NYSTCE: Students with Disabilities Exam Prep

Answer: D.  A visual schedule might help during these 1:1 sessions. The student is not responding to verbal commands, which indicates that he does not process auditory sensory input correctly. Using a visual schedule provides an alternate method of sensory input through visual cues that let him know what activity is next.

Visual schedules are an interventional tool that can help a child with autism follow a routine, transition between activities, develop new skills, and reduce dependence on caretakers when completing daily activities.