Sasha from theautismhelper.com shows printable visual supports for music class: schedules, activity choice boards, communication cards for sensory needs, and social stories. Students with autism use these visuals to make full-sentence requests, reduce problem behavior, and match what they do in general education classrooms.
Hi, this is Sasha from theautismhelper.com, and this is a product preview of visual resources for music class. So I don't know if your class is anything like mine, but specials can be a struggle because they don't have the same consistent interventions that we utilize in our classroom in those special classrooms. So I wanted to create some resources that could be easily printed and handed to the special teachers or purchased by a special teacher and that are straightforward and concrete. We want to be using the same types of interventions that we use in our classroom in these environments too. We know what works for our kids. Our kids need visuals, they need schedules, they need structure. Use these same resources in the special classes and you'll have a lot of success. I'm going to scroll through real quickly what's included in here. In the music, there's a music class schedule and also a First Then. Then there's 10 different options of different music activities. If there's anything specific that isn't on here, you can always email me and I can create something special. But this would be a great way to just list out exactly what activities are going to be done in music class or to have some type of first-then structure so your kids will understand what's happening when they enter each music class. There's also 3 reinforcer options as well. Next is an instrument choice board. So a lot of times kids get to request items they'd like to use or things they'd like to listen to. So this is a great choice board that can prompt functional communication by prompting the whole sentence, "I want tambourine." So creating that whole sentence by using visuals to request items. Here's some common communication visuals that could be utilized in a music class. These would be great to laminate and have easy access so in case instead of a student running away or freaking out, they can hand the "it's too loud" or "I need a break" visual. So this might be a great way to reduce problem behavior. Another way to reduce problem behavior is to clarify what is good behavior and what is bad behavior and review this on a daily basis. Then there's 2 social stories. Social stories are great to show what your students should be doing, not what they shouldn't be doing. So here's 2 examples of common music-type behavioral issues that could occur: sharing instruments and what to do when it's too loud. And it scripts out exactly what the student should do in order— in this occurrence. So that's it! These are straightforward and easy-to-use resources. This could be quickly printed and laminated and be used within a matter of minutes. Again, this is a product preview of visual resources for music class by theautismhelper.com.
