Visual+Schedules

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[[file:DailySchedulePreK.pdf]] - Example of a daily schedule.
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Last summer I was contracted to work with a family and their 4 year old son with autism. I met with the family twice a week for one hour each session. We worked on reading and math skills as well as routines with in the family. While on a home visit I observed the family attempting a meal but the young boy would not stop what he was doing. At the end of the visit I discussed with the mother my observation. I suggested a visual schedule for meal time routine, above, to help the young boy with meal time. I laminated the pictures and put them on a ring. The next few weeks I worked with the mother and boy on how to use the visual schedule. At first the boy needed the visual schedule and hand over hand prompting. Slowly we were able to fade the hand over hand prompting and the boy was able to join the family during meal times.

Daily class schedule: There would be one big schedule displayed for the class and a small personal schedule for students who need it. Both class and individual schedules would have velcro on the of back of each activity visual to allow for students to remove as activities are complete. The best part was if activities were different than the typical daily schedule, the order of activities are easily changed.