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A personal planner intended to serve as a lifelong tool for people with social and cognitive challenges

“An incredible, comprehensive, and user-friendly life guide to social communication concepts and skills.” – Carol Gray, Developer of Social Stories and Comic Strip Conversations

“This is an excellent resource that will be extremely valuable for individuals, parents, and schools.” – Tony Attwood, Ph.D., Author of Asperger’s Syndrome

Uses and Benefits

Use The Planner Guide to teach individuals to think and act for themselves. This planning system has been field tested with classes of individuals with autism and cognitive disabilities.

All successful people know how to seek and obtain support! The Planner Guide is an organisational and reference system designed to teach self-advocacy, independence, and interdependence. It greatly helps anyone, including individuals with disabilities gain and improve self-determination for supports.

The Planner Guide can be used effectively by individuals with a wide range of disabilities, including:

• Autism Spectrum Disorder
  
• Cognitive Impairments
  
• English as a Second Language
  
• Learning Disabilities
  
• Traumatic Brain Injury
  
• Any Cognitive or Social Challenges

Individuals on the autism spectrum and with other disabilities will find the visual tools to help with “connecting the dots” of social understanding. Individuals with a wide range of disabilities will benefit from learning skills of organisation to encourage independence in school, work, home, and community.

Use The Planner Guide also for:

“The Planner is Fabulous! User friendly . . . promotes independence . . . and it’s VISUAL!” – Linda Hodgdon, M.Ed., Author of Visual Strategies

“This is an incredible tool for adolescents and adults with a variety of disabilities. I’ve never seen anything quite like it!” – Mark Shelley, Founder of specialminds Foundation

See more testimonials about The Planner Guide

Features

• Enclosed in a durable, zipped, three-ring binder with long-lasting pages that can be written on, wiped off and reused
• 141 reference guides for accomplishing tasks and establish expectations in different situations. View a sample Reference Guide page.
• Accommodates readers and non-readers with reference guides written in PCS and words
• Designed to be flexible so that pages can be added or removed
• Transport information with ease using portable wallet cards and holders
• Includes separate emergency information reference guides
• Highlights common activities on a yearly calendar with over 1,600 event stickers with topics such as bill payment, holiday / vacation days and chores

The Planner Guide includes:

• Three-ring binder
  
• Monthly calendar
  
• 1600 event stickers
  
• 141 reference guides for accomplishing tasks – Guides are visual pages in PCS and text that provide information, instruction and direction
  
• 9 colour-coded section:
  
  • Personal
    
  • Problem Solving
    
  • Communication
    
  • Relationships
    
  • Information
    
  • Community
    
  • Work
    
  • Home
    
  • School
  
  
• 56 wallet cards – Portable Reference and Guide Information that can be carried with user using the included plastic wallet card holder
  
• Wallet card organiser
  
• Wallet card holder
  
• Document pouch
  
• Instruction guide

Related Products

• The Planner Guide Calendar

Prices

	Code	Media	Platform	$AUD Price	$AUD GST
	The Planner Guide
	MJR4PG100	Resource		$189.00	$18.90
	The Planner Guide Calendar - 2012 Edition
	MJR4PG103	Resource		$59.00	$5.90