Moving on and through the day
Key points
This strategy will support the student to know what is happening each day, or in the immediate future. It can be tailored to the student’s needs and contains some science around why it is important know what to expect of the day. This can reduce anxiety
Plan
- Watch the video and/or complete the quiz (uncertainty and ADHD) to understand why this is useful
- Get the visual timetable and now and next templates ready (we also made some icons- small and large)
- Some students will need events broken down during lessons, others will need larger chunks of time laid out, you know your student so adapt this to what they need
Do
- Introduce the visual timetable and/or now and next resources (icons- small or large) to the child and have them customise some tokens before you laminate them (pictures of the activities, things they like)
- Put it somewhere either the whole class or the individual student can easily see it (stuck on to their desk, on the wall close to their desk, in their planner, along the bottom of your whiteboard or other display board)
- Involve students in putting on and removing or ticking-off activities and tell everyone what the expectations are for the next one referring to the template you use
Assess
- How has the student’s behaviour changed with more knowledge of what is happening?
- What problems have come up? Record these on the reflection template
For example, does it cause a problem at the time if they know something else is coming up soon that they really like or dislike? How can you work around this?
- Is it in the right place to be visible and useful to the child?
- Do you have the right level of detail, or do you need more or less (moving from lesson by lesson to day-by-day, or having a different version to use within a lesson)?
Review
- Talk about your reflections with your SENCo, the child, their family and colleagues
- Make changes to the templates and cards based on what you come up with
Resources
Editable PDFs
Consistency is key video