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"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]

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.]

Before. [caption in the family's words]
After. [caption in the family's words]

A morning, then and now

BeforeNow
[TIME][What happened][What happens now]
[TIME][What happened][What happens now]
[TIME][What happened][What happens now]
[PARENT FIRST NAME] on the first week2:40
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 help

Using 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] usesThe same 5-step morning, ready in The Autism Kit.
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