Preface
Chapter 1
Independence, Choice, and Social Interaction
- Introduction
- Background
- What Is an Activity Schedule?
- Independence
- Choice
- Social Interaction
- We All Use Schedules
- About this Book
Chapter 2
Prerequisite Skills: Is My Child Ready for an Activity Schedule?
- Introduction
- Identifying Picture versus Background
- Matching Identical Objects
- Picture-Object Correspondence Skills
- Accepting Manual Guidance
- Using Materials
- Summary
Chapter 3
Preparing a First Activity Schedule
- Selecting Activities
- Taking Pictures
- Preparing Materials
- Identifying and Preparing Rewards
- Designing the Environment
- Preparing to Teach Social Interaction Skills
Chapter 4
A Different Way to Teach
- Why Manuel Guidance?
- Preparing to Teach
- The Initial Instruction
- Manual Guidance
- Delivering Rewards
- Some Do’s and Don’ts
- Graduated Guidance
- Spatial Fading
- Shadowing
- Decreasing Physical Proximity
- Dealing with Errors
- Putting It All Together
Chapter 5
Measuring Schedule Following
- Introduction
- Collecting Data
- Solving Data-Collection Problems
- Graphing the Data
Chapter 6
The First Schedule Is Mastered!
- Introduction
- New Activity Sequences
- New Pictures and Activities
- New Independence
- New Problems, Familiar Solutions
- New Schedules
Chapter 7
When Do Activities End?
- Introduction
- Using Timers
- Other Time-Management Skills
- Time-Management Skills and Family Life
Chapter 8
Increasing Choice
- Introduction
- Teaching Children to Choose Rewards
- Teaching Children to Sequence Their Own Activities
- Teaching Children to Deliver Their Own Rewards
Chapter 9
From Pictures to Words
- Introduction
- Introducing Textual Cues
- Reading Skills and “To-Do” Lists
- Using Appointment Books
- Activity Schedules in a High-Tech World
Chapter 10
Expanding Social Interaction Skills
- Introduction
- Social Skills for Nonverbal Children
- Social Skills for Children Who Say a Few Words
- Building Peer Interaction Skills
- Social Skills for Children Who Use Phrases and Sentences
- Fading Auditory and Textual Cues,
Chapter 11
Activity Schedules for Adults
- Activity Schedules at Home
- Activity Schedules at Work
- Activity Schedules in Community
- Activity Schedules and Task Analyses
Chapter 12
Activity Schedules: A Platform for Progress
- Activity Schedules Increase Engagement
- Activity Schedules Decrease Problem Behavior
- Activity Schedules Help Young People Learn to Learn
- Activity Schedules Foster Independence
- Activity Schedules Promote Skill Generalization
- Activity Schedules Help Young People Use the Same Cues We Use
Chapter 13
Problem Solving
Appendix A
Prerequisite Skills Data Sheets (Samples)
Appendix B
Button-Activated Voice Recorders
Appendix C
Audio Card Readers
Appendix D
Schedule Following Data Sheets (Samples)
References
Index
