TEACHING TOOLS: VISUAL SUPPORTS

Visual Schedule ~set of pictures/words that communicate a series of activities or steps of a specific activity~

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A visual schedule is a set of pictures that communicates a series of activities or the steps of a specific activity. Visual schedules may be created using photographs, pictures, written words, or physical objects.

Schedule depicting portions of the day (morning, afternoon, evening). Symbols can be removed as completed1

Activity-based schedule that sequences events of the day2.

Twenty-four hour schedule of the day, with symbols that depict day and night hours and scheduled activities3.

1 Specialparents2012 (Nov 2012) Visual Schedules [screenshot] Retreived from http://specialparents2012 blogspot.com/visual-schedules.html 2 Rakovic’s Speech and Language Page (2014) Visual Schedules 2 [screenshot] Retreived from http://prakovic.wikispaces.com/visual+schedule 3 Submitted by Anne Tague