Today I want to share with you my special education classroom layout for an autistic support classroom. Inside my elementary special education classroom, I provide an area for the teacher and teacher assistants. I post the daily routine schedule for special needs kids. The placement of the student desks is important to keep them engaged and learning. Another teacher tip is to incorporate an area for centers and independent workstations. A calm corner in the classroom is a must too!

TEACCH is a very systematic system used to set up a classroom for student’s with Autism. There is so much research supporting the use of TEACCH in the classroom. I have adapted the TEACCH system into my classroom and altered it to fit my student’s needs. I have an intricate system of Task...

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Materials OverviewAlthough educators and parents may have a reasonably good knowledge base about how children learn, it is important to understand the effect that disabilities have on a individual's ability to learn. His or her own combination of special needs impacts the motor and sensory pathways in a unique way. The materials used to provide an Active

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Happy December friends! I bet everyone is on the go with holiday activities. I hope everyone has been buying up items for your CVI kits. I have been! I have also been doing a lot of work in our classrooms for CVI modifications. Here's one little project that I just finished up. I got the original idea from Pinterest (of course!). This idea came to me because the student I was making modifications for is in a wheelchair and has a head rest to support his head. I wanted to find a way to…

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When Things Go Wrong Occasionally an individual will get stuck in a specific part of the Dynamic Learning Circle. This can lead to disruptive behaviors, self-stimulation, or other problems in learning. It is important to recognize when this happens and to know what to do to help the child get back on track.Patty Obrzut Talks

If there is one I have learned in my years of working with paraprofessionals, it is that paras are teachers too. My paraprofessional is my right hand and my left hand. She is the glue that keeps us together. I realize that sometimes it is our first instinct to give them passive work because their