Habilitation
Habilitation visits often happen in a building the child did not choose, with adults asking questions whose point is not always clear from the child's side. The visual support below makes the visit visible in advance.
♂Man building blocks for progress
An illustration of a man stacking colorful blocks next to a large green arrow pointing upwards, symbolizing development and progress.
About this visual support
Habilitation is something that happens to the child, rarely something the child has asked for. Adults have a plan, forms need filling, and during the visit the child has to both perform tasks and be assessed on them, often without knowing where the assessment leads. The reassurance adults get from a booked time slot is not automatically the child's reassurance.
A visual support makes the structure of the visit visible at the child's level. The journey there, the waiting area, the greeting, what will be looked at, a break if needed, the ending, the trip home. When each step has a picture to point at, the child can also ask about one specific part without needing to unpack the whole visit in words first.
A specific idea: bring the same sequence as a printed copy and lay it out in the car on the way there, so the child can read through before the gates even open. If you want the visual supports together with a calendar and reminders on the phone, Routined offers a 14-day trial.