STACS: Standardized Tactile Augmentative Communication Symbols Kit aids the instruction of standardized vocabulary for emergent learners with profound and complex learning needs including visual and hearing impairments (deafblind).  

STACS is age neutral and can open the doors of communication and enrich the lives of both children and adults. 

Designed for a variety of learning partners -- teachers, therapists, parents, peers -- STACS uses tactile symbol systems that are valuable tools for aiding learners in conversations about people, places, events, and ideas.  

Teachers then introduce additional individualized symbols as needed. The STACS instruction manual includes online videos that show learning partners how to implement symbols effectively as a part of their communication system. 

Tangible symbols are appropriate for use as a receptive form of communication with any learner who is deafblind and as an expressive form of communication for learners who have a predictable motor, behavioral, or communicative response that the communication partner can interpret. 

The instructional manual and the accompanying materials will improve partner understanding of the use of tactile symbols and provide a jumping off point from which to develop personal communication systems.  

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