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I first uncounted the PODD communication book when I was going my in first year of University. I went to Black Mountain School in O’Connor for my observation prac. I found this resource to be a very useful tool for students to communicate because you can use the PODD communication book in the classroom, out on excursions and the student could take it home with them. The teacher used the PODD to communicate with their students. I worked with the students who used a PODD during morning circle, group activities and lunch time. The teacher can understand what the student is asking when the student was using the PODD. The PODD is very easy to use because the student tells you want they want by pointing to the picture ‘This comprehensive resource provides detailed information and a range of templates to support the production and use of Pragmatic Organisation Dynamic Display (PODD) communication books. This resource provides practitioners with templates and guidelines to develop an appropriate communication book and also describes comprehensive strategies to enable the use of the system in the child’s daily life – at home, at school and in the community. This resource is for people supporting children who are learning to communicate using aided symbols (pictographs, graphic symbols, whole written words). Therapists, teachers and parents will all have the opportunity to access the materials in this resource for their clients, students, children and young people’ [] .

Pragmatic, Organisational, Dynamic, Display (PODD) Communication books are for all ages and also are designed for communication and resource preparation. The cost of a PODD communication book is about $250 Australia dollars. //Spectronics Inclusive Learning Technologies. ( //2011).Retrieved July15, 2011,from [] .
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