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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The Parents Imagine you are a parent (or maybe you are a parent) of a student in special education. You are getting ready for an IEP meeting. You want it to be a positive IEP, but you aren’t sure what to expect. Maybe it’s your first IEP meeting ever. Maybe you are a veteran (of the IEP “wars”), but it’s…
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If ever there was a time for using Easter Eggs to jazz up instruction, it’s NOW. You are either waiting for spring break (and it can’t come soon enough) or you have had spring break and your kids still have spring fever. I hear ya! And let’s face it….you are having spring fever too–it’s not just the students! This is…
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