Sharing My Ideas Game

GREAT! You are using your voice to share how you feel and give information about what you would like to do.

This also gives your support worker a chance to use their voice and let you know if they also know the game or whether they need to read the instructions, so they are ready to play.

This is using your voice and sharing your feelings. You let your support worker know that you do not want to play this with them.

If you can, let them know what you do want to do – like who you really want to play this with, would help to find the best way to work together. For example, “I would prefer to play this game with mum/my brother.”

You can wait for them to finish reading the rules. This is okay, the support worker may not know the rules and may need to read them.

If you wanted to use your voice more, you could let the support worker know that you know the game, that way if they know it too, you can start playing straight away!

Say, "Do you not know how to play?" This is a way of checking if the support worker also knows the game.

If they say they do not know how to play, giving them time to read the rules should make the game more fun.

If they say they do know the rules, you could let them know that you do too and get to playing straight away!

It is completely okay not to know.

You might like to try some things and see what you like, or think about it for next session, or get some help from an adult.

GREAT! This is sharing your voice.

You are helping them understand what you like to do which will help you work together better.

It is completely okay to not want to participate.

It could be helpful to speak with a parent about it to see if you can come up with a solution

It is completely okay to let someone help if you do not feel you can answer. This is another way to use your voice.

Parents and caregivers tend to know us pretty well and can have good answers. If they share information that is not quite right then you can let them know.

You were not able to let your therapist know that you were worried about the plan.

If you can find a way to share how you are feeling, they will be better able to support you and together you can come up with a plan that feels like a good one and will get the best results.

GREAT! This is using your voice.

You let your therapist know what you feel you can do and they may also start to understand that you are less confident with shoelaces so they can help more with this next time.

If you can let them know exactly how you feel about the shoelaces, you can make sure they really understand.

You were not able to let your therapist know that you were worried about the plan.

If you can find a way to share how you are feeling, they will be better able to support you and together you can come up with a plan that feels like a good one and will get the best results.

Say “I feel okay about the teeth brushing but I am not so sure about shoelaces, I might still need some help.”

You did not let your support worker know how you really feel about painting.

They may leave thinking you like the plan and next time you’ll be doing something that you do not really enjoy, so you will get less out of your time together.

It would be helpful to find a way to use your voice to share how you feel about painting and think about some other ideas to do together.

GREAT! This is using your voice.

You let your support worker know that you do not like painting and they can then talk with you about other ideas that you will enjoy. This helps you come up with a better plan.

If you can share some other ideas of things to do together with them, this will help in coming up with the best plan and getting the most out of your time together

You did not let your support worker know how you really feel about painting.

Even though you were not excited, they might leave thinking you like the plan.

It would help to find a way to use your voice to share how you feel about painting and think about some other ideas together. This might include telling or showing them what you like, or getting some support from a trusted adult.

GREAT! This is using your voice.

You have let your support worker know that you are not so happy about that idea and would like to think about other ideas. This will help you come up with a better plan.

You might also be able to share some ideas of things to do together. If you both think of ideas, this will help in coming up with the best plan and getting the most out of your time together.

GREAT! This is using your voice.

You have shared something you would like to do more in the next visit which will help to make it more enjoyable and successful.

You have not been able to use your voice.

If you do not feel you can let your therapist know this, you can try other ways to share this like showing them things you like with your body, using visuals or getting help from a trusted adult. This can help to make sure sessions are enjoyable and you get the best outcomes.

You have not been able to use your voice to share how you feel or what you want.

If you are not sure what to do, you could ask for some suggestions and then choose from those.

You could also try other ways to share your voice like showing them with your body, using visuals, or getting support from a trusted adult.

GREAT! This is using your voice.

You are letting them know what you are enjoying and would like to do more of, and also about other areas you would like help with.

When you and your therapist work together as a team you will have fun and get the best outcomes.

GREAT! You have used your voice to help your therapist understand what you like and do not like to do.

You might even have some suggestions about other things you can do together which would be great to share.

It is okay to try something to see if you might like it.

If you are really not enjoying yourself, then you will not be learning as much, and the person might think you enjoy board games and want to do it again next time. Finding a way to use your voice will help to ensure you get help in a way that is right for you.

This is a way to use your ‘voice’ through your behaviour. In this situation your therapist does not get any information from you about how you would like to work together instead.

You may be able to help with this by using your body to show them what you like, using visuals, or getting support from a trusted adult.

This is using your voice.

In order to find ways to work together that work well for you it would be helpful to share things that you do like with your therapist. You can do this through by showing them with your body (e.g. pointing or bringing something to them), you could use visuals, or you could get help from. trusted adult.

You could also try sharing how you feel using “I feel...” statements. For example, “I feel bored when playing these sorts of games” (for more information see the “Questions I can Ask” section).