by Katie McKenna, MS, OTR/L | Sep 13, 2021 | Communication, Interventions, Resources, Work Tasks |
One part of my OT assignment includes working in a life skill program for high school students 14-18 and a transition program for students 18-21 years old. The focus of these programs includes learning important skills to prepare for adult life. As an OT, I work...
by Heather Hoeft, B.S., M.Ed., LBS1 | Sep 8, 2021 | Academics, Curriculum Ideas, Expressive Language, Language Arts, Literacy for Children with Autism |
I have met more and more young children interested in literacy. Although reading is not a skill we expect to be mastered at this age, I do not want to hold them back. Whether I am working with friend’s children, my child, clients, or students, literacy is an...
by Jen Koenig | Sep 1, 2021 | Work Tasks |
I’m a huge fan of teaching independent work. In fact, I’ve talked before about how independent work has saved my classroom. Independent work can free your time so you are able to teach, access, and work with small groups while other students are working....
by Sadie Bailey M.A. CCC-SLP | Aug 30, 2021 | Communication, Expressive Language, Language Arts |
This is the conclusion post in a series called Moving Beyond Requesting. Previous posts highlight how to teach increased feature, function, and category vocabulary, negation, using those concepts in greater complexity, and describing. If you didn’t read part 5,...
by Heather Hoeft, B.S., M.Ed., LBS1 | Aug 25, 2021 | Academics, Basic Skills, Classroom Setup, Curriculum Ideas, Organization & Classroom Setup, Schedules |
I will be honest. There are never enough minutes in a day, but that’s probably no surprise! In times of increasing anxiety, I remember to list the must haves of the week. Keeping track of everything is a lot; being a teacher is A LOT! I am big on organization...
by Sasha Long | Aug 17, 2021 | Academics |
The Leveled Daily Curriculum has been growing over the past few years. There are now 7 subjects: Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Math, Science, Social Studies, Functional Literacy, and Functional Math. Level 0.5 and Level 4 has been added to several subjects.. I...
