Communication & Visual Supports
Visual ways to share needs, choices and what comes next.
Make the message easier to access before asking for more words.
Visual support works best when it has one clear job. Start with the need, choice or next step that keeps becoming difficult to communicate, then make that information easier to return to.
A few things parents usually want to know first.
Clear answers before you choose a tool.
Should we start with the Board or the Checklist?
Start with the Visual Board if a routine, choice or sequence needs a visible place. Choose the Sliding Checklist when your child is ready to tick off each step themselves.
Do visual supports replace speech or AAC?
No. Clarikind visual supports are practical family tools and do not replace AAC, speech and language therapy or personalised professional advice where these are needed.
How much should we show at once?
Start small. Make only the information that matters most visible and simplify if the support itself starts to add load.
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Making communication easier to access
When a need, choice or next step is hard to put into words, make the information easier to see. Clarikind Communication & Visual Supports brings together practical visual tools for kids that keep important information available after the spoken instruction has disappeared.
Give important information somewhere to stay
Visual boards, picture cards and checklists can make choices, simple requests and next steps easier to revisit without relying only on memory or repeated verbal prompting. They can be especially useful in everyday moments where too much language makes the situation harder rather than clearer.
Start small. Make only the information that matters most visible. A simpler visual support is often easier to use consistently than a board crowded with every possible option.
Choose the visual support by the moment
- Visual Board — when a sequence, choice or next step needs to stay visible.
- Sliding checklist — when a child can tick off each step and see what is already done.
Useful starting points
- Communication and processing time
- Helping a child ask for a break
- Explore the Clarikind parent guide
- Get the free Clarikind Ready app for digital communication cards and quick notes.
Less explaining. More information that stays available. Start with one recurring communication moment and make it easier to show.