Built for behavior analysts

Turn individualized goals into visual supports people can actually use.

Create visual schedules, communication supports, task analyses, teaching materials, and regulation tools with inclusive symbols and an editable workflow built for real implementation.

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  • Build once, edit and reuse
  • Support different ages and settings
  • No learner login required
14 dayscomplete Studio access
Behavior analyst and Will using Smarty Symbols Studio to create personal-care, communication, and routine supports
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FindSearch inclusive symbols, templates, and shared activities.

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PersonalizeAdjust vocabulary, representation, directions, and layout.

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Save and adaptKeep an editable project ready for the next change.

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UsePrint, download, or launch the finished support.

Why behavior analysts look for a better fit

Your clinical judgment is not the bottleneck. The material-building process is.

You already know what the person, goal, and setting require. The friction comes from finding the right visuals, rebuilding similar materials, and preparing versions that different implementation partners can actually use.

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Too many disconnected tools

Finding images, assembling a layout, saving an editable copy, and preparing a second version can turn one support into a multi-tool project.

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“Almost right” is not individualized

Generic vocabulary, representation, directions, or complexity still leave you rebuilding the resource around the person and plan.

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Small changes create repeated work

When a routine, goal, environment, or learner preference changes, the useful starting point should remain editable and ready to adapt.

Smarty Symbols Studio morning-routine project becoming a finished visual schedule using official symbols
Start with a useful structure. Keep your clinical decisions at the center.

One connected creation workflow

From an individualized goal to a support ready for use.

Move through the work in one place, while keeping the resource editable for the next person, routine, or setting.

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    Find a relevant starting point

    Search inclusive symbols, templates, or community-created resources.

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    Personalize what matters

    Adjust vocabulary, representation, directions, layout, and complexity.

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    Save an editable project

    Duplicate and adapt the support as goals, routines, or settings change.

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    Prepare it for real use

    Print, download, or launch the completed resource without a learner login.

Explore the complete workflow free for 14 days

Supports for real goals and routines

Make the support the plan calls for—not the one the template dictates.

Begin with a useful resource, then adjust the language, people, sequence, and level of support around the individual and the setting.

Your clinical decisions stay at the center.

Smarty Symbols visual support that helps a learner understand and respond to a schedule change
Transitions & change Turn an unexpected change into a clear next step.
A printed life-skills visual resource created with Smarty Symbols
Life skillsPractice for everyday participation.
A social narrative about using less screen time made with Smarty Symbols
Social narrativesExplain the why—not only the rule.

Save it. Duplicate it. Adapt it. Keep a useful structure while changing what matters for the next person, routine, or environment.

Build for the goal in front of you

One Studio. Many kinds of individualized support.

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Routines & transitions

Visual schedules, first/then supports, change cues, and activity sequences.

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Functional communication

Choice-making, requesting, self-advocacy, and communication supports.

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Teaching new skills

Task analyses, discrimination materials, and clear step-by-step supports.

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Regulation & participation

Emotional language, body-state visuals, coping choices, and expectation supports.

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Consistent implementation

Practical aids for technicians, educators, caregivers, and collaborating teams.

Visual supports can strengthen an individualized plan; they do not replace assessment, assent, clinical judgment, training, or supervision.

Explore every creation path free for 14 days

Inclusive symbols across ages and settings

Visuals should respect the person—not reduce them to a category.

Build supports for children, teens, and adults with vocabulary and representation that fit the person, goal, culture, and real-life setting—not a one-size-fits-all clip-art style.

70,000+ Total image assets Original concepts plus character, outline, high-contrast, and format variations.

Individualized support should look individualized, too.

Representation goes beyond changing a skin tone. Choose distinct characters with different ages, hair, features, identities, bodies, and lived representation—while preserving the meaning of the symbol.

  • Reflect the person with dignity
  • Choose age-relevant representation
  • Keep the visual meaning consistent
The same Smarty Symbols concept represented by five distinct characters
Change who is represented—not what the symbol means.

Keep the concept familiar while changing its presentation.

Use the same recognizable concept across digital supports, low-ink materials, and resources that benefit from stronger visual distinction.

Full color Full-color Smarty Symbols illustration of Maria feeling appreciative
Clear, familiar meaning
Outline Outline Smarty Symbols illustration of Maria feeling appreciative
Low-ink and adaptable
High contrast High-contrast Smarty Symbols illustration of Maria feeling appreciative
Stronger visual distinction

Support more than compliance and basic requests.

Give people clear ways to request support, communicate boundaries, describe what is happening, and participate in decisions about their day.

Will communicating that it is break time
Functional communicationI need a break
Lia asking someone to help her
Requesting supportHelp me
Will holding up his hand to communicate stop
Boundaries & self-advocacyStop
A person experiencing sensory overload from bright light and loud sound
Regulation & body stateSensory overload

Explore with real people and goals in mind.

See inclusive symbols, search tools, and creation features working together during your free trial.

The Printing Center

Build once. Adjust when the plan changes.

Move from a useful starting point to a personalized, print-ready support—then keep the editable project ready for the next routine, setting, or revision.

Flexible templates Editable projects Print-ready files
Three-step Smarty Symbols workflow showing a handwashing task-analysis template selected, official symbols dragged into the Studio editor, and the finished support printed

Choose. Drag. Print. Done.

Choose a template or blank layout, drag in the symbols and language the person needs, and prepare a resource for the environment where it will be used.

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    Choose a useful formatSchedules, boards, task analyses, narratives, cards, worksheets, and more.
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    Individualize the contentAdjust vocabulary, people, directions, sequence, visual complexity, and layout.
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    Prepare it for implementationDownload or print a clear resource for clinic, school, home, or community use.

The useful work stays useful.

Saved projects give you an editable starting point instead of a flattened file or a resource you must reconstruct from memory.

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DuplicatePreserve the original while creating a related version.

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EditChange a step, symbol, direction, routine, or response option.

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ReusePrepare a version for another environment or implementation partner.

Create the support without opening a separate learner account or entering unnecessary student information.

Smarty Symbols Studio My Projects area showing saved resources that can be duplicated and edited
Editable projects keep the next revision within reach.

Community Activity Library

Start closer to finished. Keep the clinical decisions yours.

Search thousands of community-created activities, open a useful starting point in Studio, and adapt it around the person, goal, setting, and implementation team.

17,000+ community activities and counting
Visual schedules First / then Task analyses Break choices Communication supports Social narratives
Smarty Symbols Studio Community Library showing thousands of downloadable activities created and shared by professionals
Search by topic or activity type Open the editable resource Personalize before use

From community resource to individualized support

A faster starting point—not a clinical shortcut.

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    Find

    Search for an activity related to the routine, skill, or support need.

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    Open

    Bring the resource into Studio as an editable project.

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    Individualize

    Review and adjust the language, symbols, steps, complexity, and response options.

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    Save & use

    Keep your version editable, then print or download it for implementation.

Professional review stays essential

Community resources are starting points. Review each one for alignment with assessment, assent, the individualized plan, the person’s communication, and the setting before use.
Explore the Library free for 14 days

Smarty Symbols Game Center

Turn familiar visuals into structured, interactive practice.

Create focused on-screen activities using the same symbols and language already used in a learner’s visual supports. Choose the response format, personalize the content, and launch when interactive practice fits the goal.

Multiple choiceYes or noMatchingSortingSequencing
  • Keep visual language consistentReuse familiar Smarty Symbols across printed supports and interactive activities.
  • Control the relevant choicesAdjust prompts, response options, visuals, and audio around the individualized target.
  • Launch without a learner loginThe adult creates and manages the activity without adding another account.
Explore Game Center free for 14 days
Smarty Symbols Studio Game Center showing functional communication choices for taking a break, asking for help, saying stop, and taking a deep breath, with matching, sorting, and sequencing activities

Same visuals. Another way to respond.Use interactive practice when it supports the learner and the goal.

Purposeful practice—not screen time for its own sake

Build the activity around the skill.

Sequences and routines

Arrange steps, identify what comes next, or rehearse a familiar routine.

Discrimination and sorting

Practice categories, features, functions, safe choices, or context-based decisions.

Comprehension checks

Offer clear visual choices to check understanding of directions, concepts, or supports.

Communication and self-advocacy

Practice identifying preferences, emotions, needs, break options, or ways to ask for help.

From target to interactive activity

Three steps. Full control.

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    Choose a formatSelect the interaction that fits the skill—not the other way around.
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    Add individualized contentUse your prompts, symbols, response options, and optional voice cues.
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    Launch with intentionUse the activity with adult guidance on a computer or compatible screen.

Complete individual Studio access

Choose how you want to start.

Try the complete platform first, or begin paid access immediately. Every option includes the same symbols, templates, editor, Printing Center, Game Center, saved projects, and Community Library.

Recommended: explore the complete workflow first

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Full Studio access during the trial. Continue at $89/year unless you cancel before the trial ends.
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Annual access

Best value

$89/ year

About $7.42 per month, billed annually.

  • Complete Smarty Symbols Studio access
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  • Cancel future annual renewal when needed
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Monthly access

Maximum flexibility

$10.99/ month

The same complete Studio, billed monthly.

  • Complete Smarty Symbols Studio access
  • No reduced-feature monthly version
  • Cancel future monthly renewal when needed
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Included with every option

One complete creation workflow.

  • FindInclusive symbols and advanced search
  • CreateTemplates, editor, printables, and games
  • SaveEditable projects for changing plans and routines
  • UsePrint, download, or launch on screen

Individual pricing shown in US dollars. Subscription access renews according to the billing option selected until future renewal is canceled. Pricing and terms may change.

Used in real classrooms, homes, and support routines

Created by professionals. Made useful in real life.

See how behavior-support and education professionals use Smarty Symbols to individualize visuals, prepare resources more efficiently, and carry familiar supports across people and places.

Angela from Spedtacular Inclusion
AngelaSpedtacular Inclusion
“With Smarty Symbols, you can make an unlimited amount of materials each month and the software is very user friendly. You also have access to an activity library that has thousands of resources already made for you to use! There is no more sitting at my computer for hours, putting in my CD in order to make a visual schedule or anything else I need.”

Easier creation + ready-made starting points

Visual schedules shared by Katie from SmartSped
KatieSmartSped
“Visual schedules for in home instruction! Throwing these in their take home bags. @smartysymbols are the best! Trying to bring some structure to the chaos. School starts tomorrow!”

Familiar supports moving between instruction and home

Helpful answers before you begin

Questions behavior analysts often ask.

Practical details about creating individualized supports, protecting learner information, sharing finished resources with implementation partners, and trying the complete Studio.

What kinds of visual supports can I create?

You can create visual schedules, first/then supports, task analyses, communication boards, choice supports, social narratives, regulation tools, teaching materials, implementation aids, and other personalized resources using templates or a flexible blank layout.

Can I make materials for teens and adults as well as children?

Yes. The library includes vocabulary and representation for children, teens, and adults across home, school, clinic, healthcare, employment, and community settings. You decide which symbols, language, and level of complexity fit the person and purpose.

Can I save and adapt a resource when a plan or routine changes?

Yes. Save the project as an editable resource, then return to change a step, symbol, direction, layout, response option, or environment. You can also duplicate a useful starting point before preparing a related version.

Can technicians, educators, and caregivers use what I create?

Yes. Finished printables and downloaded resources can be prepared for implementation partners. Studio helps you create clear, familiar materials; it does not replace training, supervision, assent, or the individualized clinical plan.

Do learners need their own Smarty Symbols accounts?

No. The professional creates and manages the resource. Printables can be downloaded for use, and Game Center activities can be launched without creating a separate learner account.

Does Studio require student or client information?

No learner account or learner profile is required to create materials or launch an activity. You can build around a goal or routine without entering identifying learner information into Studio.

Can I upload my own images, and are they automatically shared?

You can upload your own images for use in projects. Personal uploads are not automatically published to the Community Library. Follow your employer’s privacy requirements and avoid uploading sensitive learner information unless your organization has authorized it.

Can I print resources and create interactive activities?

Yes. Use the Printing Center for downloadable materials and Game Center for on-screen choice, matching, sorting, sequencing, or comprehension activities. Both pathways use the same Smarty Symbols library.

What happens after the 14-day free trial?

The trial includes the complete Studio. Unless you cancel before it ends, access continues on the annual BCBA plan at $89 per year. Future renewal can be managed through your account.

Can a clinic, school, or ABA organization purchase access for multiple staff members?

Yes. Smarty Symbols offers organization access for clinics, schools, districts, ABA organizations, and interdisciplinary teams. Multi-user purchasing can include centrally managed staff access, purchase-order support, and organization pricing.

Your next support can start today

Create visuals your team can understand, use, and adapt.

Bring inclusive symbols, flexible templates, printable resources, and interactive activities into one practical workflow—then shape every resource around the learner, routine, and implementation team.

  • Complete Studio access
  • No setup fee
  • Cancel before the trial ends

The 14-day trial continues at $89 per year unless canceled before the trial ends.