Mod severe special ed activities

My struggle each year is trying to engage all of my students throughout the school day. Sometimes I feel like my hard to reach students are getting overlooked. That is how and why I created these resources. Check them out!! #nonverballearner #engagingstudents #preschoolspecialeducation #strategiesatcircletime #preschool #circletimeactivities

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Teaching Students who are Low-Functioning: Who are they, what do you teach them, and how do you get them included in academics?

You might know I LOVE adapting books. And for good reason! Adding symbols and/or interactive pieces to books helps give students confidence and a purpose while reading. Recently, I adapted this book B is for Breathe using Widgit Online and it was so simple! I wanted to share the steps here with you, so you can adapt books of your own. And also, I'll share the symbols for this book as well. Using Widgit Online Software Widgit Online is very user friendly. It is similar to other word…

For our learners who need to work on foundational learning skills, such as simple matching, I have always love creating hands on task boxes put-in tasks and color sorting tasks. My classroom closet always looked like it could be featured on an episode of hoarders. I kept every shoe box, coffee container, baby jar, and […] #education #educationforkids

Recommended toys that will improve engagement with your students that have moderate to severe disabilities.

What do you do as a special ed. teacher when a student with autism refuses to work? It depends on the function of the behavior! Learn the 12 Best Strategies!

Teaching kids with autism may mean working with nonverbal students. Here are 9 strategies for effectively working with students with severe nonverbal autism.

Errorless tasks are great for any special education or early childhood classroom.These mini binder tasks are arranged in a such a way, that the icons which correspond to the image are located at the bottom of the page. The student will choose any icon and stick it on one of the Velcro spaces within that image. The beauty of these tasks is that there is no wrong answer!

All long time ago and very, very far away from my current location, I got my first job as an SLP. In addition to many students in the general education setting, I served two severely impaired classrooms. In one class, the students spent much of the day on side liers being tube fed and given

If you are a special education teacher ready to go back to school, you will want to keep reading. Today, I’m sharing 4 must dos for the first day of school. It is important that you build relationships with students with get to know you activities. With my special education students, I establish routines & procedures in the classroom and the school. It is necessary to communicate with families with things like daily communication logs and ClassDojo.

Laying down the law on the playground- some tricks and tips to transition after recess. Listen to this episode of The Nook from Noodle Nook on strategies in the severe/mod class, Life Skills or Autism Unit as well as Special Ed classroom!

These CVC literacy centers are ideal for Kindergarten students. They will learn about CVC words and word families through hands-on CVC games.

Paraprofessionals can truly be lifesaver in the special education classroom. While it can be easy to think of them as “teaching assistants,” paras can do so much more to help your special education students in the classroom. But, sometimes it’s hard to know exactly what tasks you can delegate to your parapro. Check out this blog post for 5 tasks paraprofessional can do to make your job easier as a special education teacher and how I utilize my paraprofessional in my classroom.

A few weeks ago I got a few questions about what I store in my core vocabulary tubs. I have been meaning to work on this post since then, but I was busy finishing grad. school (YAY!) and then I got sick. So better late than never, right?! Go/ Stop- Material ideas: wind up toys (animals or vehicles are easy to find at the dollar store) cars, trains, books about transportation/ vehicles, things that go, etc. Get a books for free here, here, and here. Activity ideas: Talk about how vehicles go…

Errorless tasks are great for any special education or early childhood classroom.These mini binder tasks are arranged in a such a way, that the icons which correspond to the image are located at the bottom of the page. The student will choose any icon and stick it on one of the Velcro spaces within that image. The beauty of these tasks is that there is no wrong answer!

Resources & tips for teaching students with severe disabilities from a special education teacher

Engaging the hard to reach student has always been a struggle for me, especially if they are non-verbal. Here are some tips and products to help!

Are your students needing to build their fine motor muscles? Learn how using fine motor task boxes can help.