Go to Dad's Work
A workplace has its own rules, its own quiet and adults the child has never met. Not knowing how to behave there easily creates worry. The pictures below show the visit before you go, so the place feels less strange.
♂Going to dad's work
A person walks toward a building with a tie above it, on the way to dad's workplace.
About this visual support
The unknown is often what stirs the most worry. Dad's work is a place the child may only have heard about: open-plan offices, meeting rooms or a workshop, full of adults with their own routines and a way of talking the child is not part of. Without a picture of what it looks like, the empty space fills with questions.
Visual support gives the visit a shape in advance. When the child gets to see where to sit, who dad works with and what is expected, the place becomes understandable before you even step inside. What can be seen is easier to face, and much of the nervousness settles once the unknown gets a face.
One concrete tip is to add a picture of a calm spot where the child can be, a chair by dad's desk or a break room, so there is a definite point to return to if the impressions grow too many. With the Routined app you can prepare the visit together with the child the evening before and go through the pictures calmly.