Autism Resource Kit

Description

• Helps children on the autistic spectrum to communicate more effectively to teachers, assistants and parents
• Helps children understand routines and sequences
• Practical kit for visual and kinaesthetic learners
• Includes "Children on the spectrum play too!" resource book
• Over 100 visual communication symbols in total

This Autism Resource Kit is especially useful for those on the autism spectrum, those with social communication difficulties and those with English as a second language.

The included high quality fans, cards and tools help children to communicate more effectively, to make better decisions and to aid understand of what is happening next, routines & sequences.

Over 90% of children are visual learners and up to 97% for those with social communication difficulties and yet we tend to use our voices far too much. This kit responds to children and young people who are visual learners. There are over 100 visual symbols either on communication fans displayed on safety lanyards or on clear and easy to understand communication tiles.

It also includes the fantastic resource book "Hey, children on the autism spectrum play too!", written to support those working or living with children on the autism spectrum and provides great ideas to encourage them to play and interact. 

The full kit contains:

• 24 x visual communication symbols printed onto foam board
• 1 x pyramid display board with ‘then’, ‘now’, ‘and’, ‘or’ tiles
• 4 x mini dry wipe tiles to make your own symbols or write words with included dry wipe pen
• 4 x visual symbol fans on 2 x safety lanyards include 40 Widgit symbols
• 1 x ‘I Feel Fan’ to support emotional understanding
• 1 x ‘I have autism’ personal communication fan to help explain what upsets a child, or calms them down or special ways that they communicate
• 1 x Hey, Children on the Autism Spectrum Play Too – a practical resource book that helps the reader to understand effective ways of working with autism