Special education students

Setting up an IEP work bin system can feel overwhelming! Here are some easy ways to do it so that your students can quickly work on goals!

Technology can be such an AMAZING resource in the special education classroom. iPads, tablets and AAC devices can help students communicate, access curriculum, create and use visual schedules, and learn basic math and reading skills. But, as a special education teacher, it can be hard to know what apps you should be using in your special education classroom. So, here are 10 of my favorite apps to use with special education students.

It’s such a pleasure to have Angi Pearce back on these pages to share her experiences and passion for teaching students with AAC needs. Angi is a teacher at Kowhai Special School in Hastings,…

This week was pre-planning and I really got almost nothing done. I just can't figure out what to do with my room. I don't like distraction and clutter and lots of stuff. Most of the other teachers have cute themes in their rooms but it's visual overload to me. So my room tends to look pretty plain and dare I say, boring, compared to everyone else's. So far this is what I've got... As you can see, I'm painting my walls light blue. (They're actually finished now.) I figure it's a nice calm…

Solutions for Social Emotional Learning & Executive Functioning

Finding appropriate special education materials for your sped classroom no longer has to be a struggle! With the simple science curriculum, you'll find appropriate materials to help your students with the topics of matter, simple machines, living / nonliving, planets, hot / cold, and the five senses. You get over 400 pages of materials that can be used with your early childhood, elementary, middle or high school students. Save your sanity, stop modifying, and grab this science resource…

Differentiation and scaffolding can help students better understand and learn. Here are teaching ideas and tips to use in class.

Are you a special education teacher interested in learning more about the prompt hierarchy? Today I am sharing everything you need to know about prompting which is usually associated with ABA or intensive teaching settings. However, prompts can be useful in any setting where we want to guide a special education student to an errorless response and promote independence! Learn more about special education visuals and how to fade your prompts.

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Using Unique Learning Systems (ULS) can be overwhelming the first time you log on. Here are my top 10 tips for using Unique Learning System.