Free Materials! "The Napping House" Activities

Here are some activities to go with the cute story of "The Napping House." The focus is vocabulary from the story, as well as rooms/parts of a house.

http://www.positivelyautism.com/free/unit_nappinghouse.html

Be sure to check out all of Positively Autism's theme activities for your lessons plans this school year! http://www.positivelyautism.com/free/04lessonplans.html

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Free Download: Trace the Train Track

http://www.positivelyautism.com/free/finemotor_tracing.html

A fine motor skill development activity from www.PositivelyAutism.com featuring "Travis the Train."

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Tracing & Cutting (Right Start)

New Free Download: Things That Are Orange

A computer-based colors activity: http://www.positivelyautism.com/downloads/Colors_Orange_ThingsThatAre.pdf

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New Free Download: "Other People Can Be First" Social Skill Story

A story written for a child who had a difficult time letting others do things first, such as getting in line.

http://www.positivelyautism.com/downloads/Social_OthersFirst.pdf

Want more social skill stories? http://www.positivelyautism.com/free/09social.html

New Free Downloads: Train Theme Skip Count Worksheets

Count by 2s: http://www.positivelyautism.com/downloads/TrainSkipCount2.pdf

Count by 5s: http://www.positivelyautism.com/downloads/TrainSkipCount5.pdf

Count by 10s: http://www.positivelyautism.com/downloads/TrainSkipCount10.pdf

New Free Downloads: Train Phonics Activities

"an" Family Words: http://www.positivelyautism.com/downloads/TrainPhonics_an.pdf

"at" Family Words: http://www.positivelyautism.com/downloads/TrainPhonics_at.pdf

"ug" Family Words: http://www.positivelyautism.com/downloads/TrainPhonics_ug.pdf

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New Free Download: Travis the Train Learns Colors

A new Travis the Train story! http://www.positivelyautism.com/downloads/Colors_StoryTrain.pdf

New free download! Letter Assessment (Train Theme)

A fun way to teach or assess letter names or sounds. Includes an assessment data sheet to record correct and incorrect responses. http://www.positivelyautism.com/downloads/LetterAssessment.pdf

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New Free Download - "Saying Hello to People" Social Story

I just posted a new Social Story that I wrote for a few of my students. One of them likes it so much, she asks to read it every day. We've been having fun practicing greetings after reading the story.

Here's a link to the story: http://www.positivelyautism.com/downloads/SocialStory_SayingHello.pdf

You can find Positively Autism's other Social Stories here: http://www.positivelyautism.com/free/09social.html

New Free Download - ABC Data Sheet (Version 2)

This data sheet can be used for tracking events surrounding a particular challenging behavior. Found on Positively Autism's data sheets page: http://www.positivelyautism.com/free/03datasheets.html

New Free Download - Social Story Praising Accomplishments

Carol Gray, the creator of Social Stories, recommends that some Social Stories are written simply to recognize the accomplishments or positive characteristics of a child. The above is an example I wrote for my son. I've removed some of the pictures of him for confidentiality purposes.

PowerPoint Version: http://www.positivelyautism.com/downloads/SocialStory_Praise01.ppt
PDF Version: http://www.positivelyautism.com/downloads/SocialStory_Praise01.pdf

View more of Positively Autism's Social Story and Social Skill resources here: http://www.positivelyautism.com/free/09social.html

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The New Social Story Book, Revised and Expanded 10th Anniversary Edition: Over 150 Social Stories that Teach Everyday Social Skills to Children with Autism or Asperger's Syndrome, and their Peers

New Free Download: First-Then Charts

A series (from introductory to advanced) of first-then charts from Positively Autism. First-then charts are a teaching tool I often use when introducing the idea of a visual schedule to students with autism.

You can print the charts on Positively Autism's visual supports page: http://www.positivelyautism.com/free/07visuals.html

New Free Download - Swimming Pool Safety Story

I wrote this story for my son after I was unable to find any printable pool safety stories online that I really liked (except for the one that I'll post to the Daily Autism Freebie on Monday). If you know of any others, please feel free to leave a comment on this post or our Facebook page.

Here is the story in two formats:
Microsoft Word: http://www.positivelyautism.com/downloads/socialstory_poolsafety.doc
PDF: http://www.positivelyautism.com/downloads/socialstory_poolsafety.pdf

Please see the notes for parents on the last page of this story before using it.

View Positively Autism's other Social Stories (TM) here: http://www.positivelyautism.com/free/09social.html

View all of our free resources here: http://www.positivelyautism.com/free/

New Free Download - Visual Support for Classroom Behavior

I created this visual support for a middle school student in an inclusive classroom who uses a token economy system to encourage on-task behavior. The visual support page can be edited/customized for your specific students. Complete instrucntions on how I used this sheet are provided on the first page of the document.

This visual support could be used in either a student (self)-managed or a teacher-managed token economy.

The visual support can be downloaded, edited, and printed on the following page of our site: http://www.positivelyautism.com/free/07visuals.html

New Free Download - "Line Up Balls"

I've just added a new free download to our Free Stuff page at http://www.positivelyautism.com/free/. The new download is a tip sheet about "Line Up Balls" - a strategy I've been using to encourage my students to line up the first time they are asked.

You can access the tip sheet here: http://www.positivelyautism.com/downloads/LineUpStrategy.pdf

New Free Download - Pick-up/Drop Off Transition Schedule

I made the schedule pictured above for a student who was having difficulty transitioning to school with different people on different days. This could also be used if different people pick up a student from school on different days to provide a visual reminder of who will be there on which days of the week. The circles next to each day could be used to attach a sticker or other token as a reward for a good transition.

You can access the file here under "visual supports for the classroom:" http://www.positivelyautism.com/free/07visuals.html

New Free Download - Treasure Chest Reward System

I added a new resource to Positively Autism's free resources page. This is a reward/reinforcement system that I've used with my son. He really likes pirates and treasure chests, so has fun with it.

You can access the resource here: http://www.positivelyautism.com/free/06reinforcement.html

New Free Download - ABC Data Sheet

I've just added a new free resource to Positively Autism's collection. You can use the ABC data sheet for some of your data collection for conducting a functional analysis of behavior.

You can access the data sheet here: http://www.positivelyautism.com/free/03datasheets.html

For a brief tutorial about how to use an ABC data sheet, click here: http://appliedbehavioranalysis.blogspot.com/2007/05/abc-and-functional-behavior-assessment.html