Teaching · Special Education

A checklist the student can actually follow.

Type the steps of one routine. The builder shows the list as the student will see it and points out what makes it harder to follow: two actions in a step, long steps, too many steps.

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Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Or get it in the Special Education toolkit, $99 for 100 items.

The checklist builder

One checklist per student and routine. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · Special Education$5 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
A printable student checklist with boxes or numbers, its step and word counts, the fixes to make before printing and a fading rule.
Who it is for
Special education and general education teachers, paraprofessionals and occupational therapists supporting independence in routines.
Format
Browser form. One saved checklist per student and date; printed with the student’s list or as a blank form; CSV; export and import a file.
Access
$5 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Special Education toolkit ($99) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Special Education space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
one action, one picture, one box
Drawn for this page. A good visual checklist is short, one action to a line, and kept where the task happens.

How to use it

  1. Start a checklist with the student’s code and the date.
  2. Name the routine the way the student says it.
  3. Type each step starting with a verb, one action each.
  4. Fix what the summary flags, then print and keep the list where the task happens.
  5. Fade it one step or picture at a time once the student runs the routine alone.

Build a checklist

What makes a checklist work

Short and concrete

Each step names one action the student can see themselves do. Long lists and steps that hide two actions are where students lose their place.

Where it lives

Keep the list at the place the task happens, at eye level, so the student uses it instead of asking an adult.

Fading

A checklist is a support to remove. Once the student runs the routine without help for the days you set, take away one picture or step at a time.

Sources

  1. Bryan, L. C., & Gast, D. L. (2000). Teaching on-task and on-schedule behaviors to high-functioning children with autism via picture activity schedules. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 30(6), 553–567.
  2. Knight, V., Sartini, E., & Spriggs, A. D. (2015). Evaluating visual activity schedules as evidence-based practice for individuals with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 45(1), 157–178.
  3. Dawson, P., & Guare, R. (2018). Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents (3rd ed.). Guilford Press: checklists for routines.
  4. National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorder, Evidence-based practice brief: visual supports.

The example student and routine are made up. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.