Supporting Neurodiversity through Adaptive Programming SNAP

Celebrate our last SNAP of the semester with a summer party this Thursday!! ☀️😎⛱️

We appreciate all our incredible volunteers hard work and dedication to the program. There will be pizza after the session and reference letters will be given out! 🌟

⁉️Have any questions please email us! [email protected]

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Top text: COME AND JOIN OUR SUMMER PARTY KICK OFF SUMMER AT THE LAST SNAP OF THE SEMESTER!
Middle text: 8AM to 8:30AM - TRAINING, 9AM to NOON - SESSION, lan Beddis Gymmnasium
Bottom text: To celebrate all our AMAZING volunteers hard work this semester ... Pizza after the session, Reference letters will be given out

📣 Just because our SNAPPERS are enjoying March Break … doesn’t mean we still can’t have fun!

⁉️Thursday March 19th (THIS THURSDAY!!!)
⁉️10:30 to 11:30am in Gym 2
⁉️If you need additional volunteer hours this counts!

🤸🏽‍♀️Come for the games but you’ll want to stay for the snacks!

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Top text: VOLUNTEER EVENT, THURSDAY MARCH 19™H
10:30AM TO 11:30AM, IN GYM 2
Middle text: GAMES, COMPETITION & FUN! TEAM BUILDING &
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Bottom text: Participants return Thursday, March 26th!

SADDLE UP this week at Thursday SNAP! 🐴🐢

‼️New volunteers are welcome at every session - come for the 8:30am training!
‼️Use “first this, then that…” language with the participants
‼️The sensory room is for escalations only - there is always a coordinator there to assist you
‼️Ask questions about your profile to ensure your participant has the best time

The SNAP team is always there to support you in any way! Have any questions, email us or ask us before or after the session ☺️

GEAR UP this Thursday for a sports themed SNAP session! 💪🏼

⚽️ Wear athletic wear and closed toed running shoes (no Uggs, blundstones, Birkenstocks)
🏀 Make sure you sign-in and out on our QR code so you get all your hours of hard work tracked!
🏈 Name tag reminders - red star = leaving early (write the time), green star = staying the whole session. Go to the hand off table in court 1 10 minutes before you have to leave!!
🎾 Use our SNAP strategies (first this … then that … , countdown 5..4..3.. , words of encouragement, follow schedule if applicable)!

⁉️ The SNAP team is always there to support you before, during and after sessions! Have any questions? Email us, [email protected]

🤔 SNAP Participants sometimes scream during the session, have you ever wondered why??

Use this as a guide, as a volunteer the best strategies for you are to:

1. Identify the trigger
2. Adjust the environment
3. Support regulation
4. Maintain participant dignity and safety
5. Create and maintain predictability

‼️Swipe through this post for more information + our tips and tricks using SNAP strategies!

‼️Remember that the SNAP team is always there to support you and your participant during a session. If we provide you with a strategy or advice it doesn’t mean you are doing something wrong, we are doing it in you and your participants best interest!

❓Have any questions? Find one of us before or after the session or send us an email, [email protected]