Communication Visuals for non -verbal students with Autism

 Critical Communication -

Teaching students new skills such as requesting "break", "help" and "wait" can be tricky for some kids with Special Education Needs.

I  wanted to  support each of my non verbal students with  self -management strategies and tools that were easy to implement, so i created these 

visual support cards. 

To aid communication, avoid frustration and control behavior in my classroom I knew i had to incorporate these critical skills. 

I added handy visuals on the bottom for my student to tell me.....

• how they were feeling, by pointing or ticking the box when they needed a "Break", 
• directions on what to do while they were "waiting" 
• what they need "help" with

Producing these before behavior starts makes a huge difference in redirecting students as what to do. Support staff love the power of the cards!

I made them in three different sizes, in colour and black & white. 

I use these cards to provide structure in my behaviour support plans and they run in conjunction with ABA Management'.

 

Daily Planner

Using Visual Supports in Special Education! -

Working in a busy special Ed, Autism Classroom I soon realised I needed to find useful strategies for my young learners to access learning and keep on task in class. 

Being visual learners I needed to provide them with suitable strategies to promote independence, important to their learning success. 

So I listed what I thought were relevant!  

• A daily schedule
• Motivator choices
• Rules to follow
• Reward system
• Resources needed for tasks

From this I created "My Daily Planner"

Once laminated or placed in plastic pockets my students used dry wipe markers to personalise their own binders with their name, grade and class, followed by their teachers name, their friends name, things they like and things they don't.

I tagged all the important pages with visuals for quick access. 

SO NEXT I ADDED EXTRAS!

There are pages with the days of the week for your student to practice and tick off what day it is and same for seasons. 

Handy pages for students to write out their daily schedule and tick off as they go though it. Working for cards with a reward choice section for that day. 

Behavior Regulation strategies "first and then" 

Visuals for self regulation to help before any behavior build up.

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