I Can Ask for Help: Classroom Communication and Requesting Assistance

This 9-page teacher resource helps children communicate a need and ask for assistance in familiar classroom situations. Educators can model phrases such as “Help me, please” and “I need help,” practise with a puppet, and match request cards to situations or classroom materials. It supports vocabulary including help, please, open, reach, more, and finished, while accepting speech, gestures, help cards, AAC, eye gaze, or another accessible communication method. Use it during explicit instruction and everyday classroom routines when children need support asking for help.