1. Independence, choice, and social interaction : Introduction ; Background ; What is an activity schedule? ; Independence ; Choice ; Social interaction ; We all use schedules ; About this book 2. Prerequisite skills: is my child ready for an activity schedule? : Introduction ; Identifying picture versus background ; Matching identical objects ; Picture-object correspondence skills ; Accepting manual guidance ; Using materials ; Summary 3. Preparing a first activity schedule : Selecting activities ; Taking pictures ; Preparing materials ; Identifying and preparing rewards ; Designing the environment ; Preparing to teach social interaction skills 4. A different way to teach : Why manual guidance? ; Preparing to teach ; The initial instruction ; Manual guidance ; Delivering rewards ; Some do's and don'ts ; Graduated guidance ; Spatial fading ; Shadowing ; Decreasing physical proximity ; Dealing with errors ; Putting it all together 5. Measuring schedule following : Introduction ; Collecting data ; Solving data-collection problems ; Graphing the data 6. The first schedule is mastered! : Introduction ; New activity sequences ; New pictures and activities ; New independence ; New problems, familiar solutions ; New schedules
7. When do activities end? : Introduction ; Using timers ; Other time-management skills ; Time-management skills and family life
8. Increasing choice : Introduction ; Teaching children to choose rewards ; Teaching children to sequence their own activities ; Teaching children to deliver their own rewards
9. From pictures to words : Introduction ; Introducing textual cues ; Reading skills and "to-do" lists ; Using appointment books ; Activity schedules in a high-tech world
10. Expanding social interaction skills : Introduction ; Social skills for nonverbal children ; Social skills for children who say a few words ; Building peer interaction skills ; Social skills for children who use phrases and sentences ; Fading auditory and textual cues
11. Activity schedules for adults : Activity schedules at home ; Activity schedules at work ; Activity schedules in community ; Activity schedules and task analysis
12. Activity schedules: a platform for progress : Activity schedules increase engagement ; Activity schedules decrease problem behavior ; Activity schedules help young people learn to learn ; Activity schedules foster independence ; Activity schedules promote skill generalization ; Activity schedules help young people use the same cues we use
Appendices : A. Prerequisite skills data sheets (samples) ; B. Button-activated voice recorders ; C. Audio card readers ; D. Schedule following data sheets (samples).
