Parents and educators often create goals for autism and play skills. Autistic children’s play skills develop differently than neurotypical play skills. This is not bad or wrong, it’s just different and that’s okay! Let’s explore the different types of toy play, and learn more about how to expand play skills for autistic children using visual supports. The source for this… Read More
Adapted Books Special Education
Adapted books can be a great asset in your special education classroom! Making books accessible to all learners is so important. If your student or child has a language processing delay, adapting books will help them in many ways. Keep reading to find out how! Adapted Books To Facilitate Matching Skills Many of our young autistic students come into the… Read More
Autism Video Modeling – 3 Tips To Take Action!
What Is Video Modeling For Autism? Video modeling is an effective strategy for autistic students. Research has shown that autism and video modeling can help with teaching new skills or routines. Personally, I’ve seen it improve routines and skills at the preschool level. I have a student who has a hard time with the transition from the playground to the… Read More
Summer Break For Teachers
Summer Break Is Coming Summer break for teachers can’t get here soon enough. These past couple of years have brought many of us to the end of our rope. Increased demands, pandemic protocols, along with more behaviors in our classrooms have many of us questioning our career choice. Thankfully, summer break is on the horizon. We all count down the… Read More
Free Earth Day Activity
Download your free Earth Day Activity here, or by clicking the picture below! If you are looking for more emotion activities, check out the Autism Little Learners TpT Store. This link will bring you to all of the emotions/feelings resources. If you use visual supports, be sure to sign up for this free Visual Supports Starter Set. Click the picture to… Read More
Adapted Books For Special Education
Adapted books for special education are a game changer! They can increase engagement and make books and literacy more accessible to all children. What Are Adapted Books? Adapted books is a general term for altering books to make them more accessible to children with disabilities. There are a variety of ways that children’s books can be adapted. For autistic children,… Read More