Pack the headphones
Headphones only help in advance. If they stay at home it makes no difference how good they are, because the need appears once the noise is already too much. The pictures below place them early in the packing, long before the situation that calls for them.
♀Pack the headphones
A girl puts purple headphones into a grey backpack.
♀Pack the headphones
An adult puts black headphones into a grey backpack.
♀Open the bag and pack
A person holds up a yellow shoulder bag and opens it.
About this visual support
Sound sensitivity is hard to plan for, because the need does not exist at the moment of packing. At home it is quiet, the headphones are on the desk and taking them feels unnecessary. Only in the canteen, on the bus or in the sports hall do they suddenly become decisive, and by then it is too late. For many children on the autism spectrum that sequence is exactly why the protection is missing when it is needed.
Visual support moves the decision to the right moment. A picture of the headphones first in the packing row means they travel every time, whatever the day looks like. Having them in the bag does not mean they must be used, but they cannot be fetched afterwards.
A concrete tip is to store them in the bag rather than on the desk. What is already in place requires no memory at all. In Routined the headphones can sit as a fixed step in the morning routine, and the app can be tried for fourteen days at no cost.
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