Communication Boards
I was talking to someone today about a Communication Board. This is a large board filled with information for those moments when you just can't be bothered to speak, i.e. when you've got home from the Waterpark and are in major sensory overload, and you're worried that, if you dare to open your mouth, all that will come out is a scream of anguish.
I have been thinking about my own communication board. I have come up with a few options, and am looking forward to spending a craft afternoon with my kids, who can cut pictures out of magazines to decorate.
These are my crucial ones:
Need to sleep. Please watch television downstairs for the next five hours and help yourself to junk food in the pantry.
I would like something to eat, preferably not leftovers that have been in the fridge for four days, but something freshly cooked by someone other than ME.
Please bring me a Martini.
I need someone to give me a foot massage without commenting on the fact that I have not shaved my legs in two days.
Please bring me a cold Corona with a slice of lime.
Snickers bar.
Change the channel. If I have to watch another CSI I may kill myself.
Babysitter needed. NOW.
Pass the earplugs.
If anyone has any other ideas, I'm open to suggestion...
Jane I miss you! I used to follow you on twitter but then decided to delete my account. Your tweets were so amusing... it's almost enough to make me want to join twitter again!!
Jane I miss you! I used to follow you on twitter but then decided to delete my account. Your tweets were so amusing... it's almost enough to make me want to join twitter again!!
-Pretty please wash the dishes without my having to moan for two hours, because I'm just about done with housework for the day.
- Stop playing with the *** play station, I want to watch CSI.
- It would be good if you laid the table while I'm cooking, and didn't wait until the food is ready and I'm starving to start picking a tablecloth.
- To clients: don't ring me at 9 p.m. just to make sure I got your message that said your case is more important than any other I might be handling at the moment.
God, I could go on... I think this communication board could substitute any form of oral communication...
-Pretty please wash the dishes without my having to moan for two hours, because I'm just about done with housework for the day.
- Stop playing with the *** play station, I want to watch CSI.
- It would be good if you laid the table while I'm cooking, and didn't wait until the food is ready and I'm starving to start picking a tablecloth.
- To clients: don't ring me at 9 p.m. just to make sure I got your message that said your case is more important than any other I might be handling at the moment.
God, I could go on... I think this communication board could substitute any form of oral communication...
I think you can simplify this system. I like the color coded tags outside the doctor's office doors. Each color stands for a different situation. For you Jane, everything requiring alcohol could be the white tag. Green would signal all's well and red would identify chaos of epic proportion requiring one or all of the following- babysitter, massage or therapy shopping spree.
I think you can simplify this system. I like the color coded tags outside the doctor's office doors. Each color stands for a different situation. For you Jane, everything requiring alcohol could be the white tag. Green would signal all's well and red would identify chaos of epic proportion requiring one or all of the following- babysitter, massage or therapy shopping spree.