Everyday communication
Everyday needs board
12 large picture cards for drink, food, bathroom, pain, family and feelings, with yes and no.
Coming to Etsy soon
Clear words and pictures for everyday life at home.
Doctor Carissa is a growing library of printables for kids, adults and the people who care for them: picture schedules, large-print communication boards, memory books, and more on the way. Every one is designed by Carissa for real homes, and made to look good on the fridge.
Photo of Carissa coming soon
It started with one picture schedule, made by hand.
The first Doctor Carissa printable was a picture 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 starts the way that first schedule did: plain pictures, one short word under each, and sizes that work in a real kitchen or at a bedside.
Read Carissa’s storyWhy 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, daily schedules and memory book pages for everyday conversations with family and caregivers. Grown-up pictures, plain words and plenty of room to point.
- Picture boards for needs and feelings
- Large-print daily schedules
- Memory book pages for family photos
For little ones and their grown-ups
Kids' routines and schedules
Picture schedules and routine charts that 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, a card for each step, and a done pocket at the end. Kids move the cards themselves as the morning goes along.
See visual schedulesPrint, laminate, use.
Print
Print at home on card stock. Every file comes in US Letter and A4.
Laminate
Laminate the pages or slide them into sheet protectors, then cut along the lines.
Use
Put it where the day happens: the fridge, the bedside table, the tray table. Point, move and check off the cards.
Printables to start with
The first printables coming to our Etsy shop. Each one lists exactly what is in the file.
Kids' routines and schedules
Morning routine chart
6 picture cards from wake up to out the door, a done pocket and a space for your child's name.
Coming to Etsy soon
Everyday communication
Memory book pages
20 large-print pages with photo spaces and prompts: family, home, work, favorite places and songs.
Coming to Etsy soon
Kids' routines and schedules
First, then board
A two-panel board plus 30 small activity cards to swap in and out.
Coming to Etsy soon