
School Behaviour Secrets with Simon Currigan and Emma Shackleton
Quick-fire strategies: Can Visual Timetables Be Bad?
Aug 13, 2023
Explore the impact of visual timetables on student behavior and their effectiveness in supporting neurodiverse learners. Discover how visual timetables reduce anxiety and provide structure during transitions. However, find out about the potential negative effects of visual timetables for children with autism and the importance of individualized strategies.
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- Visual timetables can greatly help relieve students' anxiety, reduce stress chemicals, and bring them back to a calm and focused state.
- Visual timetables are a powerful support tool for children who struggle with transition, reducing uncertainty, anxiety, and stress levels.
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The Impact of Fear of Transition or Change on Stress Levels
Fear of transition or change can lead to consistently high stress levels in individuals. This applies to students in school who may become highly stressed when they are uncertain about the order of activities, which adults will be teaching them, and other similar uncertainties. This fear and anxiety can keep them in a heightened stressed state, causing them to perceive other issues as threats and overreact. Therefore, having a way to understand the flow of the day, such as a visual timetable, can greatly help relieve students' anxiety, reduce stress chemicals, and bring them back to a calm and focused state.
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