Visual Schedule Implemented

Since Raquel is starting preschool in January, our ABA Team is trying to help the transition as much as possible by working certain things in to her sessions that will soon be part of her new routine.

Today Cari implemented a "Visual Schedule". It is basically a strip of cardboard with 4 pictures velcroed to it. The pictures represent Raquel working, playing, bouncing, and listening to music. Raquel takes the picture off of the schedule and matches it to the picture velcroed to her work station for that particular task. She'll be using something like this when she starts school. I guess this kind of schedule helps prepare kids for changes in routine. The schedule is only displayed during her therapy sessions and they rotate the order in which they do the activities. This is what it looks like:



This is the "work" station - where it's ABA therapy as usual:



It made the ABA session a lot different - and it went by very fast. Normally we don't listen to music during the session (unless we have to), and we certainly don't take time to go play. Raquel seemed to like the change and I think she'll do really well with it.