A Neuroaffirmative Waiting Social Visual Guide & Choice Board
I Can Wait is an 11 page resource that includes a structured social visual guide and communication choice board designed to support Autistic and neurodivergent children in understanding and coping with waiting in a respectful, regulation-centred way.
Waiting can place significant cognitive and emotional load on many learners, particularly when time is unpredictable, activities are highly motivating, or demands feel externally imposed. This resource reframes waiting as a supported, temporary state, rather than a behaviour expectation, and provides children with concrete strategies to remain regulated while waiting.
Developed by Flourish Autism Consultancy & Training, this resource supports autonomy, emotional validation, and communication access across home, early years, school, and therapeutic settings.
A clear, visually sequenced social visual guide explaining:
What waiting is
When waiting happens at school and with peers
That feelings such as frustration or anger while waiting are valid
Visual explanations of common waiting contexts, including:
Turn-taking with peers
Waiting in line
Waiting for adult instruction
Explicit support for recognising and naming angry or uncomfortable waiting feelings
A strengths-based focus on what children can do while waiting
A Waiting Choices Communication Board offering accessible options such as:
Sit down
Ask for help
Use a tablet
Play with toys
Listen to music
Write or read a story
Have a snack or drink
Consistent visual symbols and simple sentence structures to reduce processing demand
Autistic and neurodivergent children
Learners who find waiting particularly challenging
Children who experience frustration during transitions
AAC users and visual communicators
Early years settings, primary classrooms, and SEN supports
Parents, carers, educators, SNAs, and therapists
PLEASE Note:
This digital resource after purchase will be made available to download for 24 hours only. Please download within the stipulated timeframe to access your resource.
A Neuroaffirmative Waiting Social Visual Guide & Choice Board
I Can Wait is an 11 page resource that includes a structured social visual guide and communication choice board designed to support Autistic and neurodivergent children in understanding and coping with waiting in a respectful, regulation-centred way.
Waiting can place significant cognitive and emotional load on many learners, particularly when time is unpredictable, activities are highly motivating, or demands feel externally imposed. This resource reframes waiting as a supported, temporary state, rather than a behaviour expectation, and provides children with concrete strategies to remain regulated while waiting.
Developed by Flourish Autism Consultancy & Training, this resource supports autonomy, emotional validation, and communication access across home, early years, school, and therapeutic settings.
A clear, visually sequenced social visual guide explaining:
What waiting is
When waiting happens at school and with peers
That feelings such as frustration or anger while waiting are valid
Visual explanations of common waiting contexts, including:
Turn-taking with peers
Waiting in line
Waiting for adult instruction
Explicit support for recognising and naming angry or uncomfortable waiting feelings
A strengths-based focus on what children can do while waiting
A Waiting Choices Communication Board offering accessible options such as:
Sit down
Ask for help
Use a tablet
Play with toys
Listen to music
Write or read a story
Have a snack or drink
Consistent visual symbols and simple sentence structures to reduce processing demand
Autistic and neurodivergent children
Learners who find waiting particularly challenging
Children who experience frustration during transitions
AAC users and visual communicators
Early years settings, primary classrooms, and SEN supports
Parents, carers, educators, SNAs, and therapists
PLEASE Note:
This digital resource after purchase will be made available to download for 24 hours only. Please download within the stipulated timeframe to access your resource.
