Monthly Themed Autism Classroom Resources Looking for monthly themed Autism Classroom Resources for early elementary and special ed classes that target essential skills, are consistent… Read More »Autism Classroom Resources
Teaching Students with an Intellectual Disability If you teach in a mixed ability self contained classroom, you will have at least one or two students… Read More »Teaching Students with an Intellectual Disability
Working with students in self-contained settings or those with severe or multiple disabilities is hard. I see the same teacher mistakes in special education classrooms over and over. Teachers and paraeducators don’t realize the consequences. I would actually argue that these 6 teacher mistakes are signs of poor classroom management and ineffective teaching of special education students.
Do you do any of these? STOP!
If you stop these 6 mistakes in the classroom, your special education students will be the better for it- I promise!
I will never, never forget a community trip with students to Taco Bell back in the day. My two paraeducators and I took about 10 severely disabled students out to eat. It took some time to get everyone through the line and I will never forget helping my favorite student, Cameron. I helped him get his food and walked him to a table. There were two more students I had to get through the line, so I left him to wait until I could come back and help him open his packages, cut up his food, and help feed him (because of limited mobility due to his severe Cerebral Palsy). I went back to the line and returned to him about 4 minutes later… and he was eating.
I asked my para team if they had helped him. Both said no. I looked at Cameron.
“Who opened that for you?” He looked at me and laughed.
“I did,” he said.
My mouth dropped open. He has opened his taco and was eating- he had even opened up a packet of hot sauce and poured it on… and here we were opening everything and even feeding him!
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Whenever we come back from Thanksgiving it feels like a frantic roller coaster to the Holiday Break. There is just so much to do- and little has to do with instruction! There is paperwork to finish, activities for the holidays, and then campus things like exams and report cards… And you know what happens (not to you because you’re a rockstar)? Sometimes teachers just stop teaching.
I know, I know… what?!?
So how do you manage the Roller Coaster and have a bit of a break before your break.
Meaningful Materials Perfect for Students with Autism and Early Elem! Over the last month, NoodleNook has added lots of new products to our TeachersPayTeachers store…… Read More »New Meaningful Materials from NoodleNook
Meaningful Materials for Autism Classrooms and LIFE Skills First day of school pictures are already popping up on my feed… can it be already?!? So… Read More »Meaningful Materials for Autism Classrooms
5 Must Do’s In LIFE Skills Working with LIFE Skills students can be rewarding and challenging. There are so many things going on at once, sometimes… Read More »Must Do’s in LIFE Skills
Graphic Organizers for Comm Boards In a previous post we talked about the ways and the why behind using communication boards with students who have… Read More »Graphic Organizers for Comm Boards
Marathon, Not a Sprint The after-vacation-honeymoon has ended. The behaviors, attitude, and wackiness are all back! And this stretch from now until the end of… Read More »Marathon, Not a Sprint
