Everyday Teaching Autism Resources

I agreed to my occupational therapist when she complained about how hard it was to find a good typing app for the students with autism.  Most regular typing programs are visually too overstimulating and complicated.  When speaking to teaching a child with autism to type words/phrases and sentences, “Peck and…

Let’s take one of my student’ curriculum cart, pick a drawer labeled “Reading” and see what’s in there. Okay. Jonny has been working on reading sight words, and building phonetic skills lately. Here are a couple of materials he has been using. Sight Word Cards Common Nouns and Verbs  Simple…

10th Annual International Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT)® Conference and Training PRT conference is in town! What are 5 Pivotal Responses? 5 Pivotal Responses (behavior) include motivation, responsivity to multiple cues, self-management, self-initiations, and empathy. Once a child or client makes a meaningful improvement in these areas, this will spark the…

In my class,  each student gets an hour of 1:1 work time everyday. *Depending on students’ skill level or attention, the number of Learn Units may vary-  so do their goals or targeted skills.  In the world of ABA, you may call this type of teaching procedure DTT or ITT. DTT:…

This will be the question that arises most among early readers…how are we going to teach reading? What curriculum do we use? After I spoke to many kindergarten teachers and special education teachers, I came to the conclusion- there is no one answer. It all depends on each kid’s learning…

“What comes first?” Teacher asked,  In order to pass and move onto your reading level, one should be able to decode the text with high accuracy and to re-tell details and infer.  Most of my students work on these skills to prepare for this TEST and to support their general…

  Multi-age/grade class with special needs People often ask me these questions of what to teach and how to teach students with autism in my learning center.  Then, my answer would be… “Based on his/her functional skill level and IEP goals, each student will be on very individualized and modified…

Either you focus on “toilet training” or teaching daily living skills involved in a bathroom, I like to use these strategies/tips on a regular basis. 1.Toileting Steps: Video Modeling The use of video to prime a child with autism for toileting is one of the effective way to approach. (Bainbridge,…

This time of the year- we live with colors- After hot summer ended, uniquely shaped pumpkin, squash, goard, and corns are ready to show off to the world with their most natural colors, textures, shapes, scents, etc. Ok- It was a highlight of this week! All we need was, a…

According to the latest World Economic Report, critical thinking, decision making and complex problem solving are still necessary skills to thrive in our global world, but equally important are people skills like emotional intelligence, collaboration and empathy. Empathy, the ability to put oneself in other people’s shoes, is the cornerstone…

I always look at those empty shoe boxes thinking….what a waste. Sigh.😩 Well..that’s not the case anymore. This year, my staff (Mr. B) and I teamed up eagerly brainstorming, gathering materials together, building something educational for my kids out of empty boxes. That’s not the only thing we like to…

1 hour was given- our mission was to write all you know about the topic(your choice) and add some drawing at the end if needed. It was a writing assessment time in the 4th grade classroom. Teacher gave me a heads up 3 days ago, so I could prep my…