My Favorites Visual Answers Product Preview

23 Feb 2014 · 2 min

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In this product preview, Sasha from TheAutismHelper.com introduces My Favorites Visual Answers, a visual‑communication tool designed for students with limited expressive and receptive language. The presenter explains the need to move beyond simple PECS “I want” requests toward answering questions and engaging in peer conversation. The product consists of binder‑style pages, each featuring a prompt such as “My favorite salty snack” followed by four picture options that the student can select and place on top. Sasha describes multiple implementation strategies: using the whole binder during group time, inserting a few pages into individual daily binders, and rotating them out. The material supports question‑answering practice, encourages verbal labeling of the chosen picture, and promotes peer interaction as students can ask each other the same prompts. The preview showcases the range of prompts (sports, snacks, etc.) and emphasizes how the visual format engages students in conversational skills despite limited verbal abilities.

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Hi, this is Sasha from TheAutismHelper.com, and this is a product preview of my favorites, Visual Answers. So with students with low receptive— with low expressive and receptive language, we really struggle sometimes to expand beyond just the "I want" with PECS. We do want our students to be interacting and answering questions in a way that's not just requesting items they want. I want them to be responding to what their favorite is, responding to their peers, things like that. Visuals are a great way to engage students in conversation skills that don't quite have those verbal abilities. Here's a photo of how this end product looks like. There are different pages. I have gone through putting them all in one binder and using them in a group time, or I've also done 2 or 3 in a student's daily binder and then switching them out. There's a few ways you can use these. Each page follows the same structure: "My favorite salty snack," and then there's a list of options. So for each one, you'll have 4 different options and the student will be able to pick their favorite and put it on the top. So again, it's really teaching students to respond to a question and not just always be requesting something with PECS. So here are all the picture options for all the different questions. So like I said, each little prompt has 4 options. So the 4 sports would go right here, and then you can work on question answering. Say, "Oh, you know, Juan, what's your favorite sport?" And he has to pick the right option and put it in there and respond. Say, you know, he could— If they're verbal, you could prompt your students to say "basketball" or "hand it to you." This is also great to have peers interact with each other because then students can be using these cards to ask each other questions as well. So there's a bunch of different options on types of questions all around My Favorite. So again, this was a product preview of My Favorites Visual Answers by TheAutismHelper.com.