Tag: Special Education Classroom

Using adapted Books in SPED

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Its not as hard as it sound to adapt any favourite book and make it interactive! You can target so many skills, like sentence starters, colour, shape, sentence structure, and sequencing, for Special Ed students.

I decided not to adapt a shop book but create and direct a version towards communication and understanding in more depth that would be more meaningful for young SPED students.

I loved simplifying these popular stories so my young learners could access them, especially Fairy-tale favourites. It was fantastic to seeing them learning to comment on what they were seeing in the book, remembering the story sequence, identifying the visuals to answer the “I can see questions, learning Story vocabulary and answer “who “questions about these characters.

I couldn’t stop incorporating more learning strategies into these story sets and added story words, (story vocab on a ring) to teach character recognition.

and sequencing boards and cards!

Once printed out on card stock they were quick and easy to laminate and assemble with a ring binders and Velcro for visuals.

My Daily Planner Binder – Back to School for Kids with Autism

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On the first day back to school I always introduce my Interactive Planner Binder to keep my young learners focused and motivated! Its full of visual strategies to help them plan their day, choose they’re reinforcer and stay in the area where they need to work.

I laminated the ones i made but you could easily place them in a pocket folder and use a dry wipe marker.

I’ve incorporated pages for my new students to jot down their name, grade and class, followed by their teachers name, their friends name, things they like and things they don’t.

There are pages with the days of the week for them to practice and tick off what day it is and same for seasons.

Having a schedule is so important so I’ve added spaces where i can write the order of the day and they can tick off as they go though it, handy to keep them on track!

Working for cards and reward choice keep them motivated!

Reminders of what to do when they feel angry, “first and then” when they get frustrated and what “I need” visuals for them to choose from.

Self-Regulation strategies for Managing Behavior

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Being able to regulate behavior is an essential critical skill to learn, so I’ve designed booklets for my students with Autism, Special Ed and the Preschool students in my school. This visual tool is intended to help them identify how they feel and what they would need to be ready for work! They turned out to be a great asset in my classroom calm down area.

Each of my kiddos are constantly using the visuals to remind themselves on how to get in the “ready” for work area. They can choose the supports they need and attach them on the page if they find themselves wandering out!
There are some books with three area tabs and some with four areas identified and each have visual supports for students to check how they feel, what area they are in and what they would need to do to get back area ready to work.

I’ve also added a “Tool Book” to this collection, which my kiddos equally love using!

Back to School – All About me

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A resource to help you get to know new students and for them to practice
sharing information about themselves.

These simple All about me passport pages are perfect for kids in pre-k, kindergarten and Special Education, I use these with my new students yearly and are a great way to start my morning lesson, especially now that I’ve popped them in a binder to use over and over again!

This interactive resource allows my kids with limited reading and writing skills use the visuals to share a few important things about themselves.  

I love getting to know my new kids and this activity binder make it quick and easy to find out their likes and dislikes and assess the visual learners basic skills!

I’ve adapt this activity for kids into 2 different levels of learning, one with pictures and the other with just the word. Included in these pages are:-

Name space (students can practice their name )
My gender is
My hair colour is
My eye colour is
My favorite colour
My favorite pet
My favorite toy
My favorite food
My favorite drink
My favorite snack
I know my shapes
I know my colours
I know my numbers
This is me (where your student can draw himself)

All About me

It is part of my All about me bundle in my TPT store.

Reduce Frustration with Calm Down Strategies

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Visual supports can help reduce frustration by giving non verbal students a way to Communicate. Having a variety of activities that are available in class and being able to ask for what is wanted can help reduce behavior throughout the day.

This is why I always keep a selection of visual choices handy in my calm down area, ready for when problems arise! Struggling students are able to find the visual displayed on a board that will help them reduce these emotions to carry on learning.

I display only the visuals that are available to the students on given days and a wider choice throughout the week.

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