About the J-TEAM

Newington / Sydney, NSW, Australia
Jaustre "Big J" "J" "Jos" "Jau" : A young man with autism, non-verbal and has challenging behaviour JTEAM is a group of family and professionals supporting J at school, home and respite

J-TEAM Diary

  • Thu 21 May 2009 3:30 J-Team Meeting Merrylands
  • Thu 15 May 2009 8AM Dr MacDessi with Jaustre
  • ******* Archive Events *******
  • Fri 24-29 April 2009 J at Normac
  • Fri 24-29 April 2009 HK Mae & Jannel
  • Fri 17 April 2009 Teen Time whole day plus Auburn Gardens trip
  • Thu 9 April 3:15pm Meeting @ JTEAM House
  • Mon 30 Mar NCI Training @ Parramatta
  • Thu 12 Mar 2009 3:30PM JTEAM @ HQ Newington - Steve to preside
  • Tue 10 Mar 2009 3-5 Fiona Meets Mae and J at Newington HQ

ACTION Items - Alphabetical by Assignee

  • Prepare Dr Macdessi picture story
  • BCS Form for ASC & teen time - ongoing
  • BCS Michelle confirmation of J TeenTime days sched
  • Carol Print major email updates for Paul - ongoing
  • Fiona Leisure Links planning all supported outings of J til end of June
  • Jannel Design JTEAM site - ongoing
  • Mae Aircon Installation
  • Mae Floorboards Installation
  • Mae JTEAM House Fridge
  • Mae JTEAM house project - on going
  • Mae Pool renovation
  • Mae Storybook revamp - for NORMAC done - still to do other versions
  • Paul LOGON to this JTEAM site (once it has substance)
  • Steve JMAN-ual - living document
  • X ====== Archive / DONE! =====
  • Steve Nominations for Aspect Awards
  • Tom & Mae Seat Belt Buckle for Normac
  • X Mae Floorboards Quote
  • X Mae RIAP followup - done by Steve
  • X Tom / Steve PRN update to remove Catapres
  • X Tom Storybook photos for DrMacDessi

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Jaustre's adapted social stories

Jaustre is learning to use an adapted type of social story to help him understand what is going to happen in non-routine situations and what is expected of him. We hope that the more predictible the world is for Jaustre the fewer problems we will have.

We use one photograph per page with a simple bit of text to help others describe the photo consistently to Jaustre. We put the photos into a sequence in a photo album. We aim to have Jaustre read the story a few times before the new event and for the photo album to go with him on the trip.

In each story we try to identify what might confuse Jaustre based on previous incidents, and we explain as clearly as possible what will be different to usual. For example, Jaustre is used to Jenny picking him up & taking him to school. At the start of the Teen Time program, Mae took Jaustre and picked him up so we included both a "car with mum" photo and a "no Jenny" photo.

...................... For each social story we try to use a different picture of Jaustre and a different colour backgroud to help him discriminate between the stories...

HINT* It's also helpful to have some spare photos hidden at the back of the story to use just in case something changes e.g. Jenny can't pick Jaustre up so Mae has to instead....


Social Stories were created by Carol Gray. You can read more about this and her other fabulous works here http://www.thegraycenter.org/store/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.display&page_id=30

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