Simply described, they are a small set of words that make up a majority of what we say every day across all settings. Getting started with the core word vocabulary proloquo2gos core word vocabulary is designed for users who are able to put 2 or more words together to make sentences. Studies have shown that core vocabulary is consistent across clinical populations, activities, demographics. The goal of crescendo is to allow you to say as much as possible while remaining on the home page. Core vocabulary core vocabulary refers to the small number of words that make up 7090% of what we say on a daily basis. Download the core word planner for art pdf as an example of what a core word planner looks like. Teacher reading book and pointing to core words board. Usuk core word poster model core words to your whole classroom with this large poster. Am omazing kids ouse you you no no go go hear here look see up up am can look look like like me me more more not not have have. As part of my original post i had included a list of the books and the core words in each. These support the team to teach and model a specific core word throughout the day, across all activities. Proloquo2go screenshot right ubbles activity template.
Dec 08, 2015 getting started with core vocabulary in proloquo2go angelmansyndromefdn. May 9, 2017 50 word core board, pdf also includes fringe flip pages. Based on proloquo2gos crescendo vocabulary 7x11 grid size for us and uk english. The doors to the assistiveware core word classroom are open. How to use multiple activities to practice one core vocabulary word on an aac device or board. Getting started with core vocabulary in proloquo2go. This makes the modeling more manageable, and as long as you keep modeling words from previous weeks, you will end up teaching a robust balanced vocabulary with many core words. Challenges faced while developing the spanish proloquo2go vocabulary by jose a. Strategies for engaging autistic students assistiveware. Parents and therapists tasked with selecting vocabulary for a beginning communicator often turn to core. Core words are the building blocks of language that make up over 80% of the words we say.
The user navigates to and from the various pages to locate words, phrases or messages. Getting started with core vocabulary in proloquo2go youtube. Downloadable manual communication boards corevocab. Th e vocabulary lists in this book are built to reinforce and facilitate the use of those techniques and make learning both interesting and easy. The gateway to language and learning core word augmentative communication app is available as an inapp purchase for proloquo2go. Page sets touchchat communication apps for ipad, iphone. These boards can be an introduction to core first for some people before they get their devices or can be used as a backup in case something happens to their device e. Teach aac core vocabulary with animated powerpoint slides.
Podd at vale primary louise fuller speech and language therapist. Jan 16, 2019 for those who need proloquo2go, you can join the assistiveware core word classroom and download pdfs of the crescendo core word boards in a4 and a0 sizes, in english, spanish, french and dutch. Resources for a year of core vocabulary words speech. Here is a list of 70 kids picture books with lots of opportunities to target core vocabulary that i recently sold 60 in a large slp buy sell trade group on facebook and the remaining 10 on my own omazing kids slp retirement sale page. This is a pdf file for a high level flip communication book. Core word is for users who can put words together into sentences.
They can then use their aac to read the sentence they created. You must purchase the proloquo2go app before you can purchase the gateway. Maybe it is the in the funny pictures, or a high interest topic, but building language from books is always a good idea often you dont need to read the words, but instead can tell the story from the pictures. If we give aac learners quick access to these core words, were providing them. Images used with permission left asic vocabulary set. However it is also okay to print and laminate a few pages to use in a specific way, eg. Customizing for crescendos basic communication vocabulary level. Th e accompanying examples provide as much context as possible for you to understand the. The gateway to language and learning vocabulary is available as an inapp purchase. Comparison aac apps touchchat wordpower, proloquo2go, lamp words for life, speak for yourself 1 of 2 duration. Smart charts are provided to help both you and your student find vocabulary based on core words. Aided language stimulation boards core word vocabulary. Speech language therapy speech and language speech therapy speech pathology aba therapy activities vocabulary activities applied behavior analysis autism sensory developmental disabilities. Multiple simultaneous manual communication boards are arranged to provide the student with a static supply of core vocabulary and a dynamic display of extended vocabulary words.
Printable core first communication boards lowtech versions of the core pages in core first are available in all grid sizes. Core vocabulary words are displayed in a grid formation with a flip tab of extended vocabulary arranged by category available at the top of the display. Core word is for users who can put words together into. Lesson plans give you instant access to a variety of activites that you can do with your student based on specific language objectives. I have created the entire vocabulary in this book and it was quite a job. A wonderful program for teaching core words using this method has been developed by carole zangari, gloria soto, and lori wise. Advanced core relies more on subfolders to organize fringe words. These words are relevant across contexts and can have many meanings. Getting started with core vocabulary in proloquo2go presented by jennifer marden, ma cccslp and vp of clinical development at assistiveware. Lesson plans do not have to be fully completed, simply choose activities that your student will enjoy. Wordpower for touchchat is a special version of this popular wordbased vocabulary, designed specifically for the ipod and ipad screens. Apr 25, 20 alternatively, choose core words listed in the 4. Core vocabulary words are typically pronouns, verbs, and demonstratives, such as it, go, want, eat, i, this, and no.
Core words are words that are used most frequently in conversation and writing. Proloquo2go has the crescendo tm core word vocabulary builtin. A free powerpoint ppt presentation displayed as a flash slide show on id. Core words alone are not sufficient for specific and detailed communication. Download core word of the week planner example pdf core word of the week displays. Printable core first communication boards tobii dynavox. Universal core communication systems the universal core vocabulary is a set of 36 highly useful single words that can be used alone or in combination to communicate for a range of purposes on countless topics with a wide variety of communication partners. The assistiveware core word classroom assistiveware. The main difference between using proloquo2go on the ipad versus the iphone and ipod touch is that because of the larger screen the ipad can display more items. Getting started with core vocabulary in proloquo2go core.
Vocabulary items are usually organised in a branch or page tree structure whereby the main page provides access to various other pages. Making core words fun for students with autism speech therapy. Oct 26, 2016 aided language stimulation boards core word vocabulary board. The purpose of interactive core vocabulary stories is to help children learn the meaning of a targeted word while teaching them where the icon. Ppt using proloquo2go powerpoint presentation free to. Core vocabulary studies and core word activities handout. Speak normally, model telegraphically modeling every word you speak in.
Or buy a database through an inapp purchase that offers a different way to customize word choice. Some students love the interaction that comes from interesting books. Proloquo2gos core word vocabulary is designed for users who are able to put. The screen shots included in the manual are from the iphone, but the screens look quite similar on the ipad. People with ccds need access to robust vocabularies. Given a picture from the book, ask student to formulate a sentence to go with the picture using aa c or moveable core words then read sentence with aac. Interactive core vocabulary stories target core words using a core vocabulary communication board. Implementation chat corner lowtech communication board options a lowtech option is a great tool as a backup to the dedicated solution, use for modeling or during water activities. This book is based on a 5x9 grid in proloquo2gos intermediate core vocabulary, but you can use any aac app to create a paperbased. Proloquo2go contains extensive customizations and many helpful tutorials.
Once you own a copy of proloquo2go, you are able to follow the inapp purchase procedure to. Aac implementation reading a book with a language board duration. Light tech core boards for high tech apps aac community. Oct 22, 20 this week in teach me tuesday were learning more about proloquo2go p2g by assistiveware. If you edit core word buttons in the home folder or override your progressive language settings, you will probably have to change several templates. Assistiveware released the first fully functioning assistiveaugmentative communication aac app to run on a mainstream mobile device ipod touch or iphone. The key is choosing core vocabulary with lots of communicative power. The assistiveware core word classroom is designed to fill this space. Proloquo2go includes the crescendo vocabulary, a researchbased core word vocabulary which supports multiple grid sizes and three levels of language. Save valuable time and find already created activities, from the boardmaker community and premium activities, to meet all your students individual needs.
Use the default vocabulary database, which can switch easily between english and spanish and includes different regional accents. Proloquo2go screenshot proloquo2go rescendo core word board, available through the. These lowtech printable options are available to support some of the wordpower files. Fringe vocabulary refers to a specific set of low frequency vocabulary words that are specific to a particular person or activity. Perez core words are the high frequency words that make up most of what we say everyday, these words include pronouns, verbs, prepositions, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions and to a lesser degree nouns and interjections. Nov 05, 2018 two core boards are available for this. Talk about other people, characters in books, tv, movies. These are printable and easytoread so that they can be displayed prominently in the classroom and around the school. The classroom offers a large collection of learning resources, which are designed to support implementation of any communication device that is based on core words. All three vocabulary levels provide access to activity templates. Inventory appendix in the proloquo2go manual for a list of information to gather.
Additional page sets inapp purchases if you want access to even more vocabulary, you can purchase additional page sets through inapp purchase. Youll also find many ideas for teaching core words activity planners, core word of the week planners and displays, etc. These templates are based on the home page of each vocabulary level, and allow easy creation of activity specific pages with a mix of core words and topicspecific vocabulary. Feb 17, 2016 printable flip book in pdf and boardmaker format. Proloquo2go also provides a typing view with word prediction for users with literacy skills.