by Heather Hoeft, B.S., M.Ed., LBS1 | Oct 27, 2021 | Communication, Life Skills, Play, Social Skills, Visuals |
What is play? When I used to think about children playing, I would imagine a group of children surrounding a pretend kitchen set working together to make a meal pretending that they are a family. The reality is that this is such a late stage of play! Once I began...
by Katie McKenna, MS, OTR/L | Oct 25, 2021 | Life Skills, Resources, Visuals |
In part one of this series about on campus job opportunities, I discussed all of the things that need to happen before our students start work. Creating visuals, teaching routines and setting up systems is so important in order to facilitate independence for our...
by Sasha Long, M.A., BCBA | Oct 19, 2021 | Classroom Setup |
If you have been following The Autism Helper for a while, you know that I love to talk about staff training. I talk about it on the podcast, on social media, on the blog, and it sneaks its way into almost every live session I do. I talk about staff training so often...
by Sadie Bailey M.A. CCC-SLP | Oct 18, 2021 | Life Skills |
Life skills are one of my favorite skillsets to work on! Not only do they target critical concepts that will help our learners become more independent, but they utilize alllll of the other academic skills we have been working so hard to learn. Here is a round-up of my...
by Katie McKenna, MS, OTR/L | Oct 7, 2021 | Resources, Schedules, Visuals |
This blog is the first in a series where I will highlight how we set up and engage students in on campus job training opportunities. While we have always offered a variety of on campus and community based job training opportunities, we have had to be especially...
by Katie McKenna, MS, OTR/L | Sep 27, 2021 | Classroom Setup, Resources, Sensory |
Flexible seating is a useful classroom tool to ensure the movement and sensory needs of students are met. I did a blog post last year of some of my favorite flexible seating options. You can check out that post here. I wanted to share a few new options I have...
