Behavior

A visual scale to identify and discuss student feelings and emotions. When to use: When a visual is needed to support development of appropriate social behaviors, emotions, and other abstract ideas. Use to help students identify feelings, appropriate social behaviors, or other abstract ideas. How to

Shows student progress toward a reinforcer with tokens earned for behavioral or academic tasks.

A visual that uses a student’s interest as motivation to teach a skill or encourage a behavior.

This visual gives students a general idea of where they are in the sequence of an activity.

Priming is an antecedent strategy where relevant information is presented before an activity occurs to increase appropriate responding and reduce challenging behavior.

When to use: Choice boards are effective in many situations such as: Food or Drinks Reinforcers Activities or Actions Places People Toys Materials/Supplies How to use: Use pictures, symbols, text, or objects, depending on the student's language and cognitive ability, to create a board. The way that

For longer activities, earned tokens can provide a tangible representation of completing smaller components within the task. The tokens are often traded for a larger reinforcer at the completion of the task.