If I
am aware of a good resource for teaching a skill, I am always going to
recommend that first.
These
are some of Simon's recycling directions, for the household:

Click here to download
paper
recycling and yellow bins.
And for ACAP:

the new
one:
For learning to use his asthma inhaler:
Click
here to download the file to make these cards.
These
images are cut as cards, laminated, and held together with a ring.
Another
set of cards, for having a blood draw taken:
download the file
to make these cards
Tooth brushing instructions for Simon:



These
are on five laminated sheets, with metal rings at the top, so that the
sheets flip over. It stands up in a Plexiglas document holder on
the bathroom counter. They could be made as separate cards.
Click here to download
1 2
3 4
5.
One of
the last of our potty instructions:
(This
has been a ten year odyssey for us.)
Click
here to download these images, no words.
For my
own son, I may make, over time, a half dozen different visual prompts to
help him acquire a skill, and as he improves, I may need to prepare a new
wall chart, new flip chart, new photos, and new words.... it is an
evolving process for both of us. This is also a trickier process
for me to help you, because I need to not only be well aware of your child's
functioning level, but we will also be looking at outcome, at what will
help.
