Built for occupational therapists

Turn everyday routines into clear, achievable steps.

Create personalized visual schedules, task sequences, regulation supports, and therapy materials with inclusive symbols and a flexible workflow built around real participation.

Explore the complete Studio. Cancel before the trial ends to avoid the annual charge.

  • Build once, adapt as routines change
  • Support children, teens, and adults
  • No learner login required
14 dayscomplete Studio access
Occupational therapist creating and using a visual dressing sequence with a learner
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Choose the routineStart with a template, shared activity, or blank canvas.

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Personalize each stepAdd the right symbols, language, directions, and layout.

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Print or use on screenBring the finished support into the setting where it is needed.

One flexible OT workflow

Individualized should not mean starting over.

When a routine, environment, prompt, or goal changes, your material should be easy to change too. Smarty Symbols Studio keeps the symbols, layout, editing, saving, and delivery process together.

The scattered process

Too many tools for one support.

A familiar request can become another round of searching, formatting, exporting, and rebuilding.

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    Hunt for suitable imagesSearch several folders, websites, or old files.

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    Rebuild the layoutResize, align, label, and format every piece.

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    Export a static versionThe finished file works—until something changes.

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    Repeat the workA new routine, setting, or learner means starting again.

With Smarty Symbols Studio

Create once. Keep adapting.

Move from a functional goal or everyday routine to a support that remains ready for the next adjustment.

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    Find a useful starting pointSearch inclusive symbols, templates, or community-created activities.

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    Make it specificAdjust the steps, vocabulary, visual detail, directions, and layout.

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    Save the editable projectKeep the source ready when the person, task, or context changes.

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    Use it where participation happensPrint, download, or launch the finished activity on screen.

Daily routinesDressing, grooming, meals, and home participation
School and clinicFine-motor tasks, transitions, tools, and therapy activities
Across settingsFamiliar visuals for therapists, educators, and caregivers

Start with the complete Studio

Explore the workflow with your own routines and goals for 14 days.
Try the complete workflow free

Participation across real life

One Studio. Many paths to participation.

Beyond one age, diagnosis, or setting

Build supports around the person, task, environment, and purpose—from early self-care routines to school, home, community, and work participation.

Smarty Symbols illustration of Will putting toothpaste on a toothbrushDaily living

Self-care and everyday routines

Create step-by-step supports for dressing, grooming, toileting, hygiene, meals, and other meaningful routines.

Sequences · task supports · visual directions
Smarty Symbols illustration of Lia using headphones and a sensory item during a breakRegulation

Sensory preferences and regulation choices

Organize available choices, environmental supports, preparation strategies, and familiar language for transitions or breaks.

Choice boards · break supports · preparation
Smarty Symbols illustration of scissors cutting paperFine motor

Fine-motor and school participation

Prepare visual directions and personalized practice materials for tool use, cutting, writing, classroom routines, and projects.

Tool use · visual-motor tasks · classroom supports
Smarty Symbols illustration of a person checking a schedulePlanning

Planning, sequencing, and transitions

Make the next step easier to see with visual schedules, first/then supports, checklists, and task sequences.

Schedules · checklists · next-step supports
Smarty Symbols illustration showing the steps for setting a tableHome routines

Home, meals, and shared responsibilities

Support participation in meal preparation, household routines, cleanup, organization, and caregiver-supported practice.

Home routines · meal tasks · shared carryover
Smarty Symbols illustration of Kenji going to work with a briefcaseCommunity and work

Community, transition, and vocational participation

Create age-respectful supports for transportation, workplace routines, community access, organization, and increasing independence.

Teens and adults · community routines · work tasks

Vocabulary for real participation

Show what people do, feel, use, and navigate.

Find more than classroom nouns. Build functional supports with clear actions, body and sensory experiences, tools, adaptive equipment, people, and environments across everyday life.

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

Representation with purpose

Keep the meaning familiar. Choose who is represented.

Character of Choice helps you select distinct people with different ages, hair, features, identities, and lived representation while preserving the recognizable action or concept.

  • 01Choose age-relevant representation
  • 02Reflect people with dignity
  • 03Maintain consistent visual meaning
The same Smarty Symbols concept represented by five distinct characters
Individualized materials should look individualized, too.

Useful vocabulary, not decorative clip art

Build around the whole occupation.

Combine the person, action, tool, body experience, and environment so each support can communicate more of what matters.

Smarty Symbols illustration of Will buttoning a shirt
Actions and sequencesButton the shirtShow what happens and in what order.
Smarty Symbols illustration of an adaptive buddy button switch
Tools and accessAdaptive switchRepresent equipment and ways of participating.
Smarty Symbols illustration of Lia experiencing sensory overload
Body and sensory experiencesSensory overloadMake internal experiences easier to discuss.
Smarty Symbols illustration of a grocery store
Places and contextsGrocery storePrepare supports for real community settings.

One concept · Flexible presentation

Use color when it helps. Use outline when the activity calls for it.

Keep the concept consistent while changing how it is presented for printed directions, low-ink materials, personalized coloring, visual-motor tasks, or other therapist-designed activities.

Same recognizable actionThe occupational therapist decides which format fits the purpose.

Full colorFull-color Smarty Symbols illustration of Will buttoning a shirt
Ready for visual supports
OutlineOutline Smarty Symbols illustration of Will buttoning a shirt
Ready to personalize

Search with the task in mind.

Explore inclusive symbols and build around the routines that matter in your practice.

The Printing Center

Turn a therapy goal into a ready-to-use support.

Start with a flexible template, add the symbols that fit the person and occupation, then print or save. No rebuilding layouts from scratch every time a routine changes.

Occupational therapist turning a hand-washing template into a completed visual support in Smarty Symbols Studio
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ChooseStart with a template

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CustomizeAdd the right symbols

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UsePrint, save, or update

Less formatting. More clinical intention.

Build for the exact routine in front of you.

Create visual schedules, task analyses, choice boards, first–then supports, labels, adapted activities, and more—without forcing every client into the same finished resource.

  • Begin with structure already in placeUse an editable template instead of spending therapy-prep time aligning boxes and rebuilding pages.

  • Match the support to the personChange vocabulary, representation, sequence length, labels, colors, and visual complexity.

  • Return and revise as needs changeSave materials for the next session, a new environment, or the next step toward independence.

Full Studio access during the trial. No long-term commitment.

One workspaceMany ways to support participation

Daily routinesDressing, hygiene, meals, and home responsibilities

Regulation supportsSensory choices, break plans, and body-awareness tools

School participationTransitions, classroom tasks, and executive-function supports

Community accessShopping, appointments, safety, and independent living

Community Activity Library

You do not have to start every support from zero.

Search a growing library of materials shared by professionals, open a promising resource in Studio, and reshape it around the person, occupation, environment, and goal.

17,000+community-created activitiesReady to explore, download, or use as an editable starting point.
Dressing routinesSensory choicesHandwritingFine-motor activitiesMeal preparationExecutive functionCommunity routines
Search community activities…Most downloaded
Smarty Symbols Studio Community Activity Library displaying downloadable visual supports and therapy materials
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Search by the need in front of you

Look for a routine, setting, skill, or activity type instead of browsing a generic worksheet catalog.

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Download—or make it your own

Use a ready resource when it fits, or open it in Studio and change the sequence, vocabulary, visuals, or complexity.

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Keep what works

Save your adapted version for future sessions and choose whether it stays private or is shared with others.

A faster starting point—not a substitute for professional judgment.Review community materials for the individual, context, access needs, culture, age, and therapeutic purpose before using them.

Explore the library free for 14 days

Smarty Symbols Game Center

Use familiar visuals for active, on-screen practice.

Turn the same symbols used in printed supports into personalized interactive activities for sequencing, matching, sorting, choosing, and identifying what comes next.

SequencingMatchingSortingMultiple choiceYes or no
  • Connect practice to participationBuild around routines, tools, environments, and choices that matter beyond the screen.
  • Keep visual language consistentUse the same recognizable symbols across printed supports and interactive activities.
  • No separate learner accountThe occupational therapist creates, controls, and launches the activity from Studio.
Explore Game Center free for 14 days
Smarty Symbols Studio Game Center showing an interactive backpack routine plus matching, regulation choice, and sequencing activities

Same symbols. A new way to practice.Use interaction when it adds value for the person and the goal.

Purposeful interaction—not screen time for its own sake

Choose the activity that fits the occupation.

Order a routine

Sequence dressing, packing, hygiene, meal, or classroom steps and identify what comes next.

Match tools to tasks

Connect everyday objects, adaptive equipment, or school tools to their functional uses.

Sort by purpose

Group items, environments, safety choices, or regulation strategies around meaningful categories.

Choose a strategy

Practice recognizing preferences, body needs, break options, and supports for participation.

From goal to interactive activity

The OT stays in control.

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    Choose the formatSelect the interaction that matches the purpose—not the other way around.
  2. 02
    Add meaningful contentUse individualized symbols, choices, instructions, and optional voice cues.
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    Launch with intentionPractice together on a computer or compatible screen, with the guidance that fits.

Individual Studio access for occupational therapists

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: build and try a real OT support first

Try everything free for 14 days.

Full Studio access during the trial. Continue at $89/year unless you cancel before the trial ends.
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Or start paid access now without a trial

Annual access

Best value

$89/ year

About $7.42 per month, billed annually.

  • Complete Smarty Symbols Studio access
  • Save compared with twelve monthly payments
  • Cancel future annual renewal when needed
Choose annual access Paid annual access begins immediately. No trial.

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
Choose monthly access Paid monthly access begins immediately. No trial.

Included with every option

One complete workflow for adaptable supports.

  • 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.

Helpful answers before you begin

Questions OTs often ask.

Practical details about creating adaptable materials, using personal photographs, protecting client and student information, launching activities, and trying the complete Studio.

What kinds of visual supports can I create?

You can create task analyses, visual schedules, dressing and hygiene sequences, regulation-choice supports, first/then boards, fine-motor and visual-motor activities, home and school routines, community supports, labels, and other individualized materials 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 families, educators, and support staff use what I create?

Yes. Finished printables and downloaded resources can be prepared for use across home, school, clinic, work, or community settings. Studio helps you create consistent materials; the OT still determines the appropriate support, instructions, and implementation plan.

Do clients or students need their own accounts?

No. The occupational therapist creates and manages the resource. Printables can be downloaded for use, and Game Center activities can be launched without creating a separate client or student account.

Does Studio require student or client information?

No client or student account is required to create materials or launch an activity. You can build around an occupation, routine, or goal without entering identifying information into Studio.

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

Yes. You can upload personal photographs and other images for use in your projects. Personal uploads are not automatically published to the Community Library. Follow your employer’s privacy requirements and obtain any required authorization before uploading identifying or sensitive images.

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 OT plan at $89 per year. Future renewal can be managed through your account.

Can a clinic, school, or organization purchase access for multiple OTs?

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

Your next OT support can start today

Create supports that fit the person, occupation, and context.

Bring inclusive symbols, flexible templates, printable resources, community activities, and interactive practice into one adaptable workflow—then shape every material around the participation goal in front of you.

  • Complete Studio access
  • Build, print, and launch activities
  • Cancel before the trial ends

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