How can visual supports help children and adolescents with
autism spectrum disorder? In a recent blog post on helping
nonverbal children communicate, we let you know that our Autism
Treatment Network (ATN) would soon publish a pamphlet on visual
supports. Yesterday, we were pleased to release Visual Supports
and Autism Spectrum Disorders, available for free download on
our website. For perspective on its usefulness, today’s “Got
Questions?” comes from the pamphlet’s authors: Clinical
Psychologist Whitney Loring, PsyD, and Both work within the ATN
at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s Treatment and Research
Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (TRIAD), in Nashville.
While working with hundreds of families of children with autism
spectrum disorders (ASD), we have seen firsthand the benefits of
visual supports. For some families, these tools bring immediate
improvements in how their child and family function on a daily
basis. Others find they need a few weeks working with these
supports to see clear benefits eme