Working with Calm Down Cards

These are my Visual Support Self-Management Cards. They have become a fantastic addition to my ever growing calm down area!

These Support Cards I made a little bit bigger than the size of an index card and I placed a couple of useful visuals on them to use with my students in my Special Ed Classroom.

Using these cards in my class has been a life saver, students have learnt new skills such as requesting “a break”, “help” how to “wait” and the “first and then” strategies. These easy to use visual resources are portable and adaptable to individual needs!

Class Support Cards

They have provided structure in my support plans and I’m able to document their success running in conjunction with my Behavior Management’.

What I’ve included :-

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“Wait” cards

“Break” Cards

“Help” Cards

“First, Next, then” Cards

“Token reward” cards

reward tokens

Reward visuals include:-

Xbox (white), laptop, computer, iPad

Xbox (black), game boy, ipod, DVD player

tv, music, bubbles, fidget toy

Doll, book, comic, action figures

sweets, train, play dough, dinosaurs

chocolate buttons, riding car, toy cars, basket ball

bumble ball, ball, bounce on big ball

football, koosh ball, big ball, gutter ball.

4 X of each in colour and BW

Self-Regulation Tools

These booklets have been designed for students with Autism, Special Ed and preschool kids to help them identify how they feel and what they would need to be ready for work!

This self regulation booklet provides visual tools that are individually accessible for my young students to use throughout the day.

Each of my kiddos have popped their name on a booklet that I’ve tailored to individual needs, and use the visual detachable symbols to remind themselves of the positive behaviour needed. These supports and tools are a fantastic resource if they find themselves struggling in the classroom!

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My Strategies for Behavior Management

Behavior Management can become challenging on a daily basis, especially when you have a class full of busy little learners.

So here I’ve listed a couple of strategies and decided to share the most popular visual tools that my students use everyday.

1. Self Regulation Tools This resource is for my students to use with self regulation. Using “how they feel” and “what is needed” visuals, they are encouraged to express their feelings and learn what they might need to help them get ready to learn.

2. Visual Key ring support – Learning new skills is so important for my little ones, Requesting “Help” “Break” “stop” or “wait” is a huge skill to learn. This support offers opportunities for them to learn these skills and regulate how they feel.


3. Visual support cards I use these to teach new skills such as requesting “break please”, “help” and “wait” self -management strategies and added some visuals to help regulate behavior.


4. Visual support folder Is a place for my students to keep all their daily and most used visuals and supports all in one folder, ideal for carrying with them throughout the day. It incorporates the token economy reward system, daily schedule and other handy visuals.


5. First and Then combined board I combined a board with “First and Then” and Token Rewards. This helps with a more focused lessons and one to one work. By using this strategy my students know what they must complete before having the motivator they’ve chosen. It also provides me with the control over the distribution speed of tokens and become a successful part of my behaviour support plans.

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Top 5 Visual Tools for Autism Behavior Management

I have bundled together 5 of my most successful Visual Tools for Positive Behavior Management!
These tool have become so successful in supporting students and staff throughout our school that I decided to share them with everyone.

  1. Visual Key-ring SupportThis support key-ring has been used with our students to learn new skills such as requesting “break please”, “help” and “wait” self -management strategies.
  2. Areas of Regulation Tools for Behaviour Management – I use this support to run along with the Areas of Regulations, making tools individually accessible for my students to use in each of the areas.
  3. Visual Support Self-Management Cards – These Support Cards were made a little bit bigger than the size of an index card and I placed a couple of useful visuals on them to use for my students with Autism.
  4. Visual Support Booklet for Behaviour Management, Here I’ve include 8 different designs to choose from. “First and then”, “token reward”, break and help cards are combined in this handy booklet. I added a mini schedule so now my students can keep them with them and take ownership! I’m happy!
  5. “I’m working for” and “first and then” Behaviour Management tool – Autism Here I combined the first and then with the three star reward token boards and came up with this behaviour management tool. Everything you need on one board, no more fidgeting with 2 boards, its made my life so much easier!

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Using Social Skill Supports

Social Skills Stories help a person with autism understand how others might behave or respond in a particular situation, and therefore how they might be expected to behave. They’re also a great strategy for helping others understand the perspective of a person with autism and why they may respond or behave in a particular way.

To maintain positive interactions with others your students need good social skills so positive interactions will enable them make and sustain friendships.

When difficulties arise some children will need a bit of extra support in order to know what to do and what not to do. These short stories will help children learn about how their own behaviours and how they might affect others.

These great little reads are about recognising other people’s feelings and responding in an understanding and caring way, that students can grab and read or be read to.

Social Narratives are a great strategy for Preschool and Special ED for Behavior and classroom Management.

You can reinforce these behavior strategies by reading regularly in a one to one situation or as part of a group.

Plus Social Strip Reminders

Below are a list of some of my favourite stories that I keep on hand in my classroom. A fantastic Bundle to aid you through behaviour management in your classroom.

Hitting,
No Pinching,
No Biting,
Kicking,
Bad words
Listen to the Teacher,
Stranger Danger,
Being Kind
Class rules
Follow class rules

Hitting Hurts – Story strip,
Quiet in class – story strip,
Staying calm social strip,
Follow class rules strip

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