COMMUNICATION MADE EASY ©

 

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN FRUSTRATED WITH MISPLACED OR DISORGANIZED PICTURES FOR YOUR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM?

 

You and your child need a user-friendly, easy to use communication binder that is organized to make communicating fast and fun!

   

BENEFITS OF HAVING AN EASY AND ORGANIZED BINDER INCLUDE:

Pictures are always located in the same place which eliminates frustration while searching for "words".

It is easier to recognize when pictures are lost or need to be replaced.

Categories and colours make finding and putting pictures away much easier than in the past!

Sentence strip is located on the front of the binder for easy access.

Binder is small therefore portable.

You can use a number of different sizes and types of pictures.

                                                        

HOW MANY PICTURES FIT ON A PAGE?

 
If your child uses 1-1/4" pictures; 24 per page with categories and colour borders.
If your child uses 1" pictures; 30 per page with categories and colour borders. 

If your child uses 2" pictures; 12 per page.
If your child uses 1-1/2" pictures; 12 per page with categories and colour borders.
   If your child uses 2" pictures; 12 per page.

 

Services and Pricing List

2 " Binder 8- 1/2 " by 5 -1/2 "

Ring-Bound 4" by 6" Photo Album or Mini Album
$60.00
1 page of pictures 1 sided
Clear paper protectors
Laminating
Velcro
Printed PCS
$40.00
2 pages of Pictures 1 side
Clear paper protectors
Laminating
Velcro
Printed Pictures

$65.00
Printed Pictures on Bristol Board

$45.00
Printed pictures on Bristol Board

$20.00
Each additional page of pictures ~ 1 side

$10.00
Each additional page of pictures 1 side

$25.00
Printed pictures on Bristol Board

$15.00
Printed pictures on Bristol Board

Examples
PECS binder with 5 pages of 2" by 2" PCS = 60 PCS in a binder @ $140
PECS binder with 5 pages of 1- 1/2" by 1- 1/2" PCS = 60 PCS in a binder @ $140
PECS binder with 5 pages of 1-1/4" by 1-1/4" PCS = 120 PCS in binder @ $140
PECS binder with 5 pages of 1" by 1" PCS = 150 PCS in binder @ $140

 

Examples

PECS Binder with 5 pages of 1-1/4" by 1-1/4" PCS = 60 PCS in album @ $70

OTHER SERVICES AND PRICES

Replacement Costs (Extra Copies of your pictures)

Sheet of:

Number of PCS per page

Price

2" by 2" PCS

6

$10.00

12

$20.00

1-1/2" by 1-1/2" 

6

$10.00

12

$20.00

1-1/4" by 1-1/4"

8

$10.00

16

$20.00

1" by 1"

10

$10.00

15

$10.00

20

$20.00

1 "Break" card on lid

  

$ 2.50

Clear sheet protectors

10

$10.00 (incl. PST)

First/Then cards

  

$ 3.50

Consulting fee for 1 hour home visit

  

$50.00 
6-week follow-up visit available for consult fee of $50, which includes basic binder 'clean up' and any replacement pictures with Velcro

GUARANTEE

Any picture (PCS) that goes missing within 60 days, to a maximum of 10 PCS (after the original binder is made, delivered and paid for), will be mailed to you free-of-charge when you send us a self-addressed, stamped envelope. E-mail c_madeeasy@hotmail.com for more details.

 

COMMUNICATION MADE EASY © supports many types of picture communication systems.

 PCS ~ Boardmaker 
Picture This CD ROMs 
Your own Photographs

Communication Made Easy © will transfer the picture communication system of your choice, put it into a Fitzgerald Key and add to your very own binder. Pages will be totally organized by skill.

Customizable: we will be happy to look at incorporating other types of pictures into your child's binder. We will also customize the size of binder. 

Coming soon...Themed Binders: Going to School, Going to a Restaurant, Going to Grandma's.

To read more about the Fitzgerald Key, Click here.

 

For more information, contact Dawn Sheldrick


Phone # 1-613-220-1672
E-mail: c_madeeasy@hotmail.com

BOOKS TO HELP WITH COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES

 
  More Than Words by Fern Sussman
Teach Me Language: A Language Manual for Children with Autism, Asperger's Syndrome and Related Developmental Disorders by Sabrina Freeman, Ph.D. and Lorelei Dake, B.A.
Quick and Easy: Ideas to Help the Nonverbal Child "Talk" at Home  
by Carolyn Rouse and Katera
Visual Strategies for Improving Communication by Linda Hodgdon
Find more books on Speech and Language Disorders at Parentbooks (Toronto).

 

HELPFUL LINKS

A Short Cut to PECS by Dana Sahian, Bloorview MacMillan Centre

General Communication Links from BBB Autism Support Network

Helpful Acronyms

Parent Empowerment: "Communication Strategies for Targeting Problem Behaviors in Autism"

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