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Siblings
Did you grow up with siblings – that pesky little sister and brat of an older brother? Regardless of the struggles that you went thorough - you all stuck together – through thick or thin. You protected each other from harm and shared the victory of each other’s sucess.
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Did you have a sibling with a special need? [...] Continue reading
Sensory Room Website
Oh my goodness – I have a treat for you. I know that many of you use Sensory rooms or sensory items for your students or children with autism or other spectrum disorders. Well, here is a great website that you could use in your classroom or in home schooling. It is called The Sensory [...] Continue reading
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Visual Representation of Data
We as Special Educators all know data. We live and breathe data. At times we get deathly sick of data. But….if we are running a classroom based on the Science of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) then just learn to love it.
ABA, as you well know, is not just taking data – filling sheets with tic-marks. [...] Continue reading
Touch Screens and Independence
You know I’m all about creating environments that enhance our student’s ability to be independent. That’s the lens through which I see everything I recommend for students with autism……”can we accomodate so that the student can do this for themselves?”
So, here is one idea. It takes a few minutes to get the template going but [...] Continue reading
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Crisis Management
I hate to bring up Crisis plans but it is a fact of life with some of our students. You know that I have worked in what we call Psycho-Educational centers for students with severe behaviors. We had daily crises and these involved our students on the spectrum.
A crisis could involve running out of the [...] Continue reading
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Let’s Cook
One of the best ways to teach our students life skills is to get in the kitchen and cook.
Kids Cooking.com has a great list of 13 Non-reader recipes (scroll down the page). These recipes have photos of step-by-step directions on how to cook each item.
Here is another group of visual recipes. These are made with [...] Continue reading
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Teacher Gifts
Most teachers work very hard. They love children. They get excited when your child makes progress and hurt when they don’t. So it is wonderful when someone takes a few minutes to show them that they are appreciated. It is wonderful to give teachers a little something to let them know that you recognize their committment.  It [...] Continue reading
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Let’s think worse case scenario for just a minute.Â
You take your child shopping. You get involved in looking for sizes of clothes or comparing prices of groceries and you turn to find your worst nightmare has happened – your child is no longer beside you. Knowing your child does not speak and is not able [...] Continue reading
Physical punishment repudiated
Over on 60-Second Science Blog, the news source of Scientific American, Karen Schrock reported that a task force of the American Psychological Association (APA) released a report recommending that caregivers eschew physical punishment. Ms. Schrock noted that at least one member of the task force disagreed with the recommendations, but that most members endorsed it. [...] Continue reading
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Rewarding test scores
The effects of rewards on people’s test scores has been the subject of many studies. Under the headline “Learn-&-Earn Plan Pays Off: Scores Soar At Cash-For-Kids Schools” In The New York Post Kelly Magee and Yoav Gonen reported about the results of a program that rewarded students for obtaining higher scores on tests.
An overwhelming number [...] Continue reading
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