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<blockquote data-quote="confuzzled" data-source="post: 466578" data-attributes="member: 8831"><p>here's a good link for picture symbols that might help. <a href="http://www.pecsforall.com/" target="_blank">http://www.pecsforall.com/</a></p><p></p><p>(oops, did have you confused with someone else--but your husband's schedule is similar)</p><p></p><p>but your description of overwhelmed at "centers" kinda drives my point home. he can't anticipate what is going one--i'm guessing if the kids are left to choose their centers, its a free-for-all.</p><p></p><p>a picture schedule can, and should be used to even guide that--there is no reason the school cant implement it for him.</p><p>he should have an actual piece of paper in front of him that plays up his choice of centers...i cant think of any reason why he cant start center time every.single.day with say--1. art center (clock, 15 min) 2. block center (clock, 15 min) 3. music center (clock, 15 min) so he knows what he's supposed to do. he'll learn to anticipate that oh, teacher said center time--let me go over to the art section. as he gains confidence, he can be given a choice for empowerment--say, two cards with 1. art center and 2. block center and asked which he would like to do first. it would seem to me though, that it needs to be pretty scripted with no choice initially so he gets the concept first. in all examples, be aware that at some point you/they DO need to introduce some limited flexibility skills to him or else every.single.day at 1:45, he'll be standing in the art center, lol.</p><p></p><p>to just say its center time to a 4 year old, with no structured routine to it, is pretty much a recipe for disaster--for even typical kids.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="confuzzled, post: 466578, member: 8831"] here's a good link for picture symbols that might help. [URL]http://www.pecsforall.com/[/URL] (oops, did have you confused with someone else--but your husband's schedule is similar) but your description of overwhelmed at "centers" kinda drives my point home. he can't anticipate what is going one--i'm guessing if the kids are left to choose their centers, its a free-for-all. a picture schedule can, and should be used to even guide that--there is no reason the school cant implement it for him. he should have an actual piece of paper in front of him that plays up his choice of centers...i cant think of any reason why he cant start center time every.single.day with say--1. art center (clock, 15 min) 2. block center (clock, 15 min) 3. music center (clock, 15 min) so he knows what he's supposed to do. he'll learn to anticipate that oh, teacher said center time--let me go over to the art section. as he gains confidence, he can be given a choice for empowerment--say, two cards with 1. art center and 2. block center and asked which he would like to do first. it would seem to me though, that it needs to be pretty scripted with no choice initially so he gets the concept first. in all examples, be aware that at some point you/they DO need to introduce some limited flexibility skills to him or else every.single.day at 1:45, he'll be standing in the art center, lol. to just say its center time to a 4 year old, with no structured routine to it, is pretty much a recipe for disaster--for even typical kids. [/QUOTE]
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