Get ready for Örebro
A trip requires packing, remembering and doing things in the right order, which is hard to hold in your head all at once. Pictures turn the preparation into a visible list to follow. See how the support works below.
♀Get ready for Örebro
A child with a backpack pulls a suitcase and holds a sign with a building.
About this visual support
Getting ready for a trip is one of everyday life's more demanding tasks for what is called executive function. You have to remember what is needed, pack it in the right order and not forget anything important, all while excitement and maybe a little stress make it harder to think clearly. For a child it easily becomes overwhelming.
Visual support removes much of the mental load. When the packing and preparations exist as a row of pictures, the child does not have to hold the list in their head but can follow it one step at a time: clothes, toothbrush, soft toy, shoes. What was one big task becomes a manageable sequence, and the sense of control makes the anticipation fun rather than stressful.
A tip: let the child check off each item once it is packed, so progress shows and the risk of forgetting something drops. Watching the list shrink gives a clear feeling of being almost done. In the Routined app you can build a packing list with pictures the child can use before every trip, so the preparation stays the same each time.
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