0Visual supports, any pictorial, graphic, or scheduling aid, are excellent tools for teaching academic, daily living, and self-help skills to people with autism. This reader-friendly and practical book shows teachers, parents, and service providers how to make low-tech visual supports, and offers strategies for using them.

The new second edition includes expanded information about using visual supports with the youngest children, advice on fading supports, and updated photo examples of:

Activity schedules

Calendars

Charts

Checklists & to-do lists

Color coding

Flip books

Graphic organizers

Mnemonics

Nametags

Photo boards

Power Cards

Scripts

Social Stories

Video modeling

A new chapter covers high-tech options for visual supports (iPads, smartphones, etc.) and how to choose appropriate ones, and particular features that are good for people with autism.