![What you need to know to use rubrics for data collection. [Picture of a rubric]](https://www.autismclassroomresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/using-rubrics-for-data-collection-600x550.png)
In one recent post I talked about the use of rating scales to take behavioral data. Rubrics are another great way to take data particularly on the quality of a skill. I love using rubrics for assessing social and communication skills in particular. Rubrics are a type of rating scale but with a grouping of skills or behaviors you are…
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![collection of different data sheets on clipboards. [how to simplify your data collection with 3 easy tools]](https://www.autismclassroomresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/My-Post-Copy-9-400x600.jpg)
Most of us have a love-hate relationship with data. Well, let’s face it…some have a hate-hate relationship. And a few of us have a love-love relationship. But for most teachers, it is one of the most challenging elements of running a classroom. How to take data and balance it with instruction time is a huge issue for us. When you…
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![Building autism acceptance Free resource linkup [puzzle pieces and infinity neurodiversity symbol]](https://www.autismclassroomresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/autism-acceptance-free-resource-pin-400x600.jpg)
I have been struggling to write this post this year. I’ve gotten caught up in trying to decide what symbol to use to represent autism. Traditionally it’s always been the puzzle piece. But for the last 4 or 5 years, autism self-advocates have been very vocal that they are not a puzzle to be solved. And they are moving toward…
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One of the strategies that I frequently hear in planning functional life skills programs is that the student doesn’t really need to learn about money, because he will probably use a debit card. And that works fine…until it doesn’t…like it didn’t for Kai.Kai is a young man who likes to be independent and get out in the community. He is…
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Mini schedules or activity schedules are probably not new to you on my blog. I talk a lot about visual supports and the usefulness of them in instruction. I find them useful for students with ASD but also for lots of other students. Here are 3 ways that mini-schedules can improve your classroom instruction and help your students learn better….
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