Learning how to navigate the give and take of conversations can be tough for all kids. Some kids with special needs find this even harder to master. Here are 5 free checklists you can use to help teach this super important life skill. Print these lists for free How Conversations Work The first checklist covers … Continue reading Conversation Skills
Here is a a set of 4 free visual schedules you can download and use right now. Print now Edit these lists These 4 free picture checklists can help kids stay organized and calm as they kick off their school day. The morning routine and lunch packing checklists let them take responsibility for getting themselves … Continue reading Free Visual Supports: Daily Routines
The Trip Clip has 3 different templates for Velcro boards you can use to make interactive charts for your kids. To Do / Done board Single Strip (7x1) First -> Then board To Do / Done Board Purchase any list on The Trip Clip website, and then navigate to the To Do / Done board … Continue reading Velcro Boards
When I became a parent, I was surprised by some of the things that I had to explicitly teach my kids. I knew we’d need to teach them to tie their shoes and ride a bike. But it never occurred to me that I would need to teach them how to blow their nose! The … Continue reading Personal Care & Hygiene
Over the years I've created 7 different picture checklists to help kids learn and practice some important self-care tasks. The lists include: How to wash your hands How to brush your teeth How to take a shower Steps for getting dressed (one geared more towards boys, one towards girls, though you can edit these to … Continue reading 7 Free Personal Care Checklists
In April of 2022 I added the ability to upload your own clipart or photos to use in your picture checklists and bingo boards. Many customers were asking for this, and it has been hugely popular! It's great if you can't find what you need in my clipart collection, and if you want to personalize … Continue reading Picture Checklists: 1500 Clipart Images & Upload Your Own Pictures
This week one of my customers, Pam from Ontario, Canada, sent me some wonderful pictures of how she's used The Trip Clip to create visual supports for her autistic son. I love getting this kind of insight into how my customers are using The Trip Clip. It gives me lots of ideas of how I … Continue reading Visual Supports with The Trip Clip
Lately my niece Gaby (who has Autism) has been doing a few different tasks to help me improve my website performance. One of the tasks I have Gaby do regularly (every few months) is run some speed tests on key pages of my website. She uses Google's PageSpeed Insights working against a list I give … Continue reading A Special Needs Employee Improving Website Performance
A couple of weeks ago I had to update my web server for The Trip Clip with new versions of some of the underlying software, and (as some of my customers have noticed) things got a little bumpy for a while there, especially with printing the activities. Last week I started my niece Gaby on … Continue reading Google Drive, Covid, Autism & Equality
I've added another new feature to The Trip Clip! Although I still offer a free first/then board template, I've improved my for-purchase option to allow customers to choose their colors and edit the text at the top of the boards. With the purchase of any list on The Trip Clip website, you'll get the ability … Continue reading Make Your Own First-Then Boards
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