What's it like?

definition of visual schedules: Personalized tool used to visually communicate a series of activities or the steps of a specific activity. Visual schedules may be created with photographs, pictures, written words, or physical objects.
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What's it like?

Schedules may be placed into notebooks or on a schedule board, or also presented with the aid of or on computers. The figure below represents an example visual schedule for the last portion of a child’s school day.

Snack, read, home visual image

When designing a visual schedule, consider the following questions (2):

  • Will the child understand or recognize the pictures or words?
  • Is the activity represented by the visual schedule obvious to the child?
  • Can the schedule be made clearer by the use of words, more images, or objects?
  • Does the child know and have available the tools required to successfully complete the activity?

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Synonyms for visual schedules include: schedule board, visual aids, visual schedule, visual schedule board, Visual Scheduler, visual skills, visual structure, visual therapy
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