BRIGHT IDEAS EXAMPLES Bright Idea Description Who Can Benefit !

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Color Wrist bands to aid in letting others know when the student is starting to feel frustrated. Student can flash the wristband to the teacher and then go to their safe area before having a meltdown.

" found them at www.teachercreated.com when " was looking for decoration ideas for m classroom.

# pack of ten can be purchased for $%.&&. There are man varieties to choose from!

Picture of student doing desired behavior. 'ne can simpl take pictures of the student doing the behaviors ou like to promote like raising their hand, sitting on the carpet and so on. /uide to managing students with autism in the general education classroom.

Student, Parent, Teacher, Sibling, Paraprofessional, school staff, an one!

This is a teacher(created thing. Take pictures of the student doing desired behaviors, then keep the pictures on a ring to show the student what is e)pected when desired behaviors aren*t showing.

+o cost! ,-nless our school charges mone for color printing!!.

Students, /eneral education teachers, paraprofessionals and school staff can benefit from this! The authors wrote this for the person that has little to no e)perience with working with these students!!

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Circle of 2riends strateg talked about for supporting social skills on the pla ground.

Personal 6isual Schedule and group visual schedule. # personal schedule is 7ust for the student, but the same schedule will be on the board for all students to see and use.

Students with and without autism, teachers, paraprofessionals, and school staff can benefit from using this.

-sing the 8oard9aker program, personali:ed schedules can be made. # ;<(da free trial can be found at http011www.ma er(7ohnson.com1 .

#fter the ;< da free trial, the 8oard9aker program is $=>=.<<.

Write #bout This iPad #pp. This app helps students with and without autism write from prompts chosen b the student.

Teachers, and students! +o more fighting with the child to get them to write!

This can be found in the #pp Store on #pple iPads. Check it out at http011www.writeaboutapp.com1 .

There is a free version with one prompt per categor , but the full version is $;.&&. 84ST $;.&& "*ve ever spent, personall . /ives prompts, and ou can create our own!