by Holly Bueb | May 24, 2022 | Academics, Communication, Curriculum Ideas |
I currently have two students in my classroom trialing AAC devices, and it made me remember trying to incorporate AAC when I first started teaching cluster. Coming from a general education and resource room background, I had no idea how to effortlessly use AAC in the...
by Susan Bitler | May 21, 2022 | Parent Perspective, Social Skills |
During a lunch conversation with a friend the other day I was reminded that typical adults and children need to be aware of individuals with autism just as much as kids with autism need to be taught to function in the world around them. It goes both ways. We get...
by Reagan Strange, MSEd | May 19, 2022 | Classroom Setup, Communication, Life Skills |
I figured it was time for a follow up on The Autism Helper’s star member and favorite doggo, Ollie! For those of you that missed my first blog post, Ollie is my loyal pup who I was lucky enough to get therapy certified. This school year was his first year as a working...
by Heather Hoeft, B.S., M.Ed., LBS1 | May 11, 2022 | Behavior, Classroom Instruction, Interventions, Life Skills, Social Skills, Visuals |
Rules and routines are a large part of classroom functioning. Management of the classroom and instructional control come from clear and concise definitions of rules. Creating rules as a group or individually does not always have to be a lecturing style. Teaching and...
by Heather Hoeft, B.S., M.Ed., LBS1 | Apr 27, 2022 | Life Skills, Play, Social Skills |
Social skills groups are important for all children. Social skills groups can create learning opportunities for children to practice what they have learned in real life situations. These groups help children make friends with the support of their teachers or...
by Holly Bueb | Apr 26, 2022 | Life Skills, Social Skills |
Teaching conversation skills is an important life skill that helps students learn to communicate and build social relationships. We often forget that we indirectly learned conversation skills growing up, however, our students need direct instruction on initiating and...
