Communication Passports – Part 2 (Resources)
A communication passport is mainly aimed at non-verbal PMLD learners, but it could also be used with learners who are autistic. There are lots of free resources available online to help you create a communication passport.
CALL Scotland provides a series of freely downloadable templates in Microsoft PowerPoint on their website: https://www.communicationpassports.org.uk/home/
The ‘Call Centre’ also offers downloadable templates for Microsoft Word that make a single sheet communication passport, which may be preferable for some of our learners.
There is also a downloadable book version for Microsoft word pictured below.
https://www.communicationpassports.org.uk/creating-passports/
Also, on the ‘CALL Centre’ website, you will find the work of Angela Crocker, a speech and language therapist in Belfast. She has developed a version of a communication passport that may be seen as more appropriate for adults. She calls them ‘Personalised Placemats’.
https://www.communicationpassports.org.uk/files/cm/files/Angela%20Crocker.pdf
Information about these is detailed on the website above. One of my favourite sections of the Call Centre website is the special passports section. Sheffield kids have a website which is linked from the CALL Centre or available in the following link. They offer over 50 themed templates for single-page communication passports, which have fun graphics ranging from Batman, Sponge Bob, Dr. Who, Toy Story, Harry Potter, and lots more.
http://www.sheffkids.co.uk/adultssite/pages/onepageprofilestemplates.html
