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

This download contains an adapted book, picture vocabulary cards for receptive/ expressive identification, and a data sheet to track date introduced and date mastered for 21 different verb-noun, noun-verb combinations pulled from the VB-MAPP and ABLLS assessments. Examples of a verb-noun/ noun-verb combination include: boy swimming, girl running, drinking milk, driving car etc. This resource can be used for both expressive and receptive learners. To assess expressive learners, present one p

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

Let's set our students up for success by showing them a concrete representation of what the expected behaviors are during transitions to/from/ and within different areas in the classroom and school building. This download contains visuals paired with text that outline classroom rules so that you and the various individuals who interact with your students can frequently reference these visuals and ensure that you are using common language. It also contains visual rules specific to entering the cl

These re-usable visual templates contain 18 images of different physical actions for motor imitation (e.g. turn around, wiggle fingers) that can be used to support students in playing Simon Says. The pack also contains a my turn/your turn visual. Playing Simon Says is a great, quick way to give my students a movement break in a structured, functional way. It also allows them to practice taking turns acting as both leader and follower. A highly motivating way to teach imitation, listening skills

This contains both daily calendar activities AND visuals to practice personal information for students with special needs. This resource can be adapted for writers and non-writers for easy differentiation in your diverse classroom! Included in this resource: - review of classroom rules/behavior expectations -feelings check-in (color-coded visuals) -today is, yesterday was, tomorrow will be... - the month/year/ weather is... - i am a boy/girl - my eye color/ hair color is... - my height (in f

This is a visual task analysis for the steps needed in hand washing. It is intended to support students in gaining more independence in the hand washing process. Great for early childhood, special education, and occupational therapy!

This is a resource designed to increase communication opportunities while engaging in structured play. Visuals include Mr. Potato Head, Legos, toy cars, toy airplane and requesting art materials (ex- what color paper? what materials will you use?). There are also two levels of communication strips that can be used in a variety of play skills activities. The first set of visuals includes 12 different commenting/requesting sentence strips (e.g. roll the dice, let's play again). The second level of

This is an adapted book based on the ABLLS and VB-MAPP assessments that targets Listener Responding: Feature Function Class level 3 targets. Students will respond to questions by selecting an item from an array of 9 picture cards containing similar stimuli (e.g. colors, shapes) for 45 different questions. Students can either listen to a teacher read the questions out loud before selecting their answers, or students who are readers can complete this book independently. If your learners are not ye

This adapted book teaches students to identify and label (receptively or expressively) 50 different everyday items presented in multiple formats. Students will respond to the question "what do you see?" by selecting a different (non-identical) picture of the target item from a field of 4 possible choices. This is intended to help children generalize their knowledge of multiple forms of the same item; a green baseball cap and a tan cowboy hat are both hats. Many of our students will memorize one

Let's provide our students and families with tools that will promote structure, predictability, increased independence, and opportunities to communicate choices. This download contains over 200 visuals to support individuals with special needs in both home and community settings! Included you will find thorough instructions for implementation of various types of visual schedules and choice boards. - 63 icons for home-based activities involving hygiene, daily routines, leisure/play, and chores

This is an adapted book designed to build reading comprehension skills for students who are learning to identify who/what/where questions in presented text. Each page contains a short paragraph and follow-up questions asking students to identify the answers to WH questions. Students select their answers from velcro picture icons. Great for students with autism, non-readers, emerging readers, special education, early childhood and students with disabilities. Brought to you by autism elementary!

*5 different options to choose from for multiple levels of learners!* Many of my students are non-verbal or have limited verbal ability so they cannot express through their words to their parents what they did at school. This quick journal provides them with an opportunity to give their parents a snapshot of their school day. I also use it as an opportunity for students to reflect on their behavior choices in school- highlighting their positive choices and what they can improve on. Visual images

Since answering "wh” questions can be tricky for students with communication difficulties (ex. where do you sleep?), I developed differentiated activities for students to identify Feature, Function, Class (FFC) objectives by filling in phrases (ex. you sleep in a...). Depending on student ability, present students with an array of three to six picture/vocabulary cards to select their answer choices. Level 1 students (green template) are students who benefit from errorless learning and are workin

This is an adapted book based on the VB - MAPP and ABLLS assessments that targets identification of actions for common scenarios (e.g. riding the bus, blowing bubbles). It contains 32 different sentences with symbolated text supports. Students read the sentence and then match a picture containing a real-life image to the corresponding sentence. Great for building vocabulary of nouns and verbs, enhancing reading comprehension skills, and teaching identification of common words with symbolated tex

Do you ever grow tired of hearing, "how many do I have left?!" Do you have students who benefit from knowing exactly how many tasks they are expected to complete before earning a reinforcer? Enter the wait strip. Here you will find four different options for wait strips that can be individualized to your students needs. I have also included reinforcer icons of 16 common reinforcers. This is a great alternative to token economy systems and can be easily individualized for specific tasks or acti

This download contains three different leveled task cards for learning to identify CVC words, identify beginning consonant sounds, and writing CVC words. With 45 pages and 84 task cards included, this download is sure to suit your diverse little learners! Directions: Print and laminate all pages. Cut out the two cards on each page. The first set of cards is designed to have students clip (using a clothespin) or circle (using dry erase marker) the correct spelling of the CVC word printed in the

This book is designed to teach students to identify items that are commonly associated with different community locations and holidays. Each page contains an image of a community location (e.g. post office) and five blank boxes for students to select and match images paired with text containing commonly associated items (e.g. stamp, envelope, mailbox). This book is great for students who are learning to answer wh questions and categorize. The images make it accessible for non-readers and the tex

This download contains differentiated, multi-level fluency sorts for students with special needs. Teaching fluency is essential because it promotes speedy and accurate responses of mastered skills. This mega-pack of fluency sorts will teach your children to quickly sort common items based on their features, functions, and categories. The sorts also target skills such as sorting across multiple examples to promote skill generalization and discriminating amongst similar-stimuli items. Each sorting

Do you have students who are emerging readers but seem to be lacking in the comprehension department? Teach your students to build fluency AND comprehension with this adapted book designed for learners who typically struggle with "WH" questions. This book allows students to read simple sentences that emphasize learning pronouns and action words and demonstrate comprehension of text by matching a photo from a field of three choices that describes the picture. Better yet, the photo choices contain