Visual Schedule Ideas / Templates
Visual schedules provide students with a specific, predictable routine and instructions for daily procedures within the school setting. They are particularly helpful for students with Autism, anxiety, attention difficulties, limited formal instruction, language barriers, and those who have trouble following routines. Visual schedules help students by presenting visual reminders as signals for what to do and what is coming next.
Implementation Instructions:
Implementation Instructions:
- Divide the student’s daily routine or schedule into logical partitions incorporating graphics to represent each time period or activity.
- Sit down and explain the schedule to the student and how they will use it, where they will put it, etc
- Teach and encourage the student to practice referring to their schedule when they don’t know what to do, are finished with the current task, are inattentive, off task, unfocused, distracted, etc
Templates:
Over time, I have created templates for a few different styles of visual schedules (see screenshots in slideshow below). I have shared the templates and instructions for use in Google Drive so that anyone can access/ customize a schedule to best meet individual student needs. Use the yellow button (right) to access the Google Doc, When using documents from my Google Drive, please save a copy or download BEFORE editing. |
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Links to Additional Resources
(from PBIS World) |