Our highschoolers in a class for students with autism were enthusiastic when we described the toast as "Mummy Pizza," so if that works better for you, go for it.
 |
| Gather ingredients: plain bread, pizza sauce, sliced mozzarella cheese, sliced black olives and pepperoni slices. Students had the opportunity to twist open the jar, use a manual can opener on the olive can & grasp and pull apart the teensy-weensy sides of the cheese package. Since we sent home very specific food preference/allergy questionnaires the first week of school we knew that one student was allergic to peanuts but everyone could eat anything on today's menu they wished to. |
 |
| My SLP buddy and I really like students to do all the steps of our activities, but for the sake of time we pre-toasted the bread. Bad therapist. |
 |
| If using a knife to slice the mozzarella was too difficult we cut with a bowl scraper instead. |
 |
| One tbsp. of pizza sauce is spread over the toasted bread. |
 |
| Cut up the cheese any which way you choose and place on top of the sauce. |
 |
| Use black olives or cut-up pepperoni slices to make mummy facial features. Broil for a few minutes, let it cool on the plate a couple of minutes and gobble down your Mummy Toast/Pizza. We encouraged students to open the flip-down door of the toaster oven, using a hot pad if needed, but the oven was so hot that we decided to have just the adults place the food in and out, using tongs and a spatula. Our level of heightened safety precautions really depend on the self-regulation of the students on a particular day, and today there were several "engines" running on high... Want to know more about self-regulation and "engines?" Here's a link: http://www.alertprogram.com/ |
No comments:
Post a Comment