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.

Free Visual Support:Fit and Focused (PDF)

Fit and Focused, is designed to be a fun and interactive tool to engage elementary school students in a daily exercise routine! It can be used at home before school to set the stage for classroom engagement or in the school environment when larger movement-based breaks are warranted. Fit and Focused includes four types of activities in the compact 12 minute morning workout. Menus are included in each section to allow a child to customize their routine each day. The video link briefly discusses implementation and considerations for customization.

Free Visual Support:Regulation Dice (PDF)

Everyone needs to take a break sometimes! Regulation Dice are made for those times when you want to bring an element of fun into your break and to not spend time trying to decide what type of break to take. Designed to be used with individuals, small groups, or whole classes, Regulation Dice turn taking a break into a bit of a game. Two sets of dice are included for download here – one with picture symbols that depict early developing regulation strategies and one with words that represent strategies for use with older or more able students. Each set includes 1 die that includes 6 brain/attentional breaks and 1 die that includes 6 body/movement based breaks. Die can be used individually (i.e., either a brain break or a body break) or together for a longer break which provides two different types of regulating input. The video link briefly discusses implementation and considerations for customization.