Free Visual Support:Play Web (PDF)

This is an example of a play web to help organize creative, imaginative play for children at the emerging language stage of development. Play webs offer visual choices of ways to engage with the toys. This particular example illustrates play options for wooden trains. The circular construction of the web conveys choice rather than a linear sequence of steps for play. Each play suggestion is represented in simple verb-object phrases, allowing the child to select any play figurine to execute the actions. Each word in the captions is visually supported and color coded in an effort to ensure comprehension and to facilitate the development of early sentence structures. The video briefly describes the support and its uses.

Free Visual Support:Regulation Roadmap Visuals (PDF)

The Regulation Roadmap is designed to help kids on the spectrum realize that “the green road” and “red road” which are often associated with behavior and consequence mapping aren’t absolutes. There is always space for a child to “make a U turn” or do a little “construction work” and get back on the green road and actively engaged in learning or playing. This visual is designed to help support kids during those critical junctures by providing them with reminders of individualized strategies that they can use either independently or with help from others. The video tutorial briefly describes the customization and use of the support.

Free Visual Support:Person-focused Request Visuals (PDF)

Person-focused Request Visuals are designed to help the child/student focus not just on the object of their interest, but also on the person from whom they are making the request. This support is designed to be customized with a photo of the child’s/student’s communicative partner in the red box of each simple sentence. These sentence strips can then be cut apart and placed on see-through, hard-to-open containers containing the child’s preferred objects. Parents and school staff can reinforce a child’s communicative message and focus on the partner by repeating the message on the sentence strip following the child’s/student’s initiation, bringing the container close to his/her face, and responding consistently to the request. The video tutorial briefly describes the use and individualization of the support.