TEACCH Work Tasks Many of these activities were designed primarily to teach the student how to work using a left to right work system and the concept of.

TEACCH Work Tasks

Many of these activities were designed

primarily to teach the student how to

work using a left to right work system

and the concept of “finished.” The work

tasks were designed after assessment of

each child’s emerging skills and level of

interest in the material.

Skill: Simple puzzle, matching

Structure: Top to bottom; left to right

Skill: Color matching

Structure: Top to bottom; left to right

Skill: 1:1 correspondence for the numbers 1-3

Structure: Top to bottom; left to right; marker is put back in the bag and placed in the tray for “finished”

Skill: Seriation

Structure: Top to bottom; left to right

Skill: Matching complex pictures

Structure: Preferred materials; top to bottom; left to right; picture cards are in the left to right order to begin this task, may mix them up at a later time to make the task more difficult

Skill: Individual schedule at the written level. The student Velcros a.m. activities/schedule in the front of notebook; p.m. is on the inside back cover. When each class is finished, the student pulls the corresponding word(s) off his schedule and puts it in the finished pocket (back to front)

Structure: For each subject there is a matching (color coded) folder. All of the work the student is to complete that day is in the front of each folder. As the work is completed, it is put in “finished” which is labeled on the back of each folder. All work not completed when class is over is put in the front of the homework folder. As each page of homework is completed, it is also put in “finished” which is labeled on the back of the homework folder.

Skill: Fine motor; stacking

Structure: Left to right; highly preferred materials

Skill: Matching shapes (circle, square, triangle)

Structure: Left to right; disappearing put in

Skill: Verbal imitation; language naming

Structure: Student has to pull up/open flap on each page to see picture/sticker

Skill: Cutting (across paper on line)

Structure: Scissors placed in appropriate position for cutting when student picks them up; top to bottom; left to right; disappearing put in; heavy paper (cardstock or index card)

Skill: Color matching; 1:1 correspondence; fine motor

Structure: Top to bottom; left to right; student places pegs in corresponding color hole in pegboard

Skill: Matching similar pictures

Structure: Top to bottom; student completes simple puzzle

Skill: Eye/hand coordination

Structure: Set up like a disappearing put in; hammer then goes in basket when all the pegs are gone

Skill: Eye/hand coordination and sensory play

Structure: Rice is poured into the disappearing put in; left to right

Skill: 1:1 correspondence one through three

Structure: Top to bottom; left to right

Skill: Letter matching; eye/hand coordination, sequencing

Structure: Left to right before presented to the student all or part of the letters are on Velcro to the left of the base of the puzzle; the number of letters on the left will depend on the skill level of the student.

Skill: Color matching/sorting

Structure: Left to right

Skill: Independent play; pre-writing; cars are Velcroed at the beginning of each track

Structure: Student pushes cars, one at a time, down the track and parks them in the garage

Skill: Color match

Structure: Card with colored squares, glue, and matching color squares in bag; child takes materials out of bag, glues matching squares; places finished in basket on right

Skill: Matching

Structure: Top to bottom – child matches pictures and puts them in library pockets

Skill: Matching (in notebook format)

Structure: Left to right in

Skill: Fine motor, sorting

Structure: Left to right; disappearing put in

Skill: 1:1 correspondence; color match

Structure: Left to right; top to bottom; student stamps in each dot matching colors

Skill: Matching; interactive reading

Structure: Left to right

Skill: Color match; stacking

Structure: Top to bottom

Skill: Color match

Structure: Left to right; child matches objects by color

Skill: Matching

Structure: Left to right; student places object matching picture in corresponding cup

Skill: Patterning; color matching

Structure: Top to bottom; left to right

Skill: Fine motor assembly

Structure: Left to right; child strings matching color beads onto pipe cleaners formed with handle and places completed work in finished (on the right)

Skill: Concept of finished; fine motor

Structure: Left to right; disappearing put in

Skill: Color match; stacking

Structure: Left to right

Skill: 1:1 correspondence

Structure: Left to right; child places one peg in each container (film canister)

Skill: Concept of finished

Structure: Disappearing put in

Skill: Structured play (blowing bubbles)

Structure: Left to right (may want to think about adding basket for finished on right)

Skill: Cognitive performance (matching); shape and color

Structure: Left to right

Skill: Beginning color match

Structure: Left to right using a disappearing put in

Skill: Simple puzzle; matching shapes

Structure: Left to right

Skill: Two color match

Structure: Left to right; disappearing put in

Skill: Six color match

Structure: Top to bottom; left to right

Skill: Eye-hand integration; sorting by colors and shapes according to visual template and then stringing beads in sequential order

Structure: Left to right

Skill: Pre-writing; fine motor; eye-hand integration

Structure: Left to right; top to bottom; the child uses the crayon on the left to draw a line from the puppy to the dog then puts the crayon in the tub on left for finished

Skill: Eye-hand coordination; concept of finished

Structure: Left to right; disappearing put in

Skill: 1:1 correspondence; numbers 1 – 3

Structure: Left to right; top to bottom

Skill: Imitation; fine motor; child is to take stamp and reproduce sample given on top card then put stamp in basket on right

Structure: Left to right

Skill: Eye-hand coordination

Structure: Left to right; disappearing put in

Skill: Social/cognitive performance (1) student places magnetic letters on his outlined name on cookie sheet (2) student places 9 separate animal magnets in 9 boxes

Structure: one item at a time until all visual gigs are filled

Skill: Interactive reading; cognitive performance; child matches picture to picture (one on each page of the book)

Structure: Left to right

Skill: Matching letter to letter for name recognition

Structure: Left to right; top to bottom

Skill: Structured play; social/independent child takes toy vehicle out of basket on left and drives it along road until it ends in the finished box on right.

Structure: Left to right

Skill: Cognitive performance; simple sorting by color

Structure: Top to bottom

Skill: Eye-hand coordination

Structure: Left to right stringing beads

Skill: Number matching

Structure: Left to right; top to bottom; each space visually defined with masking tape; color coded (as we begin to teach number matching)

Skill: Cognitive performance; eye-hand coordination; sequencing numbered puzzle pieces 1 – 10

Structure: Left to right; top to bottom

Skill: Perception; cognitive performance (assembly)

Structure: Left to right; puzzle pieces taken out of bag and placed on table to the left of the puzzle

Skill: Perception; eye-hand integration; simple 4 piece pre-puzzle

Structure: Top to bottom; left to right

Skill: Household chores; sorting

Structure: Left to right