer Something I have Playground Someone else Some- place else Something else Something else Something else Something else Something else www.PrAACticalAAC.org