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What Does The Research Say?

There is an increasing amount of research validating the use of visual aids and strategies.

The Use of Visual Supports to Facilitate Transitions of Students with Autism

Visual supports were used to aid transitions from one activity to another for two elementary boys. Data revealed a significant decrease in the latency between the time the students were given instructions and the time they began the next activity when the visual supports were used. Visual supports also resulted in a significant decrease in teacher-delivered verbal prompts and physical prompts during a transition. – Dettmer, S., Simpson, R.L., Myles, B.S., & Ganz, J.B. (2000). Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 15, 163-169.

Using an Activity Schedule to Smooth School Transitions

Functional assessment of a preschool child’s aggressive and disruptive behaviors identified antecedent conditions associated with difficulties during transitions from one activity to another. A schedule board produced a dramatic decrease in aggression and increase in cooperative behavior in the classroom. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, Vol. 3, No. 1, 57-61 (2001)

Teaching Daily Living Skills to Children With Autism in Unsupervised Settings Through Pictorial Self-Management

Study of 3 low-functioning children (ages 6-9) with autism found children could successfully use pictures to manage their self-care behavior in the absence of a treatment provider, generalize their behavior across settings and tasks, and maintain behaviors at follow-up. When picture order was manipulated, subjects followed the new picture sequence. – Pierce, K.L. & Schreibman, L. (1994). Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 471-481

Effects of Using Photographic Cueing Package During Routine School Transitions with a Child Who Has Autism

Photo cues were used for teaching a 6-year-old with autism to make successful transitions in daily routines. Providing advance notice of an activity change using combined verbal and photo cues helped reduce child’s tantrums while increasing number of appropriate transitions.- Schmit, J., Alper, S., Raschke, D., & Ryndak, D. (2000). Mental Retardation, 38, 131-137.

Using an Instructional Package Including Video Technology to Teach Self-Help Skills to Elementary

Video modeling and video prompting were used to successfully teach 3 self-help skills (cleaning sunglasses, putting on a wristwatch, and zipping a jacket) to 3 elementary students with mental disabilities. – J.M. Norman, BC Collins, J.W. Schuster – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2001

Vizually Speaking understands that finding time in today’s high demanding world to create visual aids and strategies can be a great challenge. Vizually Speaking is committed to collaboratively work together providing a step by step support, assisting in the development and implementation of individualized visual aids and strategies. For a FREE consultation contact us today.

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Who Can Benefit?

How Do Visual Aids Help?

Why Use Visual Aids?

Humans are visual beings. Neuroscientists state that 50-80% of our processing is dedicated to seeing and processing. Once our brain sees something, it tries to develop a memory for it. It defaults to images for words. We remember images and we forget words.

10% of what you hear

20% of what you read

80% of what you see and do

Most of the information we consume and interpret is visual. Scientific and educational research agrees that 75% of learning is through vision. Visual aids transcend language and words allowing for greater understanding and/or expression. Using visual aids increases the speed of understanding while removing the potential for misinterpretation. For a visual thinker using visual aids to correctly represent a concept removes the need to convert what is being heard into images.

Pictures translate across culture, education levels and age groups…the richness of the whole picture can be taken in at a glance. – Educator Jay Cross

The more visual the input becomes, the more likely it is to be recognized and recalled. – Dr. John Medina, Neuroscientist

The quote “A picture is worth ten thousand words” refers to the concept that a complex idea can be conveyed with just a single image. EVERYONE benefits from the use of visual aids and strategies.

Workshop Presentation - Visual Aids and Strategies

Contact Vizually Speaking today to learn how Visual Aids and Strategies can decrease the undesired behaviour(s), improve communication, promote independence and increase self-confidence. Through our dynamic presentation you will:

✓ Uncover the importance of using Visual Aids and Strategies.

✓ Discover the benefits of Visual Aids and Strategies.

✓ Learn how to overcome communication barriers.

✓ Promote independence and decrease undesired behaviours.

✓ Be introduced to NEW resources.

EVERYONE benefits from Visual Aids!

Vizually Speaking understands that finding time in today’s high demanding world to create visual aids and strategies can be a great challenge. Vizually Speaking is committed to collaboratively work together providing a step by step support, assisting in the development and implementation of individualized visual aids and strategies. For a FREE consultation contact us today.