If you are a long time reader, you know I hate downtime. Students who are not engaged are more likely to have challenging behaviors and get off task. And once that happens it’s really hard to get back on track.So, I try to do everything I can to keep students engaged throughout every minute of the day. Our students are…
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Are you a special educator looking for reliable professional development designed specifically for your teaching?Are you looking for a group of special educators who get it? Do you sometimes feel like you teach on an island and the people in your building don’t understand?Then the Special Educator Academy is for you!Let’s face it, being a special educator can be really…
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If you are a special education teacher, or an administrator who supervises and supports special education, how do you feel about lesson plans? I posed this question in a recent conversation with four friends who are special education teachers. Interestingly, there were some definite opinions about the question of whether lesson plans were needed in the special ed. classroom. Two…
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Many of you may not have heard of social autopsies or you might have used a social autopsy to debrief with a student. I’ve talked about them in a limited way on this site but I wanted to delve into them a little deeper here. A social autopsy can serve double roles in a behavior support plan or in social…
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As a preschool teacher recently said to me…”So I realized, for this kid, it’s all about choices.” This particular kid (and many others) liked to be in control of EVERYTHING! And he did it by refusing the teacher’s directions. He would tell you what he would do (other than what you told him to), and he would tell other people (kids…
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