Setting up Visuals
I started jotting down what visuals my students needed to help with frustration and classwork until I realised what a big task! So I decided to cut down my list to a manageable workload and think about what things they wanted and needed the most. Here are the categories I thought would be good to start off with –
- Things in the class, 2.Tasks in class, 3. I’m feeling, 4. fidget toys, what I need
1. Classroom Things
I wanted some visuals to include basic everyday class things so they could point out what they needed or having trouble finding.
2. Tasks
I wanted visuals of the tasks available so my students could indicate a choice and find things they liked doing.
3. Feelings
These are important visuals to understand, practice and use to communicate how they are feeling.
4. Fidgets
A selection of fidget toys could also be used as motivators to regulate themselves, calm down emotions, which I’ve found very handy.
5. Me
Things for themselves, such as their bag, the toilet, a tissue, time to relax and reduce some of their frustration using these visuals to support stress and anxiety.
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