Choice Boards + First Then Cards for Teens SPED

Choice Boards + First Then Cards for Teens

Most first/then visuals look like they were made for kindergarten, and many high schoolers refuse them on sight. These boards and cards are clean, grown-up, and built around one idea: the work stays, but the how is up to the student.

What's Inside

• How I use choices with teens (real choices, not fake ones)

• First/Then board and First/Then/Next strips

• How Do You Want to Do It? work choice board with twelve options

• Where, When, How Much board

• Job site choice board and eight job site first/then cards

• Eight classroom first/then cards and eight transition choice cards

• Thirty-four two-good-options lines staff can say out loud, plus blank cards

Who It's For

Resource rooms, life skills and transition classes, 18–21 programs, community job sites, adapted PE, and students who shut down when they feel cornered.

Grades & Format

Middle School, High School, and Adult Education. Single PDF, 14 pages, US Letter. Follow the student's IEP or BIP if there is one.

How to Use It

Offer two real options before a hard task. Keep the expectation; change the path. Use the job site set on community work days so the visuals match the setting.