Autism Immersed

The Food Interaction Flip Chart is a great visual prompt and tool for picky eaters to work on decreasing their resistance to less familiar or non-preferred foods! We often start with a chewy, stick like preferred item such as Twizzlers, pretzel sticks/rods, veggie sticks, tri-color peppers cut in strips, etc. – present 5 times to the left, 5 times to the right, and 5 times in the middle. This helps decrease oral defensiveness. We also may start with familiar foods, foods we have explored before

The paperwork involved in special education can be overwhelming.  One of our favorite ways to streamline IEP writing is with checklists like this one for writing present levels of performance for social interaction.  We use it all the time in our social immersion environment to identify skills to work on. It can be helpful in goal writing and future planning as well!