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Receptive Language

Understanding messages from other people.

Child using picture cards to communicate with an attentive parent
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Speech, gestures, signs, pictures and AAC can all be valid ways to communicate. Looking into someone’s eyes is not required to show listening or connection.

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Free tools for everyday moments

Print at 100% on letter-size paper. First–Then boards are portrait; token boards are landscape. Personalise together with pictures, drawings or written words. No membership or email required.

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First - Then Board

Two blank First–Then boards on one portrait page, with centred headings, arrows and instructions underneath.

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5-Token Board

Page 1: 5-token board and reinforcer-picture box. Page 2: instructions and five optional butterfly tokens.

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10-Token Board

Page 1: 10-token board and reinforcer-picture box. Page 2: ten cut-out butterfly tokens and brief guidance.

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Use flexibly with your child’s communication and choices. Each board includes brief guidance.