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Vocational Skills
There are so many skills that our students need to learn: Job skills, Social skills, Independent Living skills, etc. Our students with Autism need so much practice in a slow methodical way in order to have the ability to generalize and use those skills later in life. They need these skills and many of...
August 19th, 2008 | Teachers, Vocational | Read More
Great Schedule
This is a great example of a classroom schedule for students with autism. The schedule has: a picture symbol of the task, the analog time using a clock face, and the digital time. It would probably also be helpful for the staff to have the name of the task in large print somewhere on the schedule. It...
August 17th, 2008 | Organization, Teachers | Read More
Clutter Cop
Okay, I couldn’t resist the picture. OMAC Clutter Cop.
We talked about the OMAC Clutter cleanup during our
last post. Did you do it? If you did then I know your custodian either loves you for cleaning the room or hates you for all of the trash! Your room is already well on it’s way to becoming...
August 16th, 2008 | Organization, Teachers | Read More
Color Coding Frenzy!
Look at this great example of color coding a communication board. Every student has his or her own color and the picture symbols they use most are affixed to the board with hook & loop tape. There is a “I want _____ please” card hanging nearby so the students can choose “water”...
August 15th, 2008 | Organization, Teachers | Read More
Smiley Stickers
Here is an easy way to make stickers and coordinate your token economy. “Smiley” is a socially appropriate sticker or token to use with both elementary and intermediate students, because “smiley” is cool. Right click on the photos – save it to your pictures and print....
August 15th, 2008 | Behavior, Teachers | Read More
Environmental Setup-Clutter Cleaning
Let’s talk a minute about the first foundation. Environment. We are talking about getting down to the very, very basics of classroom setup. There is nothing that can ruin a classroom like clutter. You know what I’m talking about.
If you still have a file cabinet full of purple ditto masters...
August 9th, 2008 | Organization, Teachers | Read More
Teaching Telephone Skills
Let’s talk about teaching functional skills for a minute. You know how hard it is to teach kids to use a telephone when you don’t have a telephone in the class? And are you really going to traipse down to the teacher’s lounge with all of your students in tow to demonstrate telephone...
August 9th, 2008 | Teachers, Vocational | Read More
Great Calendar Setup
This is a good way to set up the morning calendar time. See how the board is divided into sections? The classroom moves down the row from activity to activity. The tasks are visually divided and easy to see with few distractions. I also love how the background is all blue. That indicates all morning...
August 8th, 2008 | Teachers, Teaching Methods | Read More
New Way to Transition
Tired of the X’s on the floor to mark where the student’s stand in line? Try combining an academic task with a transition task. This elementary classroom in Georgia uses large money replicas as a way to have the students practice: personal space, school behavior (lining up in a line), waiting...
August 6th, 2008 | Behavior, Teachers | Read More
Vocational Work Tasks
This was a great example of a vocational work schedule. Don’t assume that the students understand what “get ready to work” means. A task needs to be broken into small steps (task analyzed) and a visual given to enhance undertanding. See how it is enlarged to a poster size and placed...
July 31st, 2008 | Teachers, Vocational | Read More
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