If you are a teacher in special education, you are always looking for activities to improve social skills in Autism classrooms especially. If you work with students who have Autism, then social skills deficits are always an issue that need specific instruction.
Doing some DIY to create homemade shoebox tasks for Autism Units or Life Skills is a great way to set up workstation tasks on a dime. Read more on how to make homemade shoebox tasks.
AKA: Why are they doing that? Help! This post on the function of behavior was first published in April of 2016 and republished in 2019.… Read More »Function of Behavior and What To Do About It
Behaviors got you beating your OWN head against a wall? Ready to implement strong visuals with students who have behaviors and not sure where to start? This is just the printable for you! Address student behaviors with this multifaceted behavior toolkit. It is the perfect way to access essential visual supports and behavior tools as you support students in your self-contained unit or inclusion classroom.
What do you do as a special ed. teacher when a student with autism refuses to work? It all depends on the function of the… Read More »Student with Autism Refuses to Work
Unplugged Coding Activity – Spaceships Adapted & Leveled Tech for Special Education and Autism Units (DIGITAL DOWNLOAD)
Picture Exchange for nonverbal students is an effective way to implement a communication system. It relies on three main principles and a cycle of phases. Learn more on how to implement picture exchange in your Autism unit.
10 Easy Ways to Presume Competence in Students with Disabilities like Autism. Presuming Competence: What is means, why you should, what it looks like, and why it is important.
The very first year I taught in an Autism Unit I was fresh out of alt-cert and was woefully unprepared for all that you need to be successful teaching students with significant disabilities… what I wouldn’t give to go back to that new teacher with a gaggle of workstation tasks! Unfortunately, time travel is still…
Autism and Wandering in the Classroom – What you can do to change the behavior in 5 steps.
