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Simple tools help special ed students handle schedule changes without anxiety. Social stories and visual cards that show what's different and why work best. Telling kids ahead of time, not surprising them, builds flexibility.

Simple tools help special ed students handle schedule changes without anxiety. Social stories and visual cards that show what's different and why work best. Telling kids ahead of time, not surprising them, builds flexibility.
There are a ton of resources on how to build flexibility. This is a skill that we want to really work on ahead of time. There are social stories and these great change visuals. I love these. It says, do we have outdoor recess? And then there's options of yes or no, and then you can put the reason why there's no outdoor recess. This is also just a great simple one of just saying, instead of math, we have a pep rally, and alerting of that change ahead of time.