Going to the Doctor: Office & Urgent Care Visits. If your child is fearful of the doctor, the examination, or the procedures, these visuals will help decrease anxieties by letting your child know what to expect. VIDEO PREVIEW

Perfect for children:
Who are on the autism spectrum
Who are anxious
Who have difficulty following verbal directions
Who don’t know what to expect
Who have problem behaviors

Making & Using: See video.

This resource can be used as:
A Visual Schedule: Place the appropriate visuals on the menu and take off as each step is accomplished.
A Social Story Starter: Discuss each visual that is appropriate for your child or write a mini-book and glue in the visuals.
Pretend Play: Assign a role, i.e., Child, Nurse, Doctor, Parent, to a stuffed animal/doll/child and use the other visuals to prompt story starters.
Role-Play: Set up a visual schedule on the menu page and take turns being the child in the story.

Use the Blank cards to:
* Write or draw in details that may be specific to your child’s doctor visit.
* Write or draw on to show an after-the-doctor treat such as going to the park, the library, or a play date.
(A file folder label has been provided at the bottom of page 5.)
Be sure to check out the VIDEO PREVIEW

Given visuals (picture word cards) to prepare STUDENT for an event or activity which may cause anxiety, STUDENT will review the process with an adult prior to the event in order to decrease anxiety, as based upon parent/teacher observation, in 4 out of 5 presentations, by MONTH, YEAR.

This item is recommended for the following grade levels:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade

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