{"id":28096,"date":"2024-11-27T15:29:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T15:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings-new\/?page_id=28096"},"modified":"2024-12-11T15:31:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T15:31:32","slug":"early-communication-objects-of-reference-oor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/send\/areas-of-need\/sensory-and-or-physical\/multi-sensory-impairment\/early-communication\/early-communication-objects-of-reference-oor\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Communication &#8211; Objects of Reference (OoR)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An object of reference is an object that you can hold or touch that represents:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A person<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A place<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An activity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A concept<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These need to be consistent and shouldn&#8217;t change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Some examples<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A piece of swimming noodle or towel to represent swimming lessons or hydrotherapy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A fork for lunch time<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00a0A ball for break time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It is important to choose ones that best suit your needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Objects of Reference can help<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Understand what is coming next &#8211; helps to anticipate events.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Request to do something or go somewhere<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Make choices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Top tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use the same objects to mean the same things &#8211; use consistently across the setting if possible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Start with a few objects for regular activities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have the object of reference repeated at the destination to support the connection between the object and its meaning.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use consistently between the setting and home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An object of reference is an object that you can hold or touch that represents: These need to be consistent and shouldn&#8217;t change. Some examples [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2646,"featured_media":0,"parent":28077,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-28096","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-18 21:12:50","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2646"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28096"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29674,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28096\/revisions\/29674"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}