The book provides a detailed guide to the use of symbols and pictures to support people with communication difficulties and is the collected papers from the 13th Augmentative Communication in Practice: Scotland Annual Study Day.

The book covers a range of topics and important issues:

• Communicating with Pictures and Symbols
• Pictorialising Symbols and Symbolising Pictures... What are we symbolising?
• Introduction to Symbol Selection
• Strategies to Support Symbol Implementation
• Designing Communcation Boards and Displays
• Gathering Images
• Symbols - A Whole School Approach
• Symbolising the Environment
• Inclusive Literacy - Using Symbols to Encourage Interaction and Participation
• Talking Mats - An Overview of Current Developments
• Communicative Drawing in Aphasia: Breaking Down Barriers
• Better Health through Better Communcation
• Symbols in the Process of Documenting, Consulting and Planning
• Symbols and Future Technologies