Choice Boards & First Then Visuals for Teens | Special Education

Choice Boards + First Then Cards for Teens

Most first then visuals and choice boards look like they were made for kindergarten, so these are clean and grown-up for teens: 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.

More ways to use it: These choice boards and first then cards are visual supports made for teens and young adults, not little kids. Use the work choice board before a hard task, the Where, When, How Much board to adjust the load, and the first then cards to keep the day moving. The job site set matches community work days in life skills classrooms and transition programs. Paras can use the two-good-options lines out loud as part of everyday classroom management. The boards help students who refuse when they feel cornered, because the work stays and the student gets a real say. They fit high school special education, 18-21 programs, resource rooms, and adapted PE. Pair them with the Instead of No self-advocacy workbook in my shop. https://teachsimple.com/contributor/transitioncliff