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Looking for a way to organize independent work time for your special education classroom? Students gain more independent and personal responsibility skills with an organized Especially Education Task Box Independent Work Station. Ideas to organize task boxes for independent time or for work time. #independentwork #taskboxes #organization

Looking for a way to organize independent work time for your special education classroom? Students gain more independent and personal responsibility skills with an organized Especially Education Task Box Independent Work Station. Read for ideas to organize task boxes for independent time or for work time. Today’s guest blogger, Rachel Glassman, is a second year …

6 Steps to Create an Effective Schedule for Your Self-Contained Classroom - Chalkboard Superhero

Setting up a schedule in a self-contained classroom is one of the hardest parts of our job. I remember my first year of teaching thinking, “why did no one teach me how to do this in college?” After years and years of tweaking my daily schedule, I finally settled on the same master schedule every […]

Survive and Thrive in a Self Contained Classroom | NoodleNook.Net

There are so many working parts in a self contained or Autism Unit. Read MORE on what you can do to survive and thrive in a self contained classroom!

Station Rotation in Autism Units | NoodleNook.Net

Station Rotation in Autism Units and LIFE Skills are a must for any self contained room or classroom servicing students with disabilities. Read more now...

Morning meeting and morning calendar work routine in special ed in a self contained classroom. Blog post at Mrs. D's Corner

Get all of your students engaged during your morning routine, and plan the first hour of your day only once. Differentiated ideas for any teacher.

Schedules are vital to running a lot of things in our lives so it is easy to say that we all become used to them. When you are working with students and furthermore, students with disabilities you will find that it is very true that they need structure, routine, and consistency. The best way to …

Schedules are vital to running a lot of things in our lives so it is easy to say that we all become used to them. When you are working with students and furthermore, students with

How to Setup a Self-Contained Classroom - Simply Special Ed

Self-contained classroom setup can be a daunting task, but if you have a plan it can be fun. Let me show you how to setup a self-contained classroom.

Teaching students to wait can be the thing that nightmares are made of. Create your own Wait Basket to train students to engage in appropriate activities when you need to quickly step away from small group instruction.

Who likes waiting? Not this girl! And I can guarantee our students don’t like waiting either. If you teach students with special needs you know that asking a student to wait can cause a full on melt down in the middle of a seemingly normal Tuesday. And guess what, our classrooms get interrupted for questions, ... Read More about Teaching Wait: The Wait Basket

9 Time-Saving Tips for SPED Prep

Special education prep work is daunting! Time spent laminating, velcroing, and organizing materials takes up way too much personal time for special education teachers, self-contained teachers, speech therapists, homeschool moms, parents, autism parents, preschool teachers. Reclaim your time and energy and alleviate stress with these 9 SPED prep hacks to help you streamline your prep and prioritize your to-do list.

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If you have students in your special education classroom with sensory needs, you know how hard it can be to figure out exactly what sensory inputs will work for them. Here, you’ll learn how to identify a sensory need in your special education students and different types of sensory inputs that you can utilize with your students. While every sensory activity doesn’t work with every special needs student, you’ll find some of my favorite sensory activities and toys for every type of sensory need.
Building a strong, positive relationship with your students will help develop a classroom community that helps all students learn and be successful. But how exactly do you build a positive classroom community in your self-contained classroom? On this blog post, you’ll find simple, practical tips for building relationships with your special education students, not just at the beginning of the school year but all year long. You’ll also find easy ways to build a rapport with your students.
In the self-contained classroom, students are working on many different academic levels, focusing on different IEP goals and learning different concepts all at the same time. With some many individual needs you may be wondering if it’s even possible to teach group lessons in your special needs classroom. It is and I’m here to show you how! These ideas will help you use resources like task cards, adapted books and task bins to create engaging group activities for your special needs students.
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