Family story "The fridge used to be covered in laminated cards" How [PARENT FIRST NAME] and [CHILD FIRST NAME], [AGE], turned the hardest hour of the day into one of the calmest.
As told to [AUTHOR NAME] · [DATE] · 1 min read
The family [Family members, city or region]
Hardest part of the day [e.g., Getting out the door]
What they tried [e.g., Printed cards, timers]
What helped [e.g., A 5-step photo schedule]
Good to know About this story Shared with the family's written permission, in their own words and lightly edited for length. Names may be changed
for privacy. Every child is different; what helped here may look different for yours.
What were mornings like before? [In the parent's own words: what a typical morning looked like, and how it felt.]
What had you already tried? [The parent describes printed cards, timers, or other tools, and what did and didn't work.]
"[The single most memorable line from the parent, in their exact words.]"
[PARENT FIRST NAME], parent of [CHILD FIRST NAME]
What changed? [What they started doing differently, and how their child responded over the first few weeks.]
[Photo: the old laminated cards] Before. [caption in the family's words][Photo: the schedule on the iPad] After. [caption in the family's words]
A morning, then and now Before Now [TIME] [What happened] [What happens now] [TIME] [What happened] [What happens now] [TIME] [What happened] [What happens now]
[PARENT FIRST NAME] on the first week 2:40
Audio clip · shared with permission · Episode audio coming soon
What would you tell a parent who's just starting? [The parent's advice, in their own words.]
A BCBA's note: why this kind of change can helpUsing the same pictures in the same order every day makes the routine predictable, and photos of a child's own things
can be easier to recognize than drawings. Consistency usually matters more than which tool a family uses.
— [BCBA NAME], BCBA
Try the routine [PARENT FIRST NAME] uses The same 5-step morning, ready in The Autism Kit.
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