Exceptional Learning Squad

About this app:  
The Exceptional Learning Squad uses evidence-based practices of social stories and picture schedules. Social stories and picture schedules guide positive behaviors, lead to understanding social rules and routines, and decrease meltdowns and anxiety by teaching coping skills.
Social stories with picture schedules help individuals understand expectations for a particular “adventure” through the guidance of predictable steps needed to complete a social interaction. 
  
Appropriate for: 
• All age groups 
• Individuals with Autism 
• Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities 
• Individuals with Down Syndrome 
• Individuals with Emotional Disturbances 
 
Key Features  
• Uses proven evidence-based practices. 
• Social story and picture schedule are portable and available before, during, and after the social interaction.  
• Provides resources to help navigate social situations, perform basic life skills, and alleviate anxiety.   
• Easy to use interactive rewards page and picture schedule.  
• Narrated storytelling.  
• Step-by-step instructions.  
• Created by an autism teacher with nearly 20 years of experience with input from parents and teachers of other special education disciplinaries.   
• No preparation needed; everything is included. 
• Once you download a story, you will be alerted when new stories are available in the library for purchase. 
• Choose which character, Kevin or Kloey, that you or your loved one relates to and follow their adventure.   
• Select a reward from the pre-loaded choices or take a photo of a special reward.   
• The chosen reward appears at the end of the picture schedule.   
  
Follow the Exceptional Learning Squad as they navigate their world understanding the steps, expectations, and rewards of completing day-to-day tasks and social interactions through social stories and picture schedules. Through this easy-to-use app, caregivers have the tools to help prepare individuals with autism for daily routines and social interactions.