Visual supports to help children understand safety, voice levels, participation, and what they can do when they need support.
Overview
Clear visual expectations can help children feel safer, more supported, and more successful in daily life.
These behaviour supports are designed to make safety, participation, and communication easier to understand in practical and respectful ways. They can be used at home, in classrooms, or in therapy settings to support learning before hard moments happen.
Safe Hands, Safe Feet & Voices for This Place
A visual support set that helps children understand safe body expectations and how to use a voice that fits the place.
What’s Inside
- Safe Hands page
- Safe Feet page
- Voices for This Place page
Best For
Helpful for children who need clear, visual reminders about body safety and everyday participation.
Price: $3.90
Voice Levels Visual Support
A visual voice levels set that helps children understand which voice fits different places and situations.
What’s Inside
- full voice levels chart
- Level 0 to Level 5 pages
- Voice Levels in My Places practice page
Best For
Helpful for children who need support using different voice levels in different spaces, such as home, class, or playground.
Price: $5.90
Body Ready for Listening & Help Supports
A simple support set that helps children understand what listening can look like and what they can do when they need help.
What’s Inside
- Body Ready for Listening page
- When I Need Help page
Best For
Helpful for children who need support with listening expectations, asking for help, and using simple coping steps.
Price: $3.90
Safe Behaviour at Home & School
A visual reminder set for home and school expectations, including a simple summary page for everyday reference.
What’s Inside
- Safe Behaviour at Home page
- Safe Behaviour in School page
- Body and Safety Reminders page
Best For
Helpful for children who need clear visual reminders for home routines, school participation, and everyday expectations.
Price: $3.90
Who It’s For
These resources may be helpful for:
- children who need clearer visual expectations
- children learning body safety and participation skills
- children who need support with voice levels or listening expectations
- adults teaching safe behaviour before hard moments happen
- parents, teachers, and therapists looking for practical daily visuals
How This Can Help
These supports can help children:
- understand what safe behaviour can look like
- know what voice may fit a place
- learn what to do when their body is having a hard time
- build familiarity with everyday expectations
- feel more supported in home and school settings
The goal is not to pressure children into looking a certain way. The goal is to make safety, communication, and participation clearer and more manageable.
How to Start Using It
Start with the support that matches the child’s current need.
You might begin with:
- Safe Hands and Safe Feet for everyday body safety
- Voices for This Place or Voice Levels for voice support
- Body Ready for Listening for group or class expectations
- When I Need Help for children who need clear coping reminders
Introduce the visual during calm moments, name the expectation simply, and revisit it regularly.
You can use short phrases such as:
- “Show me safe hands.”
- “Let’s use walking feet.”
- “What voice fits this place?”
- “You can ask for help.”
Prompting Support
Start with the least amount of help the child needs.
You might begin with:
- modelling the behaviour or expectation
- pointing to the visual
- verbal prompting using short, calm language
- gesturing toward the action needed
- light physical guidance only if needed
Over time, reduce prompting as the child becomes more familiar with the visuals and what they mean.
The aim is not perfect behaviour. The aim is helping the child understand what supports safety and participation.
Flexible Ways to Use It
You can use these resources in different ways depending on the child and the setting:
- display one page at a time
- place visuals in a calm corner, classroom wall, or routine board
- use only the most relevant pages first
- practise before harder moments happen
- use the visuals in both home and school settings for consistency
- adapt the language to fit the child’s environment
Format
These are digital downloads.
No physical product will be shipped.
You can print the pages you need, laminate them if preferred, and reuse them in everyday environments such as home, school, or therapy settings.
One Step At A Time
Clear expectations are a support, not a shortcut.
Start with one visual that feels useful right now. Use it during calm moments. Repeat it gently and consistently.
Small, clear supports can help children feel safer and more successful over time.
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