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  • Implementing AAC
  • Rationale and Conceptual Framework
  • Key Definitions
  • Relevance and Challenges for AAC Implementation
  • Example - Serbia: Involving Educators
  • UNICEF Europe and Central Asia (ECAR) Approach
  • Example - Serbia: Early Childhood Intervention (ECI)
  • Assessing Country Readiness
  • 1. Defining Scope and Stakeholders
  • 1a. Starting Point
  • 1b. Identifying a Core Partner
  • 1b. Example - Key partners working with UNICEF in Eastern Europe
  • 1c. Identify Stakeholders
  • 1c. Example - Croatia: Stakeholder Involvement
  • 1d. Identify International Partner
  • 1e. Establish Core Project Team and Partners
  • 1f. Associate Stakeholders with Activities
  • 1f. Example - Technical Support
  • 1g. Develop a Project Plan
  • 1g. Example - Croatia: Work Plan and Output Indicators
  • 1h Summary
  • 2. Making Symbol Choices
  • 2a. Creating an AAC Forum
  • 2a. Example - Croatia: AAC Forum Performance Indicators
  • 2b. Choosing a Symbol Set
  • 2b. Example - Bulgaria: Choosing a Symbol Set
  • 2c. Language and Vocabularies
  • 2c. Example - Croatia: Core Vocabulary
  • 2d. Defining a Core Vocabulary
  • 2e. Selection of New Symbols for Design
  • 2e. Example - ECAR number of symbols for communication boards
  • 2f. Development of Symbols by Local Graphic Designer
  • 2g. Voting on Newly Designed Symbols
  • 2g. Example - Croatia: Experience on Symbol Voting for Acceptance.
  • 2h. Publishing the new Symbol Set with Language Translations
  • 2h. Example - Croatian Symbol Set publication with an Open Licence
  • 2i. Integration of the New Symbol Set with AAC Applications (Cboard)
  • 2i. Example - Montenegro: Cboard supports communication skills
  • 2j. Summary
  • 3. Capacity Development
  • 3a. Selection of Participants and Skills Audit
  • 3a. Example - Serbia: Online Skills Audit Survey
  • 3b. Planning Training Delivery
  • 3b Example - Croatia: Training Delivery
  • 3c. Mapping Skills Audit outcomes to Training Content
  • 3c. Example - Modules and Topics based on AAC Themes
  • 3c. Example - Croatia: Adapted Translated Modules
  • 3d. Development and Adaptation of Training Materials
  • 3d. Example - AAC Modules based on the first 3 European Qualifications Framework Levels.
  • 3d. Example - Bulgaria: Adapted training modules
  • 3e. Training Material Considerations
  • 3e. Example Resources
  • 3f. Mentoring
  • 3g. Training Evaluation
  • 3g. Example – Initial Evaluation to Plan for Further Needs - finish
  • 3g. Example – 3-6th month evaluation survey and trouble shooting example - finish
  • 3h. Summary
  • 4. AAC Symbol Set Design
  • 4a. Symbol Types
  • 4b. Cultural Nuances seen in Symbols
  • 4c. Cultural Appropriateness at different Levels
  • 4c. Example - Qatar: Tawasol Symbols
  • 4d. Co-Production and Participatory Design
  • 4d. Example of some symbol design and position challenges
  • 4e. Practicalities of Symbol Design
  • 4e. Examples of Symbol Design and Content
  • 4f. Symbol Set Schemas
  • 4g. Summary
  • 5. Introducing Tech AAC
  • 5a. Different Levels of AAC Tech
  • 5b. AAC Vocabularies
  • 5c. AAC Communication Boards
  • 5c. Example - Communication Board Types
  • 5d. Introduction to Board Builder and using Symbol Creator
  • 5e. Different Technologies for Different uses.
  • 5e. Examples of Considerations when using Technology
  • 5f. Adding access technology to an AAC device
  • 5g. Open Design and Development
  • 5g. Examples of Opportunities and Open Licences
  • 5h. Summary
  • 6. AAC Application Use
  • 6a. Introduction to Cboard
  • 6a. Example - Serbia: Cboard successfully introduced to a 4 year old.
  • 6a. Example - Croatia: Installing and Using CBoard videos
  • 6a. Example - North Macedonia: installing and using Cboard on a Mobile Phone
  • 6b. Text to Speech solutions and different languages
  • 6b. Example - Croatia and Serbia: Text to speech brings positive results
  • 6b. Example - North Macedonia: Suze, a new Female Voice
  • 6c. Interface Localisation where translations are needed.
  • 6c. Example - North Macedonia: Cboard success with Gorjan
  • 6d. Establishing local testing processes – AAC Forum
  • 6e. Providing Feedback and Evaluation as ongoing Processes
  • 6e. Example - Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro: Positive PIADS Evaluation Results
  • 6e. Example - Montenegro: Evaluating enhanced verbal and social outcomes
  • 6e. Examples of other types of evaluation
  • 6f. Summary
  • 7. Supporting Families
  • 7a. Understanding Needs of Families and Carers
  • 7b. Early Intervention Strategies at Home
  • 7b. Example - Montenegro: Bojana using AAC with her family
  • 7c. Family and Carer Involvement – Plan for Progression
  • 7c. Example - Croatia: Experience during the COVID Pandemic.
  • 7d. Summary
  • 8. Appreciating Long Term Results
  • 8a. Example of Resources for AAC Implementation Planning
  • 8a. Examples of some Family and Carer Resources
  • Global Symbols FAQs
  • Changing the language of the site and symbol labels
  • Adding a language translation to a symbol set
  • Adding Esperanto and Dari languages
  • Forgotten password
  • Skin and hair tones on Mulberry and OpenMoji Symbols
  • Instructions for Global Symbols, Board Builder and Symbol Creator
  • Board Builder
  • PDF download on Board Builder
  • AAC Symbol Design Guidelines
  • Symbol Creator Instructions
  • Symbol Creator AI Instructions
  • Symbol Creator AI Text Prompt Guidance for Generative AI AAC Symbols
  • Training
  • Certificate of Completion
  • Qualification for completion
  • Adapting training modules and topics

3b Example - Croatia: Training Delivery

Updated 27 April 2022 by Global Symbols with UNICEF ECARO

Within the framework of the Croatian Voice project, both face to face and online training occurred with sets of slides being translated and incorporated into the Moodle course with several modules for different themed topics about AAC (link for English version).

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