Boardmaker 6.0

Boardmaker software is widely regarded as the essential tool for adapting symbol-based printed activities for students with special needs. A symbol database combined with an easy-to-use drawing program, Boardmaker features more than 4,500 Picture Communication Symbols (PCS) in 44 languages, all in both color and black and white.

Boardmaker gives you the freedom to create an activity ideally suited to the needs of your student or child. It includes over 150 templates to get you started. With a free membership to BoardmakerShare.com, our online board sharing site, you will have access to thousands of free boards contributed by teachers and parents like yourself. Use them as they are or adapt them as you need.

Teachers are using Boardmaker to enhance learning and communication for their special needs students. With Boardmaker you can create an assortment of print materials to reinforce your classroom activities. Here are just a few ideas:
* Visual schedules and social skills stories for children with autism spectrum disorders;
* Materials to reinforce common educational, behavioral, and functional living skills;
* Books and symbol-supported literacy activities for beginning and pre-readers;
* Communication boards and device overlays for non-verbal students;
* Worksheets and flash cards for English language learners;
* Song and story boards for preschoolers.