Multiple Disabilities

How are you using task systems in your multiple disability classroom? In this blog post I go over activity rotations that you can incorporate to find independent work that fits for all of your multiple disability students. I include a list of all my special education activities such as bead bars, sensory boards, and swinging bear that are all great ways to involve sound, texture and color. Read through all of my special education ideas on implementing a structured activity rotation here.

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

Emma Haring shares years of experience creating schedules and lessons that work in her medically fragile moderate/severe special ed class. Learn how to help students with multiple disabilities be prepared for emergencies. Get Lesson ideas and tips, and a freebie to help you create your lesson plans. #helpforspecialeducatorspodcast

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Sitting Independently Independent sitting requires strong neck, shoulder, and core muscles. It also requires balance and good proprioception (feedback from joints and muscles to your brain). Vision can also play a role in developing sitting skills. A key goal for sitting is to be able to use your arms, hands, legs, feet and head while in

When using Edmark in a multiple disabilities classroom, it's essential to provide inclusive and effective instruction.

Echo Bucket Many children who have significant disabilities may not use their voice to develop speech or develop important listening skills. These skills are often the focus of the speech therapist or teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing if the child has a hearing impairment. Goals such as discriminate between two sound sources,

When we have speech therapy for children with multiple disabilities, collaboration with other service providers is the key to success.

A curriculum for multi-sensory impaired childrenfrom MSI Unit,Victoria School,Birmingham Heather Murdoch, Sally Gopsill, Annick McLinden, G...