Are your students with autism working towards mastering IEP goals for completing independent work tasks without continuous prompting? If so, these 3-step and 4-step visual directions with pictures and symbols boards are the perfect solution! There are no words included, as these are truly visual directions intended to engage and encourage non-readers, or students who may not yet be ready to follow written directions.

With a total of 368 visual direction cards, which include skin tones to represent student populations, the teacher/therapist/homeschooler is able to choose the pictures that best meet your students’ needs. Each Visual Direction Prompt card has suggested directives listed above, to generate prompt ideas for teacher to provide for the assigned task.

This visual directions resource offers visually engaging picture cards that vividly illustrate each step of a given task, providing a clear visual representation for students. These cards are designed to support various learning styles and promote less adult prompting to complete an independent work task.

· INCLUDES DATA SHEET FOR IEP GOAL DOCUMENTATION!

· Visual Storage Board for Convenient Usage

WHAT VISUAL DIRECTION PROMPTS ARE INCLUDED?

(Written prompts listed above each card are suggestions for the teacher/therapist to provide to the student to represent the steps of the task)

1. Build the word.

2. Sound out the word / Spell the word.

3. Get a marker.

4. Put cap on.

5. Clap / Clap it out.

6. Clip the answer.

7. Clip it.

8. Count.

9. Match.

10. Complete a pattern /What comes next?

11. Pound

12. Do puzzle.

13. Put together.

14. Sort.

15. Stamp it.

16. Pick up card.

17. Wipe.

18. Put in ABC order / Put in alphabetical order / Name letters / Say letter sounds.

19. Mark the answer.

20. Circle the answer.

21 -31 Color it black. (all colors)

32. Dab it.

33. Point to the ____ one. / Count.

34. Mark / Cross out / “X” out.

35. Open scissors / Cut

36. Cut paper.

37. Dot it.

38. Draw.

39. Use dry erase marker.

40. Finger space.

41. Fold.

42. Glue it.

43. Write.

44. Highlight.

45. Think.

46. Put lace through.

47. Listen.

48. Look.

49. Do puzzle.

50. Make pattern.

51. Match number / Count and match number.

52. How many? / Count ten frame.

53. Match upper and lowercase.

54. Match the word to the picture. / Match the picture to the word.

55. Measure (cm)

56. Measure (in)

57. Point to the number.

58. Put your finger on… /Touch the…

59. Push down.

60. Put in. / Clean up.

61. Read to self.

62. Read with a peer.

63. Rip paper. /Rip paper in half.

64. Roll it.

65. Share

66. Spell the word.

67. Spin.

68. Stack blocks. / Build ten / tens and ones

69. Stamp the letters.

70. Staple.

71. Put in trash.

72. Trace.

73. Make a line. / Underline.

74. Put headphones on.

75. Headphones on.

76. Type.

77. Connect the dots. /Connect the numbers.

78. Draw with a pencil.

79. Erase.

80. Fined. Look through magnifying glass.

81. Draw a line to…/Match.

82. Quiet / Quiet lips.

83. Read / Read a book.

84. Speak/ Say the answer.

85. Trace the shape.

86. Write on the line.

87. Write your name.

88. Put beads on the string. / Make a pattern

89. Put block on. / Put ___(# of) blocks on.

90. Clip it.

91. Hold scissor. / Cut.

92. Finger paint

93. Geoboard

94. Put glue on paper.

95. Paper punch it.

96. Lace it.

97. Paper punch it.

98. Dab it.

99. Tongs / Pick up.

100. Tweezers / Pick up.

101. Abacus / Count

102. Put in. / Balance. / How much does it weigh?

103. Which is more? Which is less? Which is heavier?

104. Pick up button. Count buttons.

105. Pick up bear. Count bears.

106. Dominoes/ Add or count.

107. Choose a card / Pick up card.

108. Move the piece. /Your turn. /My turn.

109. Complete the graph.

110. Count cubes. / Stack cubes. / Count how many. / Build it.

111. Pick up marble.

112. Link together (links).

113. Count number line.

114. How many dollars? / Do I have enough money to buy this?

115. Roll the dice.

116. Find the shape.

117. Count the ten frame. / Complete the ten frame.

118. Turn the timer to begin.

119. Add / Subtract / Multiply / Divide (Calculator Math)

120. Mark the box.

121. Circle the answer.

122. Mark off. / Cross out.

123. Fill in the blank.

124. Put on.

125. Press buttons. / Talk into device. (Assistive Technology)

126. Sit down.

127. All done.

PLUS MORE!

DOES THIS TAKE LONG TO SET UP?

· Very little time! Just print each page preferably on white card stock paper for durability and laminate. Cut each Picture Prompt card along the gray border.

· Print PICTURE PROMPT STORAGE BOARD and laminate.

· Print as many color prompt strips as needed and laminate.

· Add Velcro to the back of PICTURE PROMPT cards and boards.

· Your students are ready to begin their task!

IF I NEED PICTURE PROMPTS THAT ARE NOT IN THE SET, CAN I REQUEST IT?

YES! If you have a reasonable request that students may need, please let me know and I can add it to the set.

ARE THERE ANY IEP GOALS THAT MAY ALIGN WITH THIS ACTIVITY?

Absolutely! Here are suggested IEP Goals that may be aligned with this activity:

1. Given a 3 or 4-step picture prompt of a sequence of instructions to follow in order to complete an independent work task, STUDENT will independently begin the task, by completing each instruction through completion, with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.

CAN I SHARE THIS WITH MY TEAM OR CO-WORKERS?

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