Special education life skills

Are you tired of reinventing the wheel in your life skills classroom? Are you struggling with writing lesson plans for your secondary special education classroom? Here are 7 activities that changed the way I teach in the special education classroom. Each of these activities are designed to target specific skills with my students including life skills, social skills, social studies, functional reading, vocational skills and current events. Learn how you can use resources in your classroom…

Life skills centers are a fun, effective way to teach your students life skills. In this post, I show you how to easily set up life skills centers. Each month, focus on a new life skills classroom center. Ask parents to chip in for these life skills learning centers. Most will be happy to help. If you want to learn more about centers for life skills, be sure to check out this blog.

Having structured play and unstructured play in the special education classroom is important. It is great for social skills, life skills, language development, communication development, and many more. Here are some great things to consider when it comes to playing: break time in the classroom and teaching play skills in special education. I love to show my students special education visuals to help increase the targeted behavior. Read to learn more about play in the classroom.

Work tasks are a great way for students to practice life skills and vocational skills in the special education classroom. But what if traditional work tasks or task box activities aren’t accessible to all your students? How can you adapt work tasks to meet the needs of all your students, regardless of their level? Here you’ll find my favorite work tasks ideas and activities for special education students along with how they can be adapted to meet the needs of students of all levels.

Take a look into the first 6-8 weeks of school in special education classroom with no academics. I will share tips and tricks with you!

Financial literacy is important to master for true independence. Make sure your life skills students are equipped with these three skills. Read more about the three functional money math skills that are absolutely neccessary for you special education students.

Starting a special ed transition program from scratch can feel overwhelming. This guide walks you through planning life skills lessons, job skills, vocational skills, effective classroom management, and post-secondary education tips. Save this pin for step-by-step guidance today!

Engaging students in community outings that support life skills can feel overwhelming. We cover special education life skills lessons, basic life skills special education, life skills science special education, and life skills binder special education ideas to help you plan purposeful outings. Pin this for practical strategies that reinforce learning outside the classroom!

Are you wondering how to set up a life skills in the classroom? Today, I’m sharing life skill center set up. When setting up centers for life skills, gather the material and organize it into bins. Decide on the life skills that will be taught for the month in your special education classroom. I like to create a life skills schedule for the year to stay organized. Finally, the students get to work during these independent stations with some help from the adults in the room.

Here are 5 concepts to plan for before you begin to set up your special education classroom. These tips are for self-contained classes, life skills programs, autism classrooms and general special education programs.

If you are a special education teacher ready to go back to school, you will want to keep reading. Today, I’m sharing 4 must dos for the first day of school. It is important that you build relationships with students with get to know you activities. With my special education students, I establish routines & procedures in the classroom and the school. It is necessary to communicate with families with things like daily communication logs and ClassDojo.

Lessons from a Life Skills, Special Education Classroom

Life skills students can work on at home

Teaching vocabulary in special education is crucial! Teaching monthly vocabulary lessons in special education is a great way to cover important vocabulary. Use new vocabulary words during morning meetings, lunch, and other times throughout the day. Use a word wall in your special education classroom. You can use a functional life skills word wall too. Using file folders to teach vocabulary is another great one. Or having literacy centers and vocabulary games setup are helpful too.

Listen to this Special Ed Podcast with 15 great ideas for Functional Centers for students with Intellectual Disabilities and Autism in High School. Read more and subscribe today!

Thinking about life skills for special ed students is one of the most important parts of my job as a middle school special education teacher. Functional life skills activities are especially important at this age because our students are getting older and we want them to be valuable and independent members of society when they are finished with school.

Made For Me Math is a math curriculum created by two special education teachers with hands-on experience with grades K-5 in a self-contained classroom. These giant units focus on colors, numbers 0-5, numbers 0-10, sorting and classifying, patterns, positional words, comparing numbers, shapes, addition, subtraction, and non-standard measurement. They include everything you need to carry out interactive, engaging math activities with your students.

Congratulations! You’re a first year teacher in special education. It’s finally time to set up your classroom and meet your first group of students! The first year of teaching in a special education classroom is exciting but it can also be challenging. Here are my favorite tips and advice for first year special education teachers including classroom management tips, tips for writing lesson plans and IEPs, classroom organization ideas, ideas for setting up your classroom, and so much more.

Special education teachers, this one’s for you! If you are a special education teacher, it is essential that you teach your students life skills and independent living skills. These skills help students navigate their daily lives effectively and independently. And you don’t have to wait until secondary school to teach life skills. Here are some of the most important life skills you can teach in the special education classroom and resources to help you teach them effectively.

Life Skills Centers for the Whole Year - Simply Special Ed