One of the most valuable life skills to have is cooking, which not only promotes independence but also encourages creativity and fosters a healthy lifestyle. Whether you’re an experienced home cook or just starting out, having the right tools in…
Executive functioning skills are absolutely necessary to work on with your students with autism. These are the skills that are used to help plan and execute a task. Read more to discover 5 items that I used in my special…
Reading comprehension and cooking are important life skills for students to learn in the classroom. From reading recipes to understanding nutrition labels, these abilities can help children build self-sufficiency and confidence as they grow into young adults. Integrating reading comprehension…
Wearing a mask to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is new for most of us. Even though school will be very different for us this year, this presents a good opportunity to teach our learners with autism about social skills.
>As special educators, we all know the importance of positive reinforcement in teaching our students. This is equally important now that we have had to implement distance learning during the COVID-19 outbreak.
When we take the time to take a step back from just leading the teaching in our autism classrooms, it helps us to make things run smoother. Learn more about why becoming a facilitator in the classroom is super important to our role as a special educator.
Individual schedules are a necessity in autism classrooms. None of us are strangers to visual schedules posted right the wall of most elementary autism classroom. Usually color coded, usually tacked right up on the wall at eye level of the…
If you have been anywhere near social media in 2018, I am sure you have heard at least one from this handful of words: meditation, mindfulness, self-care. The yesteryears of wearing the busy badge of honor are out with 2017. …
Executive functioning skills are foundational and vital for our students with autism. These are the skills that are going to allow them to work, travel, and live independently. Using applied behavior analysis (or ABA) can make the process of teaching executive functioning skills more manageable.
Think back to when you were in school to become a special education teacher. You probably heard a lot about differentiation, quite a bit about behavior, and got good overview of data collection measures. Try as we might, most of…
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