All About Me Book Sample Text –
This has helped us so much, both when Lila was non-verbal and now that she is semi-verbal. I never want the teacher to go into the situation blind, and I want to give them both the best opportunity possible to start the year with positive interactions. I left some of our information in there just so you can get an idea of what kinds of things may go under that header. I hope it helps some of you – lots of love to you and your beautiful families!
All About Me
My name is:
My friends and family call me:
This is who lives with me at home:
These are the therapists and doctors who support me and my family and how to reach them:
Therapist:
Speech Path/Behavioral Therapy:
Pediatrician:
Neuropsychologist:
These are other family, friends, and supports that are special to my family and when my family or I usually see them:
These are a few of the things my family and I have learned:
• An understanding of the nature of Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Numerous treatment approaches and strategies like: visual supports (picture exchange, visual schedules, social stories and video modeling)
• Floor-time therapy techniques
• Basic child-led ABA information (discrete trials, handling reinforcers, functional behavior analysis for challenging behaviors)
• Positive discipline techniques
• Advocacy and support skills
• Sensory processing information (sensory diets, food chaining)
Here are some things that I REALLY enjoy right now:
Here is how you know I’m happy:
Here are some things that are challenging for me to do:
Here are some things that I wish didn’t ever have to happen because I dislike them so much:
Here’s what I do when I’m not happy about something:
These are the ways in which I communicate to others what I’m thinking, feeling, wanting, and don’t want:
These are things I’m working on right now at home:
These are the ways I get around my environment and how I move and use my fingers and hands:
These are the ways I’m able to eat, and what foods I like and don’t like:
This is my experience being around other children my age and what usually happens in those settings:
This is how people who care for me let me know what behavior is expected of me and how they handle it when I’m misbehaving:
This is how I best calm down when I am upset:
These are some things that my family would like to see me learn over the next year:
• Gross motor:
• Fine motor: Adaptive:
• Communication:
• Personal-Social:
• Cognitive:
• Sensory Areas:
This is what you can expect from my family at home when working with me:
This is what my family would like as far as communication about what I am learning and how I am doing at school:
Mommy:
Daddy:
These are my family’s hopes and dreams for me:
And I always finish with a picture or picture collage of some sort: