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Non-symbolic Communication:
Gestural, Pointing
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Symbolic Communication:
Objects of Reference, Photographs/pictures/symbols, Words, Signing, Communication aids, ICT
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Social Communication
Social responding, Conversational turn-taking, Imitation, Shared attention, Initiating communication
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Communicating Needs and Wants
Communicating a choice/preference, Refusing/rejecting
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Information & Concepts
Following instructions, Concepts
Reading
Single symbol/word vocabulary, Response to books and text, Phonics, Reading for meaning, Understanding narrative
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Writing
Motor Skills, Regulating Behaviour, Sentence building, Assisted story-telling, Recording information