Embracing Autism: The Preschool Years | Building Positive Behaviors at School with Visual Supports

Building Positive Behaviors at School with Visual Supports

Age Group : 4+

Detailed in this book are multiple evidence-based strategies and visual tools that clarify expectations, increase communication, and build the executive functioning skills of self-regulation, memory, attention, and organization in young children.  Educators have the great opportunity to teach these executive functioning skills that continue to develop throughout adulthood impacting behavioral, academic, and social emotional areas that serve as a foundation for lifelong success.  

 Objectives:

• Recognize the critical role of antecedents and prevention
• Prevent challenging behaviors through classroom organization and visual supports
• List ways to provide predictability and decrease student stress through structure
• Identify the most important ways to maximize the impact of schedules
• Develop visual cues and supports that teach desired behaviors
• Build a menu of positive reinforcement strategies and tools
• Identify strategies and tools to develop self-regulation and calming skills
• List strategies to support children to de-escalate when emotions get too big
• Empower children through choices and communication tools

  You may also be interested in the book "Helping Your Child Succeed: Fostering a Love of Learning in Your Child".