As your child begins to recognize structure in his
or her life, this may be the time to make a visual
schedule to help your child recognize when certain
events are happening in his or her day.
A visual schedule works better than a written
schedule for obvious reasons as your child may
not be able to read and thus may not get the
benefit of the visual cue.
To make such a visual schedule, you can use a
white board on which you put the hours of the
day and a space at the top for the day of the
week.
Purchase strips of Velcro that have a sticky back
and place a small square of Velcro in each time
slot.
Using thick card, draw the different aspects of
your day in visual form.
For example, you can draw pictures of food for
the times of the day that you eat.
You can also draw a picture of a bed for the
times your child sleeps.
Each day, pin up the pictorial representation
of your day and put the day of the week at the
top.
When your child wakes up, bring him or her to
the board and talk about when different things
will happen.
When it comes time for the various events in the
day, have the child tear off the pictorial
representation and talk about what it is you’re
going to be doing.
Put the pictorial representation in a nearby
box for the next day.
This technique will help your child appreciate
structure in his or her day.
It leaves no question as to what will happen
and it involves, in a way, the completion of
tasks—something autistic children like to do.
By using Velcro squares, you can alter the
schedule every day for things like shopping
and doctor’s visits.
Each day can look the way it’s supposed to
on the board and will give the autistic child
a lesser degree of confusion about the things
that he or she will be doing that day.
The Parenting Autism Resource Guide:
A Complete Resource Guide For Parents
Who Have Children Diagnosed With Autism.
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