Advice, Resources and Training for Autism and Special Education Teachers and Homeschoolers
There’s nothing better than free resources, and once a fortnight I send out freebies to my blog followers. All you have to do to receive these freebies – is sign up to my newsletter! When you sign up to my newsletter, you’ll also be the first to hear about; new resources sales and discounts giveaways training courses anything new going… Read More
I get so many emails requesting for me to create specific themes of classroom decor I decided to make this post. The classroom decor sets that I sell are ones that I have already created and used in my classroom. In this post I’m going to share with you the programme I use to create my classroom decor sets. This… Read More
Halloween is becoming a bigger event each and every year. From parties, to discos and trick-or-treating, it can be a child’s favourite time of year – or their biggest nightmare. Many of our families worry about Halloween, especially when it’s one of their child’s first Halloween events. We worry Will they cope? Or will it be too much for them?… Read More
If you’re here, it’s probably because you want to find out more about ODD. Oppositional Defiant Disorder and it is a behavioural disorder or defiance disorder. This disorder usually consists of ignoring requests/demands, purposely trying to annoy others, frequent outbursts/meltdowns, severe and regular aggression. Currently, this disorder affects up to 16% of children and young adults in our population.
‘Quiet hours’ are being announced all over the UK now, with stores helping to provide adapted experiences for individuals with autism, making shopping that little bit less stressful and overwhelming for them. Each year, it’s wonderful to see those around us becoming more aware about autism, and although it may seem like smalls at times – at least we are… Read More
We love when celebrities take the time out helping to spread a little autism awareness. I know, I’ve heard from a few in the autism community that they don’t like celebrities getting all the publicity through the news for it – but I think it’s important in the sense that it helps to spread that extra little bit of autism… Read More
Today I’m sharing a special guest blog post by a lovely lady called Joana Cânovas. Joana works with a Portuguese non-profit organisation called APPDA. Read on below to find out more about the organisation and help out if you can – I know they’ll really appreciate any little bit of help you can provide.
I know that a lot of us are juggling 500 different balls in our classrooms trying to cover everything needed. But, one of the most important balls is life skills. If you want to know more about what life skills are, I recommend reading this blog post first. Today, I want to share with you all the reasons why I… Read More
By this time of year, classroom organization may have taken a back seat to being able to keep your head above the water on the daily, back-to-school madness, and your subconscious seems to know that the beautifully lines up school supplies and immaculate decorated classroom is no longer in sight… But have no fear!
Today, I’m delighted to introduce Joni brown from Joni-Brown.com who is sharing a guest blog post with us regarding the future of her child with special needs. Joni’s daughter lives with PCDH19 epilepsy and autism. She finds writing is her therapy and knows she has a beautiful purpose.
