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Preparing to go to the grocery store.
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We are going to the grocery store to buy groceries.
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Groceries include food like eggs, bread, fruit, meat, and snacks and drinks like milk, soda and orange juice.
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Groceries also include paper towels, trash bags, cleaning products, toothpaste, shampoo and toilet paper.
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Before I go to the store, I make a shopping list of the things we need.
We try to only buy what’s on the list, so let me know what you want before we go and I’ll add it to the list.
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There may be lots of noisy people at the grocery store.
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There may be lots of sounds and bright lights.
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When we get to the store we will get a basket or a shopping cart.
We will carry the groceries in the basket or cart.
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Younger kids can sit in the cart.
It is very important that you do not stand up in the cart.
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The grocery store has lots of rows.
Each row has a number and a description of what is sold in the row.
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We need to be very careful when pushing the cart.
We cannot go fast and we need to avoid hitting other carts, shelves or people.
We do not want to hurt anyone or break anything.
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When we find the item on the list, we take it off the shelf and put it in the basket or cart.
Don’t take anything out of our basket or touch the baskets of other shoppers.
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Tell me if you knock something off the shelf. I’ll help you put it back.
That happens sometimes.
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If you need to go to the bathroom, let me know.
There is a bathroom in the grocery store.
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When we have everything we need we will go to the checkout to buy them.
We might need to stand in line and wait our turn.
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We will take all of our groceries out of the basket or cart and put them on the conveyor belt.
The clerk will scan each item and tell us how much we need to pay.
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Someone may help me put our groceries into bags.
If we have a lot of bags, we will put them back into the cart.
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We will then push the cart to our car and unload the bags into the car.
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We will put the cart into the cart return.
We need to be careful not to push the cart into parked cars.
We need to watch for moving cars.
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Tips to prepare a child with autism for grocery shopping.
PREPARE• Usethispicturestorytostartpreparingyourchildforasuccessfulshoppingtrip.
o Werecommendthatyoureadthesocialpicturestoryeverydayatthesametimeeachdayduringthetimeleadinguptotheshoppingtrip.
o Customizethepicturestorybyaddingoreliminatingelementsthatarenotrelevantforyourchild.
• Gothestorewithoutyourchildtoidentifymeltdowntriggersandprepareforthem.o Fluorescentlights– bringsunglassesorahatwithabill.o Beepsonthecheckoutscannerorhumfromtherefrigerators– bringnoise
cancellingheadphones.o Largecrowds– determinetheleastcrowdedtimestoshop.
• Haveasignalo Ifyourchildcancommunicate,haveaverbaloragesturesignalthattellsyou
thatyourson/daughterneedsabreak.
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PLAN• Makesureyourchildiswellrestedbeforeyougoontheshoppingtrip.
o Tiredchildrenaremorepronetomeltdowns.• Prepareaschedulefortheshoppingday.
o Childrenontheautismspectrumoftenbenefitfromaclearscheduleoftheday.
• Makeagrocerylistseparatedbysectionsoyoucanbeasefficientaspossible.o Involveyourchildwhenyoumakethelist and/orreviewthelistwith
him/herbeforeyoushop.o Sticktothelisttoavoidconflictinthestore.o Ifyourchildwantssomethinginthestore,addittothelistforthenexttrip.
• Meltdownshappensobereadywithsomethingthatwillsootheyourchild,likeafavoritetoyorblanket.
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GIVEFAIRWARNING• Letyourchildknowwhenyouaregoingtothestorebeforeyougoto
preparehim/her.• Avoidsurpriseorlastminuteshoppingtrips.
STARTSLOW• Startwithashortshoppingtriptobuyafewitems.(Aquickinandout)• Rewardsuccess.• Foryourchild’sfirstshoppingexperience,youmightwanttogoona
daythatitis lesscrowded,perhapsSundayearlyinthemorning.• Ifyourchildiscomfortablewiththequicktrip,graduallyextendthe
shoppingtrip.
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BEMETHODICAL• Gotothroughthestoreinthesamepatterneachtime.Forexample,gotothe
righttostarteachtimeandworkyourwayleft.• Limitgoingdownrowsmorethanonceanddoublingbacktosectionsyouhave
alreadyvisited.• Thiscanbestressfulforsomeonewithautismbecausetheydonotknow
whattoexpect.RELAX• Planforthebestanddealwithanyproblems.• Ifyourchildhasameltdown,don’ttakeitpersonally.Focusonyourchildand
don’tworryaboutexplainingtheissuetootherpeople.• Manypeopledonotunderstandautism,soIfyouwant,youcangivethe
offendedpersonacardthatexplainsautism.
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