Advice, Resources and Training for Autism and Special Education Teachers and Homeschoolers
Are you an autism or special education teacher looking for a monthly membership? Do you want resources to use in your classroom and with your students each month that save you time and money to put together? If so, my monthly autism and special education teacher membership is perfect for you! I have had hundreds of emails over the last… Read More
We are all looking for ways to ensure we are providing opportunities for independent learning in the classroom. If we are always doing things for our students, helping them and prompting them – we’re taking away their independent learning. They’re going to start to rely on us. And that’s something we want to avoid. What is Independent Learning? One of… Read More
Lisa Goodell runs an amazing podcast called ‘Help for Special Educators.’ If you haven’t listened to it yet, I highly recommend that you do. Lisa interviews a variety of different special education teachers and specialists to discuss different topics. If you’re a first year teacher, or you’ve been doing this for years – there’s still some value to be found… Read More
Are you looking for free autism classroom resources? Then you are going to go crazy for my VIP free resource library. It’s free to access, and there’s over 200 different free activities available on there right now – with more being uploaded all the time! And you know the best part? It’s totally free to sign up! All you need… Read More
I’m so excited to share these free visuals to help with waiting for your students! Waiting is tough. Teaching how to ‘wait’ is one of the hardest tasks that I have as a teacher with my kiddos – and their parents do too. That’s why I created these free visuals to help with waiting. Visuals are always my first go-to…. Read More
One of my favorite tips to share with other teachers using table mats in a special education classroom. When I say this people always come up with a bunch of different ways that I may be talking about.. But nobody actually manages to come up with the way that I personally use them in the classroom. In our classroom, like… Read More
We love trying out different therapies in our classroom to see which ones benefit our students the most. And one of the most successful ones is art therapy. What is Art Therapy? Art therapy encourages the individual to express themselves through painting, drawing, or modelling. What Are the Benefits? There are so many benefits from using art therapy. Some of… Read More
If you’re reading this, it’s probably because you’re trying to find some new transition strategies. Maybe you have a student or two who struggle with transition. Do they find it difficult to move to the next activity? Or next place? Worry no more! Today I’m sharing my best tips and strategies for transition for special education. Transition can be hard… Read More
Recently I had the opportunity to be showcased on Rachel Lynette’s amazing blog Minds in Bloom and I am now sharing it here for my followers to be given another chance to read all about classroom management for special education. Visuals Timelines In our classroom, each student has their own individual timeline. One of our students is only half a… Read More
It is becoming more and more popular to use movement breaks in the classroom. And here, at Teaching Autism, we are huge fans of using movement breaks. Movement breaks provide our students with the chance to get up and move around. This will help them to feel refreshed and give them a break from work. But, it will also help… Read More
