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Education and Character

Along with the MLK unit, I think Character Education could be something fun to consider for our students- It is more like Behavior Guidelines for the students with autism, to be honest. However, it is worth to try as a part of celebrating MLK day. Good Character. Com carries a variety of resources, lesson…
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Edmark Reading Program

Are you looking for an effective reading curriculum for Special Education? Edmark Rading Program is one of the oldest, most established sight word programs available in the special education market..I have encountered several different reading programs in the past and Edmark is my go-to. It is mainly because our students are strong visual learners and…
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Touch Math

“Count dots..” “Count touch points..” That’s how I would normally begin teaching “Touch Math”. Numbers are abstract concepts for my kids, however, when each number carries its own number of dots(points), now it is a different. We often consider our kids visual learners. So, when it comes to touch math, we rely on their…
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What is Natural Environment Teaching

Don’t I look happy? Our favorite time of the day is…snack activity. It will normally happen around 10:40am to 11. It is highly structured and routine based. There are usually 4 students joining at the kidney table with me(or one of my wonderful staff). NET is an ABA teaching technique called Natural Environment Teaching. Within…
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Daily Morning Activity

Morning Binder is a daily activity where students work on various time concepts, such as calendar, days of the week, etc. and answering simple WH questions. For the students with academic skills, they work on simple math and social science concepts as well. Do you have students working on locating/identifying his/her own name?…
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Teaching in Middle School Autism Program

Snack is not all about ‘feeding’ the students- 😜 we do make sure kids are not hungry while learning at school. However, the most important reason that I plan and run a ‘daily snack’ activity is that it is a great time to teach many different skills- Plus, students are HIGHLY motivated and engaged!! What Skills…
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