Visuals for special education

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.

Visual boundaries are a vital part of classroom setup, especially in special education classrooms! I am so excited to show you how I set up and utilize these visual boundaries in my self-contained autism classroom! You will learn all about how to use furniture for visual boundaries as well as how to use everyday items like shower curtains as visual boundaries. These are great for setting up independent work stations in your special ed classroom. Learn more now!

Is this your first year in a self contained classroom and you’re feeling overwhelmed? Don’t stress! In this post I share self contained classroom tips and tricks. Yo will find self contained schedules for your classroom, individual student schedules, visual schedules, and binder schedules. I also share self contained curriculum ideas and more. Be sure to grab your free first year in self contained classroom checklist!

As adaptive skills increase, challenging behaviors typically decrease. Made For Me Literacy visual supports help to develop student understanding, flexibility and independence. Dana Howell of Behavior Intervention and Solutions helps teachers understand the different formats and types of visual supports they can implement in their classroom. #visualsupports #specialeducationclassroom #teachertips

Are you a self-contained special education teacher who teaches grades K-2? As an early elementary special education teacher, there are a variety of things that I love in my special ed classroom and I’m going to share them. Creating visual schedules for special education students is exactly what they need. K-2 centers are a must with my early elementary special ed kids. Learn about my centers like a listening center, math center, ELA center, and much more!

Are you looking for ways to have more structure in the classroom for special education? Using special education visual schedules can make or break your classroom. Having a daily routine for special education is important so students can anticipate what is to come. This blog post gives you 10 types of visual schedules that you can use in your special education classroom. Some of these classroom resources include object schedules, pictures schedules and checklist schedules.

Are you struggling to figure out what to teach in the special education classroom? You might be a first year teacher trying to sort through all the curriculum (or lack of it) or a veteran teacher just looking for something new. If you are struggling to figure out how to create special education lesson plans, or what resources and topics to cover each month, you aren't alone. Here are some tips and tricks to help make lesson planning for your special needs students easier and less stressful.

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!

Here are some simple strategies you can use to add visual cues into your classroom routines

Visuals for special education students are a must! Inside my special education classroom, there are 5 steps that I do to make visuals in the classroom easy to use. First, it’s important to have teacher lanyard visuals and to wear them daily. It’s equally important to implement and use visual prompts for kids. Visual schedules, visual supports for behavior, visual task analysis in special education, and more. Special education classroom visuals will make your day run more smoothly.

It is important to stay organized with all of my students' needs as a special education teacher. Today, I’m sharing how to prep student schedules in special education. Visual schedules are essential in my special ed classroom. Visual schedules for special education can easily be made with laminated sentence strips and some velcro. Learn more about how to keep your special education classroom organized with these simple steps!

Planning special ed students’ schedule is no easy task and there is no easy answer. Today, I’m sharing my best special education teacher tips for special education schedule ideas. I have included schedule ideas for school like wall schedules in special education, center based schedules, mobile schedules for kids, binder schedules, mini schedules, and whole group schedules. Picking the best type of schedule for your special education classroom will help you the most!

What are you using in your special education classroom to track IEP data? In this blog post, I will talk about how to track IEP goals with google forms. With these step by step instructions, you will learn great teacher organization tips that can help with IEP data tracking. You can watch my YouTube video here on how to create a google form, and you can read about one of my best IEP tips by including QR codes in the classroom. Use this IEP organization for the beginning of the school year.

Tactile schedules are super valuable in your special education classroom for any person with a visual impairment, cognitive impairment, or a person that needs concrete representation of the days events. In this post I share how to create a tactile schedule and how to use one with your students. Using a tactile schedule with real life objects and symbols makes it easier for students to make connections.With a little work you can create and use tactile schedules in your classroom easily.

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.

If you and your child prefer something simpler, then this A4 laminated To Do/Done chart with Velcro strips is for you. Red strip are to be done, once done can be moved to green. Children can easily see what is expected from them/routine for day etc. Some children find comfort from physically moving the task across to done as they know it is time to move on to next activity/task etc. This schedule comes with 24 personalised visuals which you can choose yourself. Schedule is A4 in size and…

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Special Education Classroom Daily Schedule- Morning Fitness and Morning Meeting