Free how to video: Using Visual Supports to Support Individuals with Autism during Daily Transitions

Using Visual Supports to Support Individuals with Autism during Daily Transitions
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Training Type: Boardmaker Software Family. 1 hour long.

Description: Change is never easy, especially for individuals with Autism. This difficulty with change can make transitions very tricky for everyone. This session will discuss common types of transitions that individuals with Autism may face during a typical day. Using the Boardmaker Software Family, the session will then demonstrate different types of visual supports that may help them through with these times of change. You will walk away from this session with a greater understanding of how to set up your child/student/ or client for successful transitions through the changes in life using the Boardmaker Software Family.

Free how to video: Visual Supports and Autism: Utilizing Mayer-Johnson products to effectively meet the needs of people with autism

Visual Supports and Autism: Utilizing Mayer-Johnson products to effectively meet the needs of people with autism
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Training Type: Boardmaker Software Family. 50 minutes long

Description: This introductory level class introduces participants to Picture Communication Symbols and Boardmaker as tools to create a variety of materials for individuals with autism. An overview of Boardmaker will be provided along with samples of using Boardmaker to create visual schedules, environmental supports and instructional supports. Specific strategies for using and integrating these supports will also be shared. This is a great beginning class or a chance to get up to speed on how Boardmaker can benefit people with autism.

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Creating a "Me Book" for students with Autism and other Special Needs using the Boardmaker Software Family

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Training Type: Boardmaker Software Family

Description: Who am I? This is a question that most people ask themselves. For students with special needs, answering this question enhances their self-esteem and helps them understand that their special need is not the only thing that defines them. One way to do this is to bring the different parts of their life together in the concrete form of a Me book. This book can be used for many purposes. It can be a self-defining and self-discovery activity, a social story of how to talk about themselves and answer questions, and/ or a book that can shared with others to facilitate relationships. No matter how it is used, or where it is used, it will help to boost their self-esteem as they will have a physical reminder that can identify their strengths and accomplishments while explaining their challenges. Using Boardmaker Software Family as the authoring tool, this class will demonstrate how to create a print and interactive Me book while proving ideas and strategies to individualize it for your students. Participants will take away from this class the skills to create a Me book that will help their students understand and express who they are in an individualized concrete way.