WOW Bag Stage 1 Demonstration

Within Ellen Tinkham School, we primarily deliver WOW groups with activities at Stage 1 and Stage 2 within lower school classes and in the Sensory Hub. However, College are also now accessing the programme and we have been extending the ideas and activities to suit the older pupil needs.

For a Stage 2 WOW Bag demonstration, please see the Stage 2 WOW Bag demonstration here.

Bethan, our Speech and Language Therapy lead at Ellen Tinkham, has written the following overview of the Attention Autism and WOW Bag programmes.

Stage 1: Attention Bag

 The aims of the bucket session are to:

• Focus attention on the leading adult and their agenda
• Engage attention with enthusiasm
• Enjoy the session! 

Items needed:

• Highly engaging toys and items that the children will (hopefully!) enjoy watching 
• A bucket with lid, to put the toys and items in
• A pen and whiteboard/ symbols for you to draw/show pictorial information to show the children what the next activity is.

Bethan has also put together the following video demonstrating how to use a WOW Bag at the Stage 1 level.