Video Tutorial - What's Bugging You? Adapted Book for Children with Autism!

5 Oct 2012 · 2 min

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In this instructional video, Sasha from theautismhelper.com showcases an adapted interactive book titled “What’s Bugging You?” designed for children with autism. Each page pairs a visual of an object with the repeated prompt “What’s bugging you?” followed by a humorous sentence such as “Oh no, a beetle on the basketball.” The book is constructed so that children can point to each word as it is spoken, reinforcing first‑sound awareness and word‑by‑word tracking. Sasha explains the practical setup: bind both sides of the book, add an extra laminated page on the back, and place the bug visuals on the side opposite the text so the child can match the bug to the corresponding object. She demonstrates how the repetitive structure and the “Oh no” phrasing engage children, and offers storage tips (placing the extra sheet inside the book). The video is aimed at educators, therapists, and parents seeking concrete, low‑tech tools to support early literacy in autistic learners.

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Here's one of my favorite adapted books from theautismhelper.com. It's called What's Bugging You. Each page has a picture of an item and says with the visual, "What's bugging you?" I like that the kids can point to each word as you're saying it, and it kind of has the similar response on each bottom. "Oh no, a beetle on the basketball." The trick to setting up this book though is is to bind both sides, have an extra page on the back, and bind the side with all of the bugs. So the back will look like this, it'll just be this one extra page. Here's the book, and here is the bug visual. So when you do go through and read the story, the bug options are right next to it. So the child will read it, and then they will take the beetle, match it to the basketball. So this is working on first sounds. There's a beetle on the basketball. Next page, same sentence. What's bugging you? Oh no, Firefly on the fork. Again, I really like how there's a box for each word to really— for kids that have some trouble repeating words, kind of really to break that down. And then they can get the Firefly and put it on the fork. So each page goes through with this same repetition. My kids really like the "Oh no," and it's really cute when they read it. Um, so setting it up, just remember to bind both sides to this bottom page, you'll have to laminate an extra sheet. And then when you store it, you can just put that inside and put the book on top. Thanks for watching. This is Sasha from theautismhelper.com.