Everyday Teaching Autism Resources

Teaching reading comprehension to students with autism has been one of many challenges for special educators. There is no “one size fits all” method in teaching reading. Especially when it comes to reading comprehension, we should consider each student’s uniqueness in behavior, language, and other skill levels. What are reading…

Many parents approach me asking how to control ADHD symptoms without medication. I am a parent of an active girl. I know how difficult it is to think of an idea to give your child medication on a daily basis to control his/her active behavior. He is always in motion-…

Originally posted on Everyday Teaching Autism Resources: Year of 2020 was something. The school had shut down on 3/13/2020 and didn’t open until 9/28/2020. After all, most of my students were not equipped to the online teaching model- so I was the first teacher in our area back on campus…

Originally posted on Everyday Teaching Autism Resources: 5 Must-Read Books for Parents and Educators 📙📕 1️⃣ Uniquely HumanThis book has shifted my mindset on teaching children with needs. Accepting who they come first- and then my job will be to recognize the need to teach necessary skills for them to…

These are MUST-HAVE tools if you are a special educator or ABA service provider. We work with many students with unique needs- by far, I have noticed FIRST/THEN cards and some sort of TOKEN BOARD are one of the easiest tools for teachers to implement as behavior strategies in the…

Started with brown sugar and later on added a pinch of baking soda- he said it is important to stir it as quickly as possible! Thanks for Squid Game bringing out the childhood memories! It has been a while that friends got together laughing while sharing stories from the childhood.

It has been a unique year- at least for the last 4 months of school. Most K-2nd grade students didn’t have a solid in-person classroom experience before this school year. As much as we would like to pull out simple activities and worksheets to engage and teach students, I can’t…

Can we teach a child to mind his/her own business?? When I look at the title of this CEU course from NV Instruction. I wasn’t quite sure. By the way, NV instruction is one of my favorite CEU providers so far- Tina often utilizes an ACT matrix to approach many…

Some of my older students (3-5th grade with autism) need practice on many math skills,  Beside from their IEP goals, most would benefit from practicing in number sense, place value, addition and subtraction, geometry, time/money, and word problems.  This 3rd grader of mine just learned how to add/subtract. Thanks to…

When I walked into one of our 2nd grade classes, students were quietly completing their morning work. It was about 15 minutes of a quiet work time and followed by a morning meeting on the carpet. This is my favorite class to go in. ⭐️⭐️ Structuring student’s time is as…

 BAS assessment is one of the formal reading assessments our district has utilized to gauge where each student is in his/her reading.  It happens 3-4 times a year to monitor each student’s progress toward reading. Given a book to read in 1:1 setting, students will read out loud the book from beginning…