Choice Boards
Use visual choice boards with pictures or objects to help people make decisions about daily activities, meals or clothing. This can be as simple as offering a choice of two things and writing down the options. Allow time for the person to make a choice, then respect the person’s choice.
Choice and execution are the prerogatives and conquests of a liberated soul.
Maria Montessori
Resources for this Guideline
Dining Options
Changing how meals and dining options are presented offer opportunities for people to choose what they feel like eating, and when they feel like eating.
Breakfast buffet with labelling for self-service
Simple signage for self-serve drink station
Fresh, healthy snack options
Make your own tea or cofee
Lay out dessert options for self-service
Offer choices
Encourage healthy eating
Breakfast station
Encourage participation in meal selection and preparation so choices are meaningful
Signage on bain-marie meal choices
Selecting food options
Repurposing furniture to create self-service meal stations
