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Practical tools and tips for anyone who needs a hand.

Photo schedules and routine charts for kids, large-print communication boards and cards for adults, and more on the way. Every one is made for real homes, and made to look good on the fridge.

Photo Visual Schedule: the first week board sheet, Monday to Wednesday, with a today star spot and slots for photo cards
Everyday Needs Picture Board: 20 large pictures with words, from yes and no to drink, pain and my family
First / Then Photo Board: two first and then boards with blank frames for your own photos
Conversation Cards for Reminiscing: six large-print childhood question cards
Yes and No as two large cards
Real pages from the shop: boards and cards for adults, photo schedules for kids.
Carissa Spisak

It started with one picture schedule, made by hand.

The first Doctor Carissa printable was a photo schedule Carissa made for her own 2-year-old, to show what came next in the day. She holds a doctorate in speech-language pathology and worked as a clinician before stepping away from clinical practice. Everything here follows the idea of that first schedule: one clear picture for each thing, few words, and sizes that work in a real kitchen or at a bedside.

Read Carissa’s story

Why these printables are different

  • Grounded in speech-language pathology

    Word lists, pictures and layouts come from Carissa's doctoral training in how people understand and use language.

  • Made for real homes

    Sized for a fridge door, a bedside table or a tray table. Print at home in US Letter or A4, laminate, and use.

  • Dignified at every age

    Playful where it is for kids. Grown-up and large print where it is for adults. Never childish art on an adult's board.

Shop by need and life stage

Each collection is its own set of printables, drawn in one clear style and written in plain words.

  • For adults and the people who care for them

    Everyday communication

    Large-print picture boards, alphabet boards and conversation cards for everyday conversations with family and caregivers. Grown-up pictures, plain words and plenty of room to point.

    • Picture boards for everyday needs
    • Yes, no and alphabet boards
    • Conversation cards and aphasia wallet cards
  • For little ones and their grown-ups

    Kids' routines and schedules

    Photo schedules and routine charts made from your own photos, to show a child what comes next: mornings, bedtime, outings and first, then boards.

    • Morning and bedtime routine charts
    • First, then boards
    • Picture schedules for the whole day

More collections in the works

New sets for new stages, from first words to caregiving. Newsletter readers hear first.

  • First words and toddler talk
  • Social stories
  • Mealtimes
  • School days
  • Tools for caregivers

For little ones, the day one picture at a time.

A strip on the fridge with your own photos in it, a card for each step and an all-done pocket at the end. Kids move the cards themselves as the morning goes along.

See visual schedules
  • Photo Visual Schedule: two 3-step strips with blank photo frames and an all-done pocket
  • Routine Charts: the morning strip, six blank photo frames and an all-done pocket
  • Routine Charts: the after-school strip
  • Routine Charts: the bedtime strip

Print, laminate, use.

  1. Print

    Print at home on card stock. Every file comes in US Letter and A4.

  2. Laminate

    Laminate the pages or slide them into sheet protectors, then cut along the lines.

  3. Use

    Put it where the day happens: the fridge, the bedside table, the tray table. Point, move and check off the cards.