Visuals for Parents to Use at Home

A MUST HAVE TO INCREASE POSITIVE BEHAVIORS AND DECREASE NEGATIVE BEHAVIORS!

Reasons to Use Visuals

• Children with autism are visual learners.
• Visuals reduce the amount of auditory input which results in a decrease in over stimulating your child’s sensory system.
• Visuals increase your child’s understanding of language.
• Helps increase communication
• Reduces anxiety
• Increases compliant behaviors
• Decreases negative behaviors

This packet includes the following items:

• over a 100 individual pictures related to the topics of places, activities, toys, feelings, food/drink, and core words.
• behavior management visuals that includes break cards, a 3 point scale, and a calming exercise
• mini task schedules that include home routines such as brushing teeth, sleeping in bed, cutting nails, taking a bath, washing hair, getting ready for school, getting ready for bed, going potty, losing a tooth, and taking medicine.
• visuals to use outside the home like getting a haircut, going to the grocery store, sitting in the car seat, keeping his shoes on, and keeping his clothes on.
• visuals to take to the dentist and doctor for check-ups and getting a vaccine.
• templates that you can use to make your own visuals