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When a meltdown starts, you have to take action to prevent a student from injuring themselves, hurting others, or damaging valuable property. If you want to really prevent injury, then it is best to stop the meltdown before it escalates. When that isn’t possible, here are 5 easy tips for calming during a meltdown.

Calming in a Meltdown

9 Essential Classroom Tips to Calming in a Meltdown. Whenever I think of a meltdown, I think of the girl from Charlie and the Chocolate… Read More »Calming in a Meltdown

Looking for Vocational Work Task Boxes that won’t break the bank? Try these DIY Task Boxes with items from your local dollar store to make meaningful activities for your students in Special Ed or Autism Units to work on functional job skill building! Read More…

DIY Task Boxes for Vocational Training

DIY Task Boxes You can spend a fortune, literally a fortune, on meaningful task boxes for your Vocational Class, Autism Unit or Self-Contained classroom… believe… Read More »DIY Task Boxes for Vocational Training

Routine and Procedures

Routine and Procedures If you are teaching in a structured classroom, you know how important routines and procedures can be. When there is no plan,… Read More »Routine and Procedures

Trying to set up Vocational Work Centers in your classroom and need some ideas? Read more about how to make vocational work stations work for you!

Vocational Work Tasks

Vocational Work Centers My first year teaching vocational training to students with significant disabilities including Autism, it was a struggle to find things that met… Read More »Vocational Work Tasks

Personalized Visual Schedule

If I had a dollar for every IEP document I got that stated a student needed a personalized visual schedule, I would be loaded! The truth is nearly any student you work with in a self-contained classroom or Autism Unit is probably well served with a personalized visual schedule, but teacher after teacher I support assume they can get by without one.

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Coffee Cart for Vocational Training

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Universal Graphic Organizers

Universal Graphic Organizers SAVED my SANITY! It happens all the time… you sit down to do a lesson and start by reading a book. Then… Read More »Universal Graphic Organizers

Graphic with term; Autism Classroom Setup. Includes checklists, guides and ideas.

Autism Classroom Setup Checklist

In schools across the nation, a new special education teacher is entering their classroom for the first time. Are you one of them? It’s an… Read More »Autism Classroom Setup Checklist

15 Functional Center Ideas for Students with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism in Middle and High School... Great SpEd Podcast and Blog!

Functional Centers for Students with Autism & Intellectual Disabilities

On the Noodle Nook Podcast today, we talk about functional centers for students with Autism and Intellectual Disabilities. Emily asks: How and what functional skills… Read More »Functional Centers for Students with Autism & Intellectual Disabilities

Autism Classroom Schedule

4 Steps to a Successful Schedule Best place to start with your classroom setup is getting your schedule set and posted in the classroom. That… Read More »Autism Classroom Schedule