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Choices

Students with special needs need to be involved in making choices.  Choices give students control over some aspects of their daily life.  Understanding that there are choices and knowing how to make choices can be a life time skill that can be used across environments and activities.

Music

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Choices can be offered using objects, photos or visuals. When first learning to make choices, students should be offered two choices with distance between them.  This allows for the student to make a definite choice using eye gaze, reaching or words.

Toys

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Students need to be motivated to make choices.

Choice making at play time or meal time are often good starting points.  Students need to be familiar with the choices they are offered.

Choices can be offered in a variety of activities including singing, outside play, cooking and fine motor activities.  Students need to learn that there are different choices for different activities.  Students also need to understand and accept that they can only make a choice from the options presented.

Books

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Group activities are wonderful times to teach students how choice making works.

Students can be role models for each other and motivate each other to want to have a turn.
 

Lunchbox

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Choice making activities can include basic commication.
 
This supports students in building their  understanding and use of basic communication with everyday  activities.

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