| Empathize Validate Encourage Praise Effort Detailed feedback Ask questions for more information Restate instructions, information Student repeats back Slower delivery Longer wait time Collaborate Negotiate Model expectations Model the work Provide samples of work outcomes Transition Songs Chants for transitions and attention Transition preparation w/10, 5 min. countdown warnings Transition countdowns Visual transition supports/cues Timer or visual timer Egg timer Visual schedule Visual cues Visual sequential activity cards “First/Then” Cue cards with photos of what to do first, and the reward after doing the task Labeled photos showing desired action Color Coding Activities Activities for Fast Finishers More advanced materials for gifted Peer tutor Individual support Small groups Reading buddy Pre-teaching Re-teaching Noise-level monitor | Dim lighting Calming area or Cube for retreat when feeling anxious or emotional Bean bag chair Comfort object, blanket, pillows Calming tools, visuals, posters Teach calming strategies Child-proof doorknob Door alarm Wiggly chair cushion Wobbly stool Block chair Weighted vest Chewie necklace Noise-cancelling headphones Delineated physical boundaries Markers on floor for body placement Emotion coaching Emotion posters Solutions cards/kit Social stories Brain poster (Scholastic “MindUp Curriculum”) and direct instruction Hand-over-Hand for writing or drawing Laminated word cards to trace, erase, write Scaffold writing with faded, dotted, bubble, or highlighted font Provide alphabet strips and/or cards Provide number strips and/or cards Provide letters or words to copy or trace Student-preferred stylus type (markers, Expos, crayons, pencils, golf pencils, pens) Adaptive tools for writing (triangular crayons, fat crayons or pencils, golf pencils, pencil grips) Sentence starters with blanks to fill in White board and Expos Chalk board with chalk Erase boards with stylus Finger pointers for tracking reading Colored film for reading sentences Whisper Phones for reading PECS cards for communication |