MyComms App
Communicate clearly with those you care about. A personalised visual supports with the MyComms App.
Join Jennifer Winstone from Commspec and MyComms for this AT Connect session, exclusive to OTs
This session introduces MyComms, a clinician-designed app that makes visual supports easier to create, personalise and use in everyday life.
Visual supports can help people understand what is happening, navigate routines, prepare for change, make choices and complete everyday tasks. MyComms brings these supports into a mobile platform, so they can be created and updated when and where they are actually needed.
Through MyComms, users can create personalised task breakdowns, daily schedules, weekly calendars and choice boards using real photos, text and customisable templates. Supports can also be exported, printed or shared with families, carers and support teams.
For OTs, MyComms provides a practical way to incorporate visual supports into intervention for people experiencing communication, comprehension or executive functioning challenges. It can support people across the lifespan and is available as low-cost assistive technology through NDIS funding where appropriate.
About Communication Spectrum
Communication Spectrum is the Australian company behind MyComms, founded by Jennifer Winstone, a Speech Therapist, and Jessica Shahbazi, a Teacher and Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner.
With more than 30 years of combined experience across education, health and disability, Jenn and Jess developed MyComms after seeing how difficult it could be for families and professionals to create visual supports that remained practical, personalised and accessible in everyday life.
MyComms is designed to support people of all ages and abilities, particularly those who experience communication breakdowns or challenges with comprehension or executive functioning. Its mobile-first approach allows visual supports to be created and adapted on the go rather than relying on a laptop, printer or pre-prepared resources.
Learn more: Communication Spectrum and MyComms
What will the session cover?
- The role of visual supports in communication, comprehension and executive functioning
- How MyComms can be used to create personalised visual supports in real time
- Practical demonstrations of task breakdowns, daily schedules, weekly calendars and choice boards
- Using real photos, text and templates to create meaningful, individualised supports
- How OTs can incorporate MyComms into intervention and everyday support strategies
How does this benefit me?
If you’re an OT supporting people with communication, comprehension or executive functioning challenges, this session will help you:
- Explore practical ways to use visual supports across everyday activities and routines
- Understand how MyComms can support participation, predictability and choice
- See how visual supports can be personalised and updated in real time
- Consider how MyComms may fit within Occupational Therapy intervention and assistive technology recommendations
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