The other day we were working on classroom schedules in the community of the Special Educator Academy. And someone commented that my schedule examples almost always have a choice time scheduled into the day. They asked why and what they looked like. And I realized I hadn’t talked about why I like choice time and why I think it’s important.So…
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Did you know that there is a TpT for Schools site set up specifically to help schools find and purchase the resources teachers need in their classroom? No?? Or maybe you did know but your school isn’t using it? Did you think that it wasn’t worth sharing it in your district? Or had you never thought about it?Not sure your…
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Have you worked with a student who you constantly drew you into a power struggle? Ever had a student who seemed to be able to push exactly the buttons that upset you or someone else in your classroom? Or a student who wouldn’t back down when you gave him a direction he didn’t like?Think about a student who refuses a…
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I am always looking for opportunities for literacy and reading comprehension that can be taught in a functional meaningful way for our students. I love these new life skills interactive books because they are versatile and they lead to almost endless possibilities for extensions.I’ve talked in the past about life skills as well as how we need to incorporate functional…
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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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