1. Visual supports and literacy strategies to supportpeople with disabilities in employment

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6. Carole Zangari
www.praacticalaac.org

7. No Single ‘Best’ AT option
Carole Zangari
www.praacticalaac.org

8. It all depends…
on what the
individualneeds!

9. Barriers to employment
•Learning new tasks and processes
•Problem solving
•Understanding others and expressing themselves
•Concept or understanding of time and time management
•Travelling to and from work independently

10. Improving transition to work
Engageinterests, skills and potential
Providestructureandsupportto individual and employer

11. Workplace adjustments
•Learning small steps through repetition
•Develop a 'work buddy' system
•Use pictures and other prompts
•Provide disability awareness training

12. Response time
Rephrase
Check understanding
Visual supports
Explain changes in advance
Speak clearly
Allow time
Short questions

13. Things that we SEEto enhance
the communication process
Visual supports

15. •Sometimes verbalinstructions are not enough
•Information presented visually helps some people to learn
•More concrete and stable
Why use visual supports?

16. •Calendars
•Schedulesor Checklists
•Timers
•Social stories
•Video modelling
Types of Visual Supports

17. Calendars

18. •Remind us what is happening
Show
•regularevents
•newactivities
•changesto routine
Calendars

19. •Software: MS Publisher, Boardmaker Studio, Boardmaker Plus, Matrix Maker
•Online: Google Calendar, Outlook, Boardmaker Online
•Apps: MemoCalplus, Activity Planner
Calendars

20. MemoCalPlus

21. Activity Planner

22. Schedules

23. •Increase understanding
•Decrease surprises, reduce anxiety and distress
•Improve behaviour
•Allow people to function more independently and feel confident
Schedules

24. •Software: Boardmaker Studio, Boardmaker Plus, Matrix Maker
•Online: Boardmaker Online, Visuals Engine
•Apps: FTVS HD, 30Hands, Tools2Talk
Schedules

25. •Cover only one activity
•Map out the steps
•Allow the person to become more independent
Mini Schedules

26. FTVS HD

27. 30Hands

28. Go low tech

29. Visual Timers

30. •Give a visual reminder about time left for an activity
•Help with transition to a new activity
•Reduce frustration
•Improve independence through self monitoring and time management
•Help keep individuals focused
Visual Timers

31. Software: Boardmaker, Time Timer
Online: www.online-stopwatch.com, 1-click timer
Settings: In built Clock on iPad
Apps: Wait4it, Time Timer, Bang Boom Buzzer
Visual Timer HD
Visual Timers

32. Low tech

33. Social Stories

34. Visual, video, photo stories created for specific learning of specific behaviours
Originally developed by Carol Gray
www.thegraycentre.org
Social Stories

35. Teaching a required social skill

36. Prepare for new events and experiences

37. Teach a positive behaviour

38. Teach a new skill

39. Let's be social
Apps by Touch Autism
-shopping
-compliments
-turn taker
-using money and saving
-manners
Apps with readymade stories

40. Pictello
Book Creator
Strip Designer
Sonic Pics
PixnTell
30Hands
Apps for creating stories

41. Book Creator

42. Video Modelling

43. Models target skills
Desirablebehavioursare learned by watching a video & imitating

44. Videos of others
Video self-monitoring
Point of view modelling

45. Online: WeVideoApp (edit), Screencastify(recording)
Apps: iMovie, Aurasma, Capture
Video Modelling

46. iMovie

48. Aurasma

49. Settings: Speak Selection
Symbol Support
Widget GO
Other literacy supports

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