Choices in Context Sorting complete therapy resource page

Social & Communication · SC-05

Choices in Context Sorting

Consider whether a choice may fit a setting, may not fit, or needs more information before deciding.

Clinician-created · facilitator review required
Developmental range: Ages 6-1210-20 minutesCardsAdult professional use

For clinician-facilitated use

This is a professional resource, not a child-facing online service. A licensed clinician or other qualified adult must determine suitability, explain and adapt the activity, and supervise its use. Do not direct a child to access this webpage independently or enter client information.

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The full-resolution WebP includes print-safe margins and should be downloaded by an adult professional. Read the guidance below before using the page.

How to use it

  1. Choose a scene card and place it where it seems to fit for now.
  2. Name any context that could change your choice.
  3. Move the card whenever new information changes your thinking.

Reflection prompts

  • Which card needed more information?
  • What is one way a person could ask for context or support?

Facilitator guidance

Use the categories ‘fits this setting,’ ‘may not fit this setting,’ and ‘need more information.’ Focus on safety, access, consent, and shared expectations rather than compliance, eye contact, quiet bodies, or other masking demands.

Adaptations & accessibility

  • Use photos or examples from the participant's actual environments with consent.
  • Offer a fourth category for ‘depends on the person or agreement.’
  • Let participants sort collaboratively, nonverbally, or with fewer cards.

Professional-use review

Licensed-clinician and neurodiversity-informed review required before use; confirm that the content does not enforce masking, cultural conformity, or obedience for its own sake.

This clinician-created resource is published for professional evaluation. Before client use, the treating clinician or other qualified adult must determine whether it is appropriate and complete every specialist, accessibility, safeguarding, and local-policy review named above. Publication does not represent individualized clinical approval.