Everyday Teaching Autism Resources

How to work with multiple students at once This has been one of the most popular questions in my circle. We are teachers for students with severe behavior and cognitive challenges. Many of the school instructions were planned out in small groups or a one-to-one setting. Each student has an…

My new speech therapist was working on sequencing(events) with one of my kids today- Just realized how important this concept is…. These are Sequencing cut/paste worksheets that I liked to use in the past.    

Special Olympics Basketball season has begun here in San Mateo County, CA. As I planned a trip to one of the skill days in the neighborhood school, I wanted to go over some basic rules, vocabularies,  and most importantly how well our team,  WARRIORS has been!! So, this is the…

I used these Word Sorts to fill up some extra time- or in small group(2-3 students) instructions. They work at the big table all together, however, different Word Sorts packet will be given based on each student’ reading and attention level. Opposites (mid-high level kids) Sight words (Easy) Verbs and…

Circles is a social skills curriculum that was developed to help individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities improve their social interactions and communication skills. The curriculum focuses on teaching individuals how to identify and manage social boundaries, recognize different emotions, and build healthy relationships with others. The Circles curriculum…

On Feb. 10th, San Mate County Office of Ed offered a training on evidence based practice, video modeling. Here are the 9 simple steps that anybody can follow to produce a video and use that with their students. Some of the target skills that I had in my mind? Bathroom…

Do you have a kid who needs a Carry around First/Then card? Staff: Time for Deskwork! Student A: (dropping on the floor to protest) Staff: Time to use a restroom! Student A: (hitting herself, crying to protest) If your day goes like that in an every single transition, that could be…

My students just love a marble art activity. Today, I tried with golf balls instead of actually marbles. Bigger, louder, more visible- Once the paper dried off, we stapled a couple of hearts on the construction(thicker) paper, which gives sort of a 3D effect. I like it!!! On the back,…

Can’t believe I can watch the full movie on Youtube for free!!! It is all time one of my favorites. Well, my students love it!!!!  Quiet movie, no talking, beautiful songs- what more do we want? Also, it is a great way to touch on some of physical science and…

“6 and half an hour of program” can be organized as Morning and Afternoon times. In the afternoon, after lunch till dismissal, is structured with some independent, pre-vocational task box, and journal writing, clean-up, and free choice. Journal writing is to provide students with a meaningful way of reflecting their days and writing…