Creating Digital Activity Schedules to Promote Independence and Engagement

Reinert et al. (2020) wrote a how-to guide. They show you step-by-step how to build digital activity schedules with free Google Slides.

The paper is for BCBAs who coach parents of kids with autism or developmental delay. All training happens through Zoom and shared screens.

This is a methods paper. No new data are given. The authors simply give the slide templates and parent-training script they use.

Park et al. (2022) extends the idea. They used the same free Google Slides tool, but swapped activity pictures for virtual fraction tiles. Three high-school students with extensive support needs learned equivalent fractions after the teacher ran the slides on a smart-board.

Llanes et al. (2020) used a similar telehealth parent-training plan. Their online course taught parents Pivotal Response Treatment instead of activity schedules, yet both studies reached families at home and raised parent fidelity.

Garwood et al. (2021) interviewed Mongolian parents who still wait months for any help. Reinert’s zero-cost slide method answers that need for low-resource settings.

You can copy the guide today. Build a schedule in ten minutes, email the link, and coach the parent over Zoom. No apps, no cost, no wait list. If it works for chores today, try Jiyoon’s math tiles tomorrow—the same tool now has two uses.