Useful Phrases Pack | Everyday Communication

Useful Phrases Pack, Functional Communication Visuals for Children Created by a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Support children’s speech, language and communication skills with this practical Useful Phrases Pack, designed to help children learn and practise functional communication phrases they can use in everyday situations.

The pack includes 12 pages of child-friendly two characters, 6 with a girl and 6 with a boy, giving children characters they can relate to.

This speech and language therapy resource includes clear, child-friendly visuals and useful phrases for communicating needs, making requests, asking for help, commenting, taking turns, waiting, rejecting, starting interactions and repairing communication breakdowns.

The pack is ideal for speech and language therapists, parents, teachers, SENCOs and support staff working with children who benefit from visual communication supports, language modelling and repeated opportunities to practise functional phrases.

Use the phrases during play, classroom activities, therapy sessions and everyday routines to support children in developing meaningful communication and moving from individual words towards functional phrases and sentences.

Useful for supporting:

• Functional communication

• Expressive language development

• Requesting and asking for help

• Commenting and sharing ideas

• Turn-taking and social interaction

• Communication repair

• Waiting and rejecting

• Everyday communication

• Visual language support

• Speech and language therapy activities

Suitable for children with and without speech, language and communication needs, including children with learning needs, neurodivergent children, autistic children and bilingual children. The pack can be used with children who benefit from visual supports, structured language modelling and predictable communication opportunities.

The pack includes detailed instructions and practical top tips to help adults introduce, model and practise the phrases effectively. It is suitable for classroom activities and inclusive education.

This resource has been adapted for and tested with autistic children during speech and language therapy sessions and is designed to support meaningful communication in real-life contexts.

Made for all children. Designed with neurodiversity in mind.

Personalisation - please contact me for custom order fee

1. Extra Page/s with Personalised Words

Add an extra page featuring words and phrases that are specifically meaningful to your child, such as favourite foods, toys, people, activities or places. Max 6 pictures / phases per page.

2. Child Avatar

Please provide a child avatar image with your order. You can create a child-friendly avatar using AI tools such as ChatGPT or Gemini. Please ensure you have permission to use and share the child’s image.