Increasing Independence

This packet is intended to address the different types of relationships we have in our lives following the circles of intimacy framework. Relationships included are family, friends, co-workers, boyfriend, girlfriend, acquaintances, and co-workers Packet is color coded to assist with virtual learning for our non-verbal learners. Do you have a student/client that is working on learning about the different types of relationships and how to "place" people in their life in their appropriate circle in

Create an individualized game board with a students/clients goals or targets. Get student/client buy in by having them help create their own game to address their areas of weakness. Cards can be a variety of flashcards, targets or goals that need to be worked on. See example photo of completed board.

Are you looking for a virtual fieldtrip for your students. The Virtual Field Trip to Disney is a great language/requesting activity for your students with special needs or those who are working on requesting desired activities. This activity is fully picture supported for your non-readers and all links- link to YouTube so it is accessible to all. Play file in presentation mode and the file will self navigate with each "ride" the student choses. Great fun!!!

This packet is intended to explore 6 different jobs for our vocational learners. Jobs included are Packet is color coded to assist with virtual learning for our non-verbal learners. Being a teachers aid, Being a Custodian, Being a Grocery Clerk, Being a Library Aide, Being a Vet Tech, Working in a Restaurant. Each lesson covers Job duties, Pay rates, Degree’s needed, Where will you work, What are the Work Conditions, and Dress code. There is also a narrative (Symbol supported text) that details

A social story is a narrative made to illustrate certain situations and problems and how people deal with them. They help children with autism understand social norms and learn how to communicate with others appropriately.- This social story is geared towards helping students/clients learn how to play tag with their friends.

Being able to identify and understand community signs is a crucial life skill. This download is a safety signs Jeopardy game that helps students learn 20 different safety signs. Fun and engaging way to gather data or check comprehension for this skill.

Practice using an 'I feel' statement if someone acts in a way that makes you upset. You may be surprised how easily and calmly it solves problems.

Easy check off daily note for students in self-contained settings. Geared towards limited verbal learners who are unable to go home and tell their families about their day at school. Print sheet front and back and use a copy each day to say in touch with your students families **Includes a short page for families to fill out about their child's evening to give you all the information you need to start a collaborative home to school relationship. Also provided in Spanish.

QR Codes are a virtual link to a website, video clip, audio clip etc. When you scan the link with the QR Reader on your device or tablet, the link will lead you straight to the appropriate content. For our purposes, the QR Codes provides a link to step by step video modeling clips to help your student learn household cleaning routines. This packet provides 12 Unique QR codes that align with a video model and the visual task analysis of an individual performing each step. Fantastic way to incre

The Green/Red Schedule is a simple visual schedule that allows teachers to virtually display and interact with your daily class schedule. Each event that occurs during your day is represented by an icon on the GREEN side of the schedule. As that activity has occurred, you can move the icon over to the RED side to indicate that it is finished. The simplicity of the Green/Red Schedule is easy for students to understand and easy to duplicate for the to have their own schedule at home or at their le

In order to tell how someone feels, we can remember to look at the Big Three- eyes, eyebrows, and mouth. These parts of the face show emotions the most. Draw each emotion and explain what a person’s eyebrows, eyes, and mouth look like when they feel that way. Then act out the facial expressions to show the emotion on your face.

Young minds can build vocabulary through the use of  bingo. Here is a FUN way to practice learning about how other cultures celebrate the holidays! With these 4 BINGO games, students will practice labeling and identifying the symbols associated with each of the 4 holidays.– Hanukah, Kwanza, Christmas, and Las Posadas.

Do you have a student/client that asks too many questions in a conversations, forgets to listen for a response or make a connected comment to their partners answers... try using the conversation scale to help them visually see how many questions they ask vs how many connected on topic comments they make.

This Powerpoint is designed to allow for student discussion and comprehension check on the daily CNN10. Teacher/Therapist will update the slides daily with appropriate story choices and distractor options. Choices are color coded for non-verbal students/clients to respond via holding up the corresponding color.

Would the Gingerbread Man have actually dissolve? This simple science experiment is fascinating and so much fun for students of all kinds! This packet is designed to be used as a virtual/digital lesson and includes symbol support for our learners with limited communication skills.

Children with speech and language delays often have difficulty asking and answering questions appropriately.  This is a difficult skill as it requires the child to understand what is being asked, process the question, form an answer, and speak that answer.  Or, if the child is asking a question, it requires formulation of the question with all of the words in the correct order (which is often backwards from the word order for statements). Not all questions are created equal.  Some questions are

For your learners who are non-verbal, non-vocal, or have difficulty communicating this packet serves as a guide on how to color code your virtual lessons to provide your learners with a way to respond in the absence of reliable communication skills. Color coded lessons can be used with N2Y weekly newspapers at all levels of support. Simple take the template weekly, and add in in snips from this weeks lesson to have a robust language lesson that will last several days and include active student

Visual Schedules in the Home/ School It is not secret that most students with special needs crave order and routine in their day to day lives. One of the easy ways to help them maintain that order in their lives is a visual schedule. The Green/Red Schedule is a simple visual schedule that allows teachers /parents to display and interact with your daily class/home schedule. Each event that occurs during your day is represented by an icon on the GREEN side of the schedule. As that activity has o

For your learners who are non-verbal, non-vocal, or have difficulty communicating this packet serves as a guide on how to color code your virtual lessons to provide your learners with a way to respond in the absence of reliable communication skills. This packet includes the response cards needed by your students at home to respond to questions up to a field of 4 answer choices. Color coded lessons can be used with N2Y weekly newspapers, ULS Chapter books, and any other type of lesson you want to

This activity helps students recognize their emotional reaction to a change by looking at the Emotion Choice Bar.  They can then use the Solution Choice Bar to decide how to regain self-control by selecting a suggested strategy.