schedules, originally uploaded by MNicoleM.

Here’s a great description of exactly how a visual timetable can work in a classroom. Nicole works with Autistic children in the US and is working on her Phd. She writes:

the “wall” of schedules – each student goes to their schedule, takes off the top picture which tells them what happens next … they take the “sticker” to the location in the classroom with a matching picture on a little bucket, place the “sticker” in the bucket and then do whatever the task is (example, if the next sticker says PE, it will have a picture of kids lining up … they take it to the door, where there is a container with a picture of kids lining up on it … they put their sticker in the bucket and then go to PE, if it says carpet, they put the sticker in the carpet container then sit on the carpet, etc.)