Blog Post by: Sadie Bailey M.A. CCC-SLP
Social Skills: Teaching Complimenting
Wanna hear a dirty little secret from my classroom? I prompt my kids to compliment me. I know. I sound vain. And as much as I love hearing endless compliments about my new purple sweater from 14 year old boys, as always, there is method to the madness. And don’t worry – the compliments aren’t […]
Quick & Easy Reference Pages
Last year I shared my new found love of Anchor Charts. Yes this self-contained autism classroom teacher who can barely handle writing on the dry erase board in a straight line loves anchor charts. This special ed teacher who would much rather take ABC data than grade a spelling test. This behavior analyst who would […]
Morning Group Visuals & Labels
The key to both a successful morning meeting and to successful independent work are visuals & labels. When you think you have overdone with excessive labeling – then you are done. I want to make sure my students know where each piece of important information is. I also want to be able to refer to […]
Visuals for Common Classroom Routines
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 […]