Introducing Communication Books!

We're excited to announce a major update to Board Builder. You can now create and print complete communication books, with page tabs and a core vocabulary on the flip side of every page!

Inspired by our work in Laos

For several years, our Executive Director, Charlie, has been volunteering alongside the team at Lao Friends Hospital for Children, helping children and families develop ways to communicate.

Global Symbols has played an important part in this work, enabling the team to create communication boards with vocabulary that reflects each child's language, interests and daily life.

Initially, we focused on simple, single-page communication boards. But we soon realised that families needed more vocabulary, not less! Having more words available meant more opportunities to play, interact and model communication throughout the day.

That experience helped inspire our latest development.

Introducing communication books!

Our new Board Builder update makes it easy to turn individual communication boards into complete printed books.

• Add page tabs that automatically align and stack, even when you rearrange the pages.

• Include core vocabulary (or conversation support) on the reverse of each page, so useful words are always close at hand.

• Create personalised books with the vocabulary that matters to each person.

And we've made Board Builder easier to use, too! You can now drag and drop cells, cut and paste, undo mistakes and organise your boards into folders.

Give it a go!

Try Board Builder and start creating your own communication books. It's completely free :-)

We'll be sharing a video showing the new features in action soon. Follow us on Facebook or X (formerly Twitter) for updates.

Want to know more about what inspired these changes? Read Giving Every Child a Voice, the story of our work alongside the team at Lao Friends Hospital for Children.