Autism Elementary

This is a visual designed to support students who are non-verbal or have limited verbal skills in communicating their wants and needs. This visual allows students to express when they are hungry, thirsty, need the bathroom, need a break and need to take a walk to release some energy. To use, print on cardstock for durability. Laminate. Cut out the "I want" sentence strip and cut out the square icons depicting choices individually. Place hard velcro on the blank square on the sentence strip. Plac

I created this visual for a student who had a difficult time interrupting during group instruction. Dependent on the expectations of each activity within the day, I switch the icon to indicate what a student should be doing communication wise (be quiet- no sounds while walking in the hallway, wait- it's not my turn yet and I need to listen to others in the group, talk- it's my turn to share my thinking). I have since used this visual with multiple students with measured success. This visual also

Have students put paint on their thumbs and make two thumb prints. Allow to dry. Once dry, you may add eyes, mouth, arms, legs etc. to turn the thumbs into stick figures! See example. Enjoy!