214 illustrated cards to make your child's day visible, from waking up to bedtime. Designed for children with autism, ADHD, Down syndrome, and preschoolers.
You call him for a bath and the meltdown starts. You turn off the TV and he cries for twenty minutes. Morning becomes one long negotiation. By evening, you're exhausted and feel as if you've spent the day arguing with the person you love most.
To him, the day is an invisible sequence. Every change arrives without warning, and what he can't predict feels frightening. He isn't reacting against you. He's reacting to the unexpected.
Each card is laid out with an English label and visible cut lines. Print the sheet, cut along the edges, and you have six cards ready to use.
He sees the afternoon's sequence before it starts. His anxiety eases, cooperation grows, and switching activities no longer comes as a surprise.
He stops asking for permission at every step. He looks at the strip, sees that it's his turn, and starts without you having to direct him.
He points to a card to show what he wants. For children who don't speak yet, it's a first bridge that cuts down a good share of the tears of frustration.
The sequence speaks for you. Instead of you deciding when the TV goes off, the card shows that dinner is next.
At home, at Grandma's, at school, and in therapy. When everyone uses the same pictures, he doesn't have to start over every time he changes places.
Print, cut, and stick. No course to take and no delivery to wait for. The routine strip can be on your wall tonight.
Once you pay, an email with the complete materials arrives automatically. No one to wait for and no shipment to track.
Print at home on regular paper or at a local print shop. Laminate the cards and they can last through the school year.
Add hook-and-loop dots or tape, build the day's strip, and hang it at his eye level. You can be using it that evening.
Six cards in a row, at your child's eye level, held in place with hook-and-loop dots. He removes each finished step and puts it on the shelf below. He can see for himself how much of the day is left.
That's the whole system. It works because he can read it without you: the sequence stays on the wall even when you're in the kitchen.
I've used these in my practice for three months. I saw the real difference with a five-year-old boy who couldn't tolerate switching activities. With the now-and-next strip, he stopped throwing himself on the floor at the end of a session. I printed a set for his parents too.
Rachel MorganSpeech-language pathologist, Portland, ORI bought them without much hope, to be honest. We'd tried other things. The first week, nothing. In the second, my son took down the bath card himself and carried it to the bathroom. My wife burst into tears.
Daniel CarterEthan's father, age 6I printed forty sets for my classroom. Quiet time used to be a struggle. Now I point to the card, and within a minute they're sitting down. The teacher next door has already asked me for a set.
Sophia AdamsPreschool teacherI look after my grandson three afternoons a week and never knew how to explain that his mom would be back after snack time. Now I show him the sequence and he waits calmly. I made the keychain set for the park.
Eleanor BrooksGrandmother, Seattle, WAWhat helped me most wasn't the cards themselves. It was the school kit. The questions for the support team and the one-page child profile were already prepared, and that part usually takes me the longest.
Claire FosterSpecial education teacherWe introduced them in all four classrooms. Of our eighteen children, those who benefited most were the children who don't speak yet. They point to a card and make themselves understood, and their cries of frustration have dropped considerably.
Isabel ReedEducational support coordinatorIt was my first year at work, and transitions were exactly where I felt lost. The ready-to-use phrases gave me something to say in the moment, which is exactly what nobody teaches you in training.
Bethany NelsonTeacher, Boston, MAI'd downloaded free images elsewhere, but there were only four and always the same ones. Here there's the potty, teeth, school. Maddie is four and already understands that story time comes after pajamas. She's stopped asking for the TV.
Maya ChenMaddie's mom, age 4The cards make the sequence clear. These seven resources cover the rest: how to begin without mistakes, what to say when he cries, how to get school using the same system, and what to do when you leave home.
A day-by-day guide to which cards to introduce and in what order. Almost every family gives up in the first week because they start with twenty cards at once and their child shuts down.
Sixty ready-to-use phrases for hard moments, plus ten that make everything worse without you realizing it. Read them calmly beforehand, not while your child is crying.
A letter to the teacher, a one-page profile of your child, and questions to take to the IEP team. The system only truly works when people use it outside the home too.
Worksheets for recording what happened before, during, and after a meltdown. In two weeks, you'll see the cause you'd missed and finally have something concrete to bring to an appointment.
What to do in the first thirty seconds, what to do next, and what to avoid. One page you can tape inside a kitchen cabinet door.
Twenty everyday tasks broken into tiny steps. Getting dressed isn't one action; it's nine. When a single card isn't enough, the problem is almost always here.
The grocery store, restaurants, waiting rooms, haircuts, and car rides. Pocket-size sequences and what to say before going in, not afterward.
Value of the seven bonuses on their own: $75
A private speech therapy session costs between $25 and $40, and waitlists for publicly funded services can stretch for months. You pay for this once, and the cards stay on your wall every day for years.
One-time payment, instant access by email, and a 15-day guarantee with either package.
Print the cards, put them on the wall, and use them for two full weeks. If your child doesn't respond, or they simply aren't right for your family, write to me and I'll refund 100% of your payment.
No explanations and no forms to fill out. The risk is mine, not yours.
They work from age two, and there isn't a strict upper limit. What matters is whether your child understands pictures. If they recognize an object in an illustration, they can use the cards. Families use them with three-year-olds, and organizations use them with teenagers up to age fourteen.
They were made precisely for that. Picture-based communication is the bridge children who don't speak use to make themselves understood before spoken language: they point to a card instead of crying. The Complete Package also includes the Independence Ladder, which breaks each task into tiny steps for times when a single card isn't enough.
No. You can take the files to a local print shop and have them printed in color, usually for just a few dollars. Many families do this once and laminate the cards, so they can withstand a whole year of sticky hands.
You receive high-resolution PDF and Word files, laid out for US Letter paper. The PDF prints consistently; the Word file lets you change the labels if you want to adapt them for your child. Both open on a computer, tablet, or phone.
Yes. You can reprint as many copies as you need for your classroom or practice. The only thing you may not do is resell or redistribute the files as your own.
It depends on the child, and it's only fair to say so. Some respond in the first week; others need twenty days of regular use before they connect the picture to the action. The First 14 Days Plan tells you what to introduce each day, because the first week is when almost everyone gives up.
Essential includes the 214 routine cards and nothing else. Complete adds seven bonuses: the First 14 Days Plan, 60 ready-to-use phrases, the School and Therapy Kit, the ABC Journal, the Meltdown Response Guide, the Independence Ladder, and Away from Home. Essential gives you the cards; Complete gives you the method to use them.
You have 15 days to try them. Email me for a full refund, with no questions or forms. You can keep any cards you've already printed.
One minute to get the files, twenty to print them, and an afternoon to put them up. Tomorrow morning your child can wake up and see his day instead of being carried through it without knowing what's next.
Choose my package 15-day guarantee. If it isn't right for you, I'll refund you.You were about to get just the cards. Today, the Complete Package with all 7 bonuses is available here at a price you won't see elsewhere on this page.