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SAM "“ Symbols and Meaning Kit

SAM "“ Symbols and Meaning Kit

The SAM guidebook provides strategies for developing a strong sensory foundation for concepts about people, objects, actions, and places so that symbols referring to them are meaningful.

People: The self and othersObjects: Tangible thingsActions: Body movements of the self and othersPlaces: Where things are, contexts for groups of things

Using SAM enables learners to understand:

  • What is it?
  • What does it do?
  • How does it relate to other things?

The18 SAM gamesare used to reinforce the meaning of symbols learned in natural environments and to expand the use of symbols to communication contexts, like books. In order to determine needs and plan instruction,SAM provides four assessments:

  • Symbol and referent analysis: Common words
  • Symbol and referent analysis: Academic vocabulary
  • Environmental gap inventory: Missing concepts in common environments
  • Curriculum-based gap inventory: Early academic skills and basic concepts

APH Intervention ContinuumAPH recommends that learners use the following three products sequentially:

  • Sensory Learning Kit
  • SAM: Symbols and Meaning
  • Tactile Connections: Symbols for Communication

Learn more about this product with theFostering Symbolic Understanding for Students with Complex Needs course on the APH Hive!

Features

  • This product contains small parts and is not intended for children ages 5 and under without adult supervision.

Includes

  • 2 baskets
  • 25 plastic story pages Assessments and Games book
  • Electronic assessment forms
  • Guidebook, Large Print
  • SAM videos
  • Sport bag
  • 3 sizes, Story bags
  • 3 sizes, Story binders
  • Vinyl story box liners
  • 6 story boxes
  • Non-glare plastic tray liner
  • Vinyl tray liners
  • 2 trays
  • Black hook/loop material strip and coins
  • White hook/loop material strip and coins

Specs

Weight:4.965 lbs
Dimensions:13.8 × 12 × 11.3 in
Product Type:Multiple Disabilities, Tactile Learning

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