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Please find below some helpful resources for your child at home
Communication and Literacy
Things I can do at home - Visual Schedule; great for some tips and ideas around activities to run during the day
Daily Morning Work - Name, day, date, month, weather
Days of the Week - Colour, trace, cut & stick, and write activity.
Following Directions - Granny Says Game
Sentence Helpers - Free Sample Set
Who is Under the Umbrella - Interactive Book (prepostions)
Pirate-Themed Interactive Book - Prepositions
Play-Based Tips - from How to ABA
Story Time Tips - How to read books to promote language
Maths
Recycling Sorting Activity - Suggestion: generalise to a real-life activity to sort rubbish and recyclable materiels.
Numbers 1 - 10 - Colour, cut and paste.
My Weather Graph - track data on the weather each day with your child
Life Skills & Behaviour
Behaviour Support Pack - NCSE
Home Routines - NCSE
Using Reward Systems - NCSE
Behaviour Contracts - NCSE
Life Skills Program Planner - A very useful planniing tool that provides Task Analyses for 132 life skills that can be taught at home to increase independence.
Assessment of Work Habits and Behaviour - A simple checklist to see where your child is at and areas you can work on together.
When I'm Frustrated Social Story - Free Mini-Book
How to use the Bathroom - Step-by-step visual aids (bathroom sequence cards)
Kindness Rules - Sorting Activity
Parent Support Pack - Home Visuals, First/Then Cards, Token Boards, Feelings, Yoga Positions, Fine Motor Skills Ideas
3-Point Scale - Emotional Regulation
Reinforcer Checklist - Get ideas for what your child can work for at home
Sensory Processing - Information for Parents
Useful Websites (General)
do2learn.com - a resource for individuals with special needs.
www.senteacher.org - Free Special Educational Needs teaching resources.
www.starfall.com - an interactive free public service to teach children with an emphasis on exploration, play and reinforcement.
www.stageslearning.com - Free at home curriculum for autism education
https://ncse.ie/online-resources - Online Resources provided by the National Council for Special Education
Lesson Plans - (Boardmaker)
Useful Apps
Choiceworks – a visual schedule and calendar app! There has never been a time that we needed a visual schedule more than now! Letter School – this is a fun way to practice fine motor skills and keep up some printing practice! Apps by Super Duper Inc. – there are so many great apps here for lots of learning styles, skills, and ages. Endless Alphabet – fun way for your children to learn letters. Breath, Think, and Do with Sesame – is your child feeling anxious? Practice some deep breathing in a fun, interactive way.
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