How do you teach visual schedules? Try this scenario. You are starting in a new class or trying to start implementing visual schedules but your students don’t know how to use them yet. You have put the schedules up and in place but your students only use them with hand-over-hand prompting. And your staff isn’t quite sure what to do…
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Can we talk seriously about interactive whiteboards in the special education classroom? I have a big love-hate relationship with them. I soooo love their potential. But I am so tired of seeing them used as giant TVs. So often they aren’t used as interactive tools. Instead, they just play YouTube videos. Videos are, by their nature, usually NOT interactive. Can you tell…
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One of the questions I get frequently in the Academy and on social media or email is how to handle teaching students to request items. Specifically the question often centers around how to manage when the student asks for something he or she can’t have. For instance, Jeremy is learning to make requests with a speech-generating device. He asks for things…
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Kendra is driving you crazy! You hate to admit it, but you’re not sure what else you can do to manage her behavior. You have done a functional behavior assessment and the function is most definitely gaining the attention of those around her. Peers, adults, she really doesn’t care who’s attention. She just engages in attention-seeking behavior All. The. Time!Sometimes…
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There are just certain times of year that we know are going to be really tough in any class, much less in a special ed. class. Usually they are right before holidays and the end of the year. These times of year can challenge the most experienced staff because every year they bring something a little different. It’s hard enough…
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