The Next Dollar Up strategy is a great way to help students who can’t make change be able to make purchases independently. I love to use it for students in life skills. It’s important that students have an understanding of money in order to avoid embarrassment and potential temper tantrums when they don’t have enough to buy what they want….
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In my last post I talked about how anxiety can affect our students and how to help students identify when it is affecting them. It’s important to remember that anxiety is silent too. You may not see it creep up until the student melts down. And then it might seem out of the blue. This is an update of a post…
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Did you know that nearly 40% of individuals with ASD also have some form of anxiety? The general population ranges from 2.2% to 20% depending on the assessment and the age. For a long time we have known that individuals with ASD are likely to have depression and anxiety disorders. Also, if you work with students with emotional behavior disabilities,…
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Do you struggle with transitions in the classroom? Have you ever been running the classroom and the activity is going really well? All the students are engaged, everyone is where they need to be doing what they are supposed to. And then you go to transition to the next activity and it falls apart?I’ve been there. Maybe the students don’t…
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Are you looking for ways to promote positive parent communication? Does this describe you?You teach students whose progress isn’t always as fast as you would like. You find it hard to send home positive notes everyday when the student has been working on the same skill all year. You feel like the parent communication system and progress notes just emphasize how…
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