I Celebrate Diwali with my Family

Goal and Objectives

Goal: To help the child understand the significance of Diwali and participate celebrations while respecting their sensory needs.

Objectives:

The child will:

- - recognize and communicate their sensory challenges
  - learn to collabarate with family members.
  - develop coping strategies for managing sensory overload on the festival day.
  - learn to express their needs and feelings to family members.

Social Narrative

This narrative describes a social situation or activity and answers key questions: What, When, Where, Why and How. It helps individuals with special needs understand the appropriate behaviours and responses for similar situations.

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Picture Cards

Pocket-sized cards featuring key images to help enhance visual memory, comprehension and communication skills by promoting an understanding of abstract concepts.

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Cue Cards

Visual cues to help support communication, promote positive actions, assist in social interactions, aid task completion, teach self-regulation and demonstrate expected behaviour.

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Communication Cards

Visual cards to assist individuals with special needs to express their needs, emotions, comments and choices. This improves communication, reduces frustration and behavioural challenges, supports social interaction and promotes independence.

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Key and Important Simple Strategies Cards

K.I.S.S. Cards

Pocket-sized Do’s and Don’ts cards to help encourage appropriate behaviour and clarify right from wrong. They support emotional regulation, improve social skills, enhance choice-making, assist with transitions and routines and build confidence.

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Poster

Social narrative presented in a poster that can be printed and displayed at home or school.

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Power Script

Pocket-sized cards featuring positive affirmations that serve as an inner voice, providing motivation and boosting self-confidence.

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Power Script Poster

Poster version of Power Scripts with special characters and a space for inserting a child’s image for personalisation.

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Self Expression Through Use of Pictures Script

SETUP Script

This is a comic-style conversation based on a scenario related to the topic.

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Audiobook

An audio version of the narrative to help auditory learners.

I Celebrate Diwali with My Family – Click here to play

Video – I Celebrate Diwali with my Family

A video version of the narrative to help visual learners.

Audio – Power Voice in Male Voice

Audio – Power Voice in Female Voice

I can be part of Diwali, even in small ways – Click here to play
I can choose to celebrate in a way that feels right for me – Click here to play
I can ask for help when I need it – Click here to play
I can help with the Diwali celebrations in my own special way – Click here to play
Celebrating Diwali with my family makes me feel loved and connected – Click here to play
I can celebrate Diwali traditions and enjoy happy moments with my family – Click here to play
I can do my part in cleaning and decorating the house and feel accomplished – Click here to play
I am thankful for the special moments I share with my family during the festival – Click here to play

Source and Attribution of images
All images used in the above Assets and Aids are originally created.

This digital material has been developed by the Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Vahini Inclusive Education Project, a unit of Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust, Prasanthi Nilayam, as a collaborative offering in the service of our nation.