Here are a few options: Take the schedule to a new location So you’ve got your schedule! Now what do you do with it? The answer to this depends you your child’s interests, learning style, and attention span. 5 || Written Schedulesįor kids who are strong readers, a written schedule may be your best bet. It’s best to keep reading instruction times separate from transition times. You want the schedule to be easily understood by your child. Learning to use a schedule is not the right time to work on reading. 4 || Schedules With Pictures and Wordsįor kids who are learning to read but read slowly, guess words incorrectly, or get frustrated trying to make sense of written language, it’s best to pair the words with a picture.
If your child consistently shows that they understand that cartoon pictures or icons represent real items, and can match items to these types of pictures, they may be able to use a symbolic picture schedule. These may be the easiest type of picture to find, but they are the hardest to understand! This is where many of us start when we are making a schedule: clipart, Boardmaker pictures, or cartoons. You’ll know your child is ready to use photographs on a schedule if they can consistently identify real life objects that match to pictures of the same objects. Try taking a clear, simple photograph without a lot of distractions in it. Some kids are able to understand pictures only if they are photographs of the exact activity or location. Now they are in place and ready to work! 2 || Photograph Schedules Or each time the child is going to the homework table, hand them a crayon, and teach them to walk over and color in one picture that you have already taped to their desk. Once they arrive at the snack table, you fill it with their drink. Try to pick an object that the child will use wherever they are going and give them the same object each time they go to that location.įor instance, each time your child needs to go to have a snack, hand them the empty sippy cup.
Here are the types of schedules you can choose from: 1 || Object Schedulesįor most toddlers and many older kids who are very concrete thinkers, it’s best to use actual objects rather than pictures for the schedule. Think of it this way: my Spanish is pretty good, but if I’m stressed or something is really important, I sure hope the instructions are in English! Similarly, if your child sort of, sometimes understands pictures, they probably will be most successful with an object schedule. When considering which to pick, try to choose the level that your child has mastered, not what they are just starting to understand.
What type of visual schedule should you use?Ĭhoosing the right type of schedule is so important.
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Remember that no matter how you design your schedule, you will have to spend a few weeks teaching the child how to use it.Īfter that, if you’ve designed visual schedules your child understands, you should see the transition battles start to melt away. This post and infographic outline a few concrete steps to help you make a schedule that will be meaningful for your child. Have you ever made a visual schedule only to have a child completely ignore it, throw it away, or become so obsessed with it that every little change makes them more stressed? If so you’re not alone! But when it comes time to make the schedule, there are so many factors that impact whether it is meaningful for the child. Many parents, teachers, and therapists have heard somewhere along the line that visual schedules can help their child or student with autism and other special needs.
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