56 Date updated: 25.08.2023 next review: 24.09.2024 Comprehensive Autism Planning Schedule (CAPS) (Shawn Henry and Brenda Smith Myles 2007) CAPS is a tool used to help plan and implement a learner’s program across the waking day. This includes planning for the implementation of the IEP and the curriculum relevant to the student. It takes the team through the process of planning each activity across the day, the modifications and accommodations that should be provided to support the learner in each activity, the sensory supports to help the student stay engaged, and the communication and social supports that the learner needs to be successful. Nurture Me (Dr Taylor 2015) Nurture me is a scaffolding type curriculum, which is to be used to help initiative development informed by replicating the experiences that are an essential part of healthy parent-infant relationships, and which informs developmental progress. This type of curriculum is based upon four domains: (adapted from Theraplay 2010); Structure – providing predictable support in a safe predictable place; Engagement – attunement, playful experiences, aimed at developing strong emotional bonds of attachment, offering, stimulating positive experiences; Nurture – Responding with empathy and sensitivity supporting the child’s emotional arousal by being comforting, warm and support with total unconditional acceptance. Staff offering opportunities to develop esteem and feelings of self-worth increasing their efficacy and developing their identity; Challenge – Supporting encouragement and motivation to explore, experiment and work harder for further possibilities. Positive Support Plans (Martin Barber 2018) A Positive Support Plan (PSP) which falls within DFES guidelines identifies the strategies and support needed for an individual young person during varying emotional states. Plans are linked to the Zones of Regulation and are regularly updated and reviewed. If there is a change
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