Innovative and Fun

Visual Supports

Tammy Anderson

Aqua Pros Swim School

Visuals

• Things that you see

• I hear and I forget

I see and I remember

• Visuals help individuals understand

better to participate more successfully

• Studies have shown we all do better

with visual information vs auditory

Specifically who will benefit?

• Anyone with a developmental disorder

• Anyone with a attention disorder

• Anyone with a language based

difficulty

• Visual learners and thinkers

Types of Visuals

• Visual Strategies

• Visual Tools

• Visual Supports

Visual

Strategies

• We use visual strategies to help us

communicate information to individuals.

• Visual strategies help students learn

effective communication, appropriate social

interaction, and positive behavior

• One of the most important uses for visual

strategies is to give information such as

what is happening, what is not happening,

what is changing, etc

• Social stories and comic strips

Tools

• Visual tools help students organize

their thinking. (Schedules)

• You can create visual tools to give

students the information they need to

anticipate activities and manage

transitions.

• What is going to happen

• Manage time

Visual Supports

• Visual supports are used to give

choices or communicate rules.

• Provides structure

• Gives student control

• What is or is not available

• Encourages appropriate behavior

• Token economy systems

Strategies, Tools & Supports

Help to…

• Gain your students attention

• Understand what is being said

• Clarify communication

• Organize thinking

• Keeps your student engaged

• Reduce behaviors

• Reduce social challenges

• Helps students express themselves

• The more you can move an activity from verbal to visual, you will have more success

Remember

• Communication break downs are a

major component of social and

behavior difficulties

• Improve communication will promote

positive behavior and your student will

participate appropriately

Tammy’s Toolbox

• Thinking that only one visual will fix

everything is like thinking a hammer is

the only tool a handyman needs in his

tool box

Visual Tools

• Schedule or Check list

• Choice Boards

• First-Then Boards

• Photo Sequence Boards

• Ipad

• Choice Rings

Schedules

First-Then & Choice Boards

Photo Sequence Boards

IPAD

Choice Rings

Token Economy System

• A token economy system rewards the

student after each correct response

• Using a token economy system will…

• Delay gratification

• Extend the students attention span

• Increase the amount of work

Token Economy

Visual Supports

• Poker chips

• Peg boards

• Treasure chest

• Gobble Guppies

Poker Chips

Peg Boards

Treasure Chest

Gobble Guppies

Other Fun Visuals

• Dice

• Plastic mirrors

• Chalk

• Underwater video

Dice

Plastic Mirror

Chalk

Underwater Video

Now For A Little Fun!!

10 lucky audience

members will win a prize

from

Tammy’s Toolbox

Including an underwater

video camera!