Schedules sometimes need some tweaks and accommodations. The typical visual schedule doesn’t work for every learner. You need to really analyze each of your students’ schedules to ensure that the schedule is functional and effective. With one student, data had shown us that the student after a long period of time still relied on […]
I am constantly talking about my need to make things more easy and efficient. My opinion is – if you can do it easier or quicker – why wouldn’t you? We are busy enough – there is no need to add more hoopla on our ever growing plate of things-we-need-to-get-done. One thing that can take […]
How often do you use your calendar on your phone? I don’t know about you but mine is always one of the last opened apps. I am constantly checking to see when things are scheduled (or countdown the days to the weekend…). Calendars are JUST as important to our students. But our job is to […]
There is a mantra I want you to repeat in your head over and over again – visuals lead to independence, visuals lead to independence, and visuals lead to independence. And my dear friends – independence makes your life easier. And who doesn’t want an easier life. Our jobs are hard enough as it is. So […]
My students go to inclusion for library, gym, and music. Since I teach upper grades, I have a difficult time doing inclusion for academic areas since the gap between the general ed curriculum and what we are working on seems to just keep getting bigger. I love to do reverse inclusion (gen ed students come […]