On October 21st, 2019, professionals from the EMSB's student services department hosted a workshop covering the importance of visuals. The workshop covered:
visual schedules
social stories
contingency maps
etc.
Teachers were shown how all of these resources could be used in the classroom and created with Boardmaker Online.
Here are the slides from this workshop.
Visual Schedule
Choice Board
First-Then
Visual Schedule
Jobs Around the House
Routine Activities
Indoor & Outdoor Activities
Work Then Play
Contingency Map Template
Contingency Map - Running Away
For more info on contingency maps, check out this resource: https://www.ocali.org/project/resource_gallery_of_interventions/page/behavior-contingency-maps
The five point scale is a tool to help students both express their emotions and practice self regulation. For more info on this tool/concept, check out these documents.
For more resources on the 5 point scale, check out this link to our Google Drive folder of resources: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1wJLB2OkKoxJAyWn_WQyLpFmg8iEWX2pj