When I cannot Find the Things

I Need for School

Goal and Objectives  

  Goal: To help the child learn ways to locate his/her belongings when misplaced.

  Objectives:

  The child will:

      • learn to stay calm when his/her belongings go missing.
      • learn to organise belongings.
      • learn to ask for help when the child loses his/her belongings.
      • learn to help others when they misplace their belongings.

Social Narrative

This narrative describes a social situation or activity and answers key questions: What, When, Where, Why and How. It helps individuals with special needs understand the appropriate behaviours and responses for similar situations.

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Picture Cards

Pocket-sized cards featuring key images to help enhance visual memory, comprehension and communication skills by promoting an understanding of abstract concepts.

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Cue Cards

Visual cues to help support communication, promote positive actions, assist in social interactions, aid task completion, teach self-regulation and demonstrate expected behaviour.

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Communication Cards

Visual cards to assist individuals with special needs to express their needs, emotions, comments and choices. This improves communication, reduces frustration and behavioural challenges, supports social interaction and promotes independence.

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Key and Important Simple Strategies Cards

K.I.S.S. Cards

Pocket-sized Do’s and Don’ts cards to help encourage appropriate behaviour and clarify right from wrong. They support emotional regulation, improve social skills, enhance choice-making, assist with transitions and routines and build confidence.

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Poster

Social narrative presented in a poster that can be printed and displayed at home or school.

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Power Script

Pocket-sized cards featuring positive affirmations that serve as an inner voice, providing motivation and boosting self-confidence.

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Power Script Poster

Poster version of Power Scripts with special characters and a space for inserting a child’s image for personalisation.

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Self Expression Through Use of Pictures Script

SETUP Script

  This is a comic-style conversation based on a scenario related to the topic.

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Audiobook

An audio version of the narrative to help auditory learners.

When I Cannot Find the Things I Need for School – Click here to play

Video – When I Cannot Find the Things I Need for School

A video version of the narrative to help visual learners.

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Audio – Power Voice in Male Voice

Audio – Power Voice in Female Voice

There is a solution to every problem – Click here to play
I search for lost belongings calmly and with a relaxed mind – Click here to play
I keep things in their proper places – Click here to play
I am getting better at remembering what I must take to school – Click here to play
I do better when I am calm – Click here to play
I am capable of packing my school bag on my own – Click here to play		There is a solution to every problem – Click here to play
I search for lost belongings calmly and with a relaxed mind – Click here to play
I keep things in their proper places – Click here to play
I am getting better at remembering what I must take to school – Click here to play
I am confident when calm- Click here to play
I am capable of packing my school bag on my own – Click here to play