Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Past Event Cards helping students on the ASD communicate


Earlier posts focused on choice cards and break cards for helping students on the autism spectrum communicate.  Another type of communication card are past event cards.   These cards help students remember and explain events that they have experienced.   A wonderful resource for helping students create (or for teachers to create!) these cards is found on the Watson Institute's website. 
http://www.thewatsoninstitute.org/teacher-resources2.jsp?pageId=2161392240601226415747290


This webpage categorizes various behaviors that could be related to a past event.  These include: anger, home, school routines and friends.  Once selected and created, students could use these cards when they get home to their feelings and explain what transpired during the day. 


Photo Conversation Cards for Children with Autism & Asperger's
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In addition to the Watson Institute website, I found a pre-made kit on-line called Photo Conversation Cards (retails $32.99) that might be worthwhile exploring as it has 90 cards that are geared to students with ASD.  Here's a link https://www.launchingsuccess.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=340_345&products_id=10486

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