by Heather Hoeft, B.S., M.Ed., LBS1 | Feb 28, 2024 | Academics, Adapted Books, Basic Skills, Classroom Instruction, Data, Interventions, Language Arts, Work Tasks |
Differentiation in a general education classroom does take a lot of planning and prep, but don’t panic! Once we differentiate and create materials and resources, we save them for when another learner can benefit from using the same materials, even in school years in...
by Heather Hoeft, B.S., M.Ed., LBS1 | Feb 14, 2024 | Academics, Basic Skills, Classroom Instruction, Curriculum Ideas, Interventions, Math, Work Tasks |
Differentiation in a general education classroom does take a lot of planning and prep, but don’t panic! Differentiation is necessary for all learners. While we do it often for small groups, all areas of the classroom needs to include it. Not all learners are the same....
by Heather Hoeft, B.S., M.Ed., LBS1 | Dec 27, 2023 | Academics, Basic Skills, Classroom Instruction, Data, Interventions |
As a special educator, IEPs are something that we have frequent contact with. Whether we are writing an IEP after an initial evaluation, re-evaluation, annual review, domain, updating goals and benchmarks, or reviewing accommodations and modifications, IEPs are legal...
by Heather Hoeft, B.S., M.Ed., LBS1 | Nov 22, 2023 | Behavior, Data, FEATURED POSTS, Interventions, Schedules, Visuals |
Off a learner is off task, they can be demonstrating that behavior in many different ways. Off-task behavior can have the function of access, escape, attention, or a sensory need. Just like any other behavior, we start with our ABC data and meet as a team to analyze...
by Ashley Linz, M. Ed | Nov 17, 2023 | Art & Fine Motor, Basic Skills, Cooking, Fall, Interventions, Life Skills, Sensory |
Did you know that by incorporating cooking into your lesson plans, your students will continue to work on several skills? Cooking is an excellent opportunity to work on academic and functional skills by creating hands-on learning experiences for your students and...
by Heather Hoeft, B.S., M.Ed., LBS1 | Nov 8, 2023 | Academics, Basic Skills, Classroom Instruction, Data, Interventions, Language Arts, Math |
I have had the wonderful opportunity to teach, train, and work with many wonderful general education and special education professionals within my career. One area of focus has constantly been modifying and working with learners who benefit from discrete trial....