Last Updated: 3/14/2021

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER

Returning to In-Person School - General Resources

• Transitioning Back to School During COVID: Using Visuals and Other Evidence-based Strategies for Children with Autism
  (Click here for the printable packet of resources)
  

• Preparing for Back to School during a Pandemic
  

• Navigating a Socially Distanced Classroom for Students with Autism
  

• The New Normal: Strategies to Successfully Transition Your Child/Adult Back to School/Work After the COVID-19 Pandemic
  

• School Changes and Protocols in a Pandemic World (distancing, mask wearing, hand washing)
  

• Animated Video Series for Children on Returning to School

• Instructional Videos from the National Association of School Nurses (in Spanish and English)

• How To Help A Child Maintain Social Distance In Eight Steps

• Teaching 6 Foot Social Distancing to Kids

• Autism Speaks: Return to Learn

• How to Help Kids Adjust to Masks Before School Starts: 16 Activities to Practice Mask-Wearing

• Star Autism Support - Home Supports

Wearing a Mask - Teaching Resources

• Teaching Students with Autism to Wear a Mask
  (Click here for the slides from this webinar with detailed instructional guidance)
  
• Working through the Challenges of Wearing a Mask
• Helping Kids with Autism Get Used to Wearing Masks
• Teaching Children with Autism to Wear Masks
• Tips to Help Children with Autism Wear Face Masks
• Masks Tookit (available in several different languages)

Instructional Videos

• Explaining ”Going Back To School”
• We Wear Masks - A Social Story about the Coronavirus
• A Little Spot Wears a Mask (Read Aloud)
• Greet Someone Without Touching - Greet From 6 Feet: A Jack Hartmann Social Distancing Song
  
• Why Do People Wear Masks: A Jack Hartmann Song
• Julia Learns to Wear Mask
• Masks Keep You Safe
• Arthur - Wearing a Mask
• Oscar the Grouch Wears a Mask
• 10 Social Distancing Videos

Social Narratives

• Autism Little Learners: COVID-19  Social Narratives
  
  
• PDF: "What is social distancing?”
• PDF: "Riding the Bus will be Different”
  
• PDF: "Seeing other People Wearing Masks”
  
• PDF: "Wearing a Mask to School”
  
  

• PDF: "I Can Stay Healthy by Wearing a Face Mask”
  

• PDF: "I am Going Back to School”
  

• Social Stories Collection for All Ages: HMEA's Autism Resource Central
  
  

Video Modeling and Priming Students for the Transition Back to School

• VIDEO: Welcome to Preschool!
  

• VIDEO: 3rd Grade Welcome Video: Helpful Example for Teachers
  

• VIDEO: School Tour - Nice Point of View Example
  
  

Additional COVID-19 School Resources

• WEBSITE: Organization for Autism Research COVID-19 Resources
  

• WEBSITE: Coping during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Yale's Guide for Families with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
  
  

DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING

• PDF: Masks and Deaf/Hard of Hearing Students

BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED

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