We are a mobile service - We travel to you!

Say It Your Way provides services to adults and children in the Townsville area with a special focus on supports for people with disabilities.

​We are a mobile service. ​We travel to your home so that we can support the development of speech, language and communication for real reasons, in real environments. That's where it matters most!
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​Say it Your Way can also provide training for other professionals including support workers and Kindergarten teachers. 

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What's CCN?

CCN stands for Complex Communication Needs and is used to describe communication when an individual has little or no verbal speech.
A person with CCN:

• ​May have clear speech in some environments and be difficult to understand in other situations. 
• ​May be intelligible to familiar people but unfamiliar people have trouble understanding speech.
• ​May get tired very easily leading to speech that is difficult to understand.
• May be able to speak a few words but has difficulty saying longer phrases.
• ​May be completely non-verbal. 

What's AAC?

AAC stands for Augmentative and Alternative Communication and is used to describe method of communication that enhance or augment verbal speech. 

​We all use different methods of communication - gesture, writing, social media, text messaging. Some people need different supports such as symbol-based communication systems, iPad apps or voice output devices. 

​There are AAC systems to suit individuals of all abilities. AAC can be adapted for individuals with physical, vision, hearing or sensory impairments. 

What's a PODD book?

PODD stands for Pragmatic Organisation Dynamic Display. A PODD book is one form of AAC and are designed to be used alongside other methods of communication. 

​Say It Your Way can provide PODD books including the trial, training, modelling and customisation process. 
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​PODD books are a robust communication system and they are developed to allow a person to communicate whatever they want to say. They can support individuals with CCN to express themselves and can also help develop receptive language skills (understanding and use of language). 

​PODD books are being used as a classroom tool by many teachers. They have helped bridge access barriers for children with CCN in the classroom. 

​PODD books come in many different forms and can be customised to suit the individual needs of each person. PODD books were developed by Gayle Porter, a speech pathologist at the Cerebral Palsy Education Centre in Melbourne.