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Over 20 interventions, strategies, and supports to help teach attention skills to kids and young adults. Being able to focus and pay attention is a requirement for learning! Use these activities to help students with ADHD and ALL learners improve focus while improving your classroom management. Try attention grabbers, setting a timer, using fidgets, implementing flexible seating, and more. This is for regular education AND special education needs! #adhd #pathway2success

Challenges with focus and attention can become a huge roadblock to learning for kids and young adults. Simply put, attention is critical to learning. If students can't focus on the lesson, they are going to struggle with understanding the new content. If students can't focus on the directions, they

Learn how to set up a task box system for any special education class. Great for any TEACCH program! #specialeducation #taskboxes

Learn how to set up a task box system for any special education class. Great for any TEACCH program! #specialeducation #taskboxes

Top Websites Every Special Educator Should Know

Special educators need a pretty large toolbox of strategies and resources to support our learners. So often, our students can have significantly diverse needs and levels. On any given day, special education teachers might need to take student reading data, modify a math assessment, teach science wit

Coping Strategies Notebook

Being a special educator is an amazing title that comes with lots of prep work and responsibility! There are just some resources that a special educator really needs to have in their classroom to help keep them organized, data-driven, and their students on track. Whether you are prepping your classr

12 special needs apps that prove technology isn't all bad... #techforkids #technology #specialneeds #specialneedskids #parenting

Technology gets a bad rap these days, but it isn't all bad... These 12 apps for special needs children are game-changers for children with special needs and their parents!

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10 IEP Goals for Math Adapted Books - Simply Special Ed

YES! I am going to give you 10 of my favorite IEP goals in this blog post! I LOVE using adapted books in the classroom, and one of the number one questions I get about them is… “what are your IEP goals for them?”…. here’s the answer! The goals I will be sharing below are […]

These ADL or daily living skills books are great for teaching crucial life…

Looking to teach ADL or daily living skills while improving receptive and expressive language and attending skills? Then this set of life skills interactive books is for you! These interactive books require the student(s) to move the pictures and participate. This active participation improves attending skills while reducing off-task time. These books are adapted for special education and speech. They will help students develop matching skills, build language (receptive and expressive) and…

Need set-up ideas for your elementary special education classroom? This classroom tour is packed with photos and ideas for how to set up a space dedicated to your students needs. Lots of structure, visuals, and centers in this space. #backtoschool #classroomtour #elementaryspecialeducation

Need set-up ideas for your elementary special education classroom? This classroom tour is packed with photos and ideas for how to set up a space dedicated to your students needs. Lots of structure, visuals, and centers in this space. #backtoschool #classroomtour

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Teach your students about different holidays throughout the year with these simplified life skills reading comprehension worksheets. These worksheets are designed to target WH- questions while also focusing on life skills for your special needs classroom. This set includes 10 passages that focus on different holidays including Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Eve, and more. They also include 2 differentiated levels for use with all levels of special education students.
It’s important to make sure every member of the IEP team knows their roles and expectations. Unlike special education teachers, many general education teachers have a limited knowledge of IEPs and special education services. As a special education teacher, it is your responsibility to help general education teachers get to know the IEP and how they can serve special needs students in their classroom. If you need help explaining a student’s IEP to the gen. ed. teacher, these tips are for you.
Setting up daily schedules and routines in the secondary special education classroom can be challenging. In an adult transition classroom, you may have students leaving campus for vocational training, community based instruction or special education services. That is why it is important to establish daily routine that will work in your self-contained classroom with your students. Here are some of my favorite ways to create lesson plans and activities for the secondary special education classroom
When you think about classroom jobs, you probably think about elementary job charts or being line leader. But classroom jobs are not just for elementary classrooms, they are also perfect for middle school and secondary students. By incorporating class jobs in the secondary special education classroom, you can help students practice independent living skills and vocational skills they will need after high school. Here’s a list of age-appropriate classroom jobs for secondary special needs students