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78 %u00a9 Elklan Training Limited 2025Elklan Supporting Gestalt Language Processing %u2013 a Total Communication ApproachTarget%u2018During the preferred activity of skateboarding Y will share positive interaction and increase their understanding and use of the words: %u2018speed%u2019 and %u2018velocity%u2019 in science.%u2019Preparing for the activityThe school cannot accommodate Y using the skateboard in school due to health and safety risks. Instead, Y%u2019s caregivers are asked to sign a permission letter to share a video of Y at the skateboarding park. A mini skateboard is also found.Interaction during the activityY likes to do tricks on their skateboard. Y shares their video with the supporting adult. Y is encouraged to talk about what they do with an open question i.e. the supporting adult says, %u2018Amazing, tell me about your skateboarding%u2019. The supporting adult prepares visual cue cards to show the meaning of the target words, %u2018speed%u2019 and %u2018velocity%u2019, and models how these can be used in context, for example, as they watch the video of Y.Speed = how fast/slowVelocity = speed in a directionRepetition and reinforcement of any self-generated use of the target vocabulary is provided.The supporting adult passes the mini skateboard to Y and using the bespoke visuals, Y is supported to use the words %u2018speed%u2019 and %u2018velocity%u2019 in relation to the mini skateboard moving along the pathway from A to B.ABB