PODD Resources
Guides, videos, communities and tools for anyone learning, building or living with a PODD system.
Getting started with PODD
If you are new to PODD, start here. These introduce what the system is and how it works in practice.
Video
Getting Started with PODD
Watch on YouTubeHandout and video
Which Way to Autonomous Communication?
Part one Part two QuestionsGetting started
New to simPODD? Start here
Open the guideHandouts and guides
Printable references for assessment, goal-setting and everyday communication support.
Ace Centre — profiling tool for how a person currently uses language to communicate
The wider children's version of the same profiling approach
Linda J. Burkhart — PDF, directly relevant to US school teams
Interactive Speech Pathology — one-page handouts by communication function
CPEC — free printable manual (manual only, templates not included)
Building a PODD book
Assembly walkthroughs, plus how to make a stand so a book can sit open and ready.
Video
Constructing a PODD book
Watch on YouTubeVideo
Putting together a 2 or 3 page PODD book
Watch on YouTubeMaking a PVC book stand
Download the plansLooking for templates, apps or printed books?
Everything about getting a PODD — the four apps that carry PODD page sets, printable book templates, and where to order printed books — is on one page.
Go to Get PODDFamily and community groups
Places to see PODD in daily use and ask questions of people further along the same road.
Facebook group
Facebook group
Facebook group
Facebook group
Family YouTube channel
Family YouTube channel
Parent blog — includes video of auditory scanning in use
For professionals and school teams
Practitioner groups and channels from clinicians and educators working with PODD.
Facebook group — requires attendance at PODD training
Facebook group
Facebook group
Facebook group
Literacy and PODD
YouTube channel — special education and AAC
YouTube channel — combined eyegaze and color-coded access
YouTube channel
YouTube channel
Literacy in action — Beenleigh Special School
A collection of student-made videos showing PODD used with familiar picture books and games. Useful for seeing what shared reading actually looks like with a PODD system in hand.
Supporting products
Practical bits and pieces that make carrying and using a PODD book easier day to day.
Accessories
Jabber Jas
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This library grows from the North American PODD community. If you have a guide, video or group that has helped you, we would like to add it.