Sasha from theautismhelper.com shows how to make and use an adapted book that teaches children with autism to answer "when" questions. The book uses Velcro to match answer options to pictures covering times of day, meals, seasons, and holidays. Visual hints like moons and cakes help kids make inferences even at lower levels.
Hi, this is Sasha from theautismhelper.com, and this is a video tutorial of my "When Is It?" adapted book for children with autism. So this book is similar to my other adapted books. The setup's a little bit different, which is why I wanted to give you a quick tutorial. Um, I love using adapted books to focus on specific "wh" questions. If you've seen my "Who Am I?" book or "Where Is It?" book, I love to use one type of question and really focus in on it, and I think that's a great way for our kids to kind of discriminate what's being asked in these different question forms. So this book focuses on when, obviously. So each page is set up with the 3 options at the top, and then you're gonna match the correct answer to the bottom. So there's kind of a built-in multiple choice. So for this one it says, "The sun is up. I'm getting ready for school. When is it?" So you'd put morning, and the Velcro's right on there. As you can see, I did not laminate the pages. I've been a little bit low on laminating lately, so I instead use page protectors and put it in a binder. This is a really quick and easy way to do it if you make a ton of adapted books. I recommend this. This saves really well, and you only have to laminate the pictures then, so this works really nicely. So each page has the same format. I am in bed and wearing pajamas. When is it? Night. It is the middle of the day. I am eating. When is it? So kind of focusing on the different meals. I'm brushing my teeth. The moon is out. When is it? So this is really discriminating. Yeah, you brush your teeth in the morning, but focusing on that second hint, the moon is out. Making those inferences even for our lower-level kids is possible using pictures. We have— we do not have school today. Tomorrow is Monday. When is it? So days of the week, a little trickier. I am eating cereal. My mom is drinking coffee. The school bus is coming soon. When is it? Morning. It's also kind of good to work on that non-identical picture matching too. Like, you could make the inference that the cake is the right answer, but you really do have to focus on the hint. So I'm sitting in front of a cake with candles. People are singing a song special song. Birthday. Another day of the week one. It's the last day of school before the weekend. When is it? Friday. I am wearing a costume and asking for candy. When is it? Halloween. The sun is high in the sky. I am at school. I already had lunch. When is it? Afternoon. Snow is falling and it is cold out. I am wearing a jacket and a hat. So kind of adding that season. Kind of answer to this. And one more season one: the weather is cool, leaves are red, yellow, and orange. When is it? Fall. The one question is really tricky for my kids, so that's why I wanted to make a book to focus solely on that, because there can be a variety of types of answers. It can be day of the week, season, time of day, etc. So there can be a lot of types of answers to respond to the one question. This was a video tutorial of my "When Is It?" book by theautismhelper.com.
