Benefits
to AAC users
- Helps others to quickly find out what the user's communication methods and preferences are.
- Travels with the user: it goes wherever the student goes.
- Where possible, the user helps to create and update the Passport.
- As the user develops, the Communication Passport changes. All adults have access to updated information, which includes any changes in user preferences.
Benefit
to others
- Helps staff, related agencies and conversation partners to get to know the young person with communication disabilities.
- Enables staff to interact and respond consistently to help the person make sense of events and interact effectively.
- Ensures inter-agency planning and working which improves the consistency and continuity of provision.
- Allows supply staff, new staff and volunteers who come into contact with the student, to obtain key information that ensures effective communication.
- Makes visits to hospitals and other institutions smoother through the up to date provision of personal information that is tailored.
- Aids assessment through the Passport creation process and helps identify any gaps in provision.
- At times of transition it is critically important, as new people have to get to know and understand the student accurately and quickly.