STACS: Standardized Tactile Augmentative Communication Symbols

Tactile symbol systems are valuable tools that aid learners with conversations about people, places, events, and ideas. STACS: Standardized Tactile Augmentative Communication Symbols helps learning partners (teachers, parents, peers, etc.) teach a beginning standardized vocabulary. Teachers then introduce additional individualized symbols as needed. The STACS digital instruction manual (available under Manuals & Downloads below) and included online videos show learning partners how to implement symbols effectively as a part of their learner’s communication system.

Tangible symbols are appropriate for use as a receptive form of communication with any learner who is deafblind and as an expressive form of communication for learners who have a predictable motor, behavioral, or communicative response that the communication partner can interpret.

The instructional manual available as a free digital download will improve partner understanding of the use of tactile symbols and provide a jumping off point from which to develop personal communication systems. STACS will open the doors of communication and enrich the lives of children and adults.

Includes

• 25 tactile symbol cards (basic vocabulary)
• Two blank cards for making individual tactile symbol cards for learners
• Three online training videos

Specs

Weight:5.675 lbs
Dimensions:15.7 × 15 × 8.8 in
Product Type:Tactile Learning
Age:All

Downloads & Manuals

• STACS Guidebook, Accessible Print Edition (PDF)
• STACS Assessment Forms (XLSX)