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A Pirate Hat Dot to Dot to Support Skip Counting Created: Sunday, May 20, 2012 Updated: Sunday, May 20, 2012
A pirate dot to dot that supports skip counting.
A Circus Elephant Dot to Dot to Teach Skip Counting Created: Thursday, May 17, 2012 Updated: Sunday, May 20, 2012
Circus elephant dot to dots support skip counting by 2's and 5's
Early intervention Circus Unit for Extended School Year Created: Sunday, May 13, 2012 Updated: Saturday, May 19, 2012
An Early Intervention unit for an extended school year program focused on the circus.
Halloween Free Printable Dot to Dots of a Ghost to Skip Count by Ten Created: Monday, October 04, 2010 Updated: Saturday, May 19, 2012
Halloween free printable dot to dots to help students practice skip counting by 5's and 10's to support counting money and telling time.
Teaching Social Skills Created: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 Updated: Thursday, May 17, 2012
Teaching social skills is essential for successful social behavior as well as self regulation and appropriate interaction with peers.
A Social Skills Game for Making Requests Created: Thursday, May 17, 2012 Updated: Thursday, May 17, 2012
A social skills game making requests.
An End of the School Year Checklist Created: Sunday, May 13, 2012 Updated: Monday, May 14, 2012
An article on creating checklists for the end of the school year.
End of the School Year Resources Created: Monday, May 31, 2010 Updated: Sunday, May 13, 2012
You will find resources here to help you wrap up your school year as a special education teacher.
An End of School Year Report Form to Send a Student On Created: Monday, May 31, 2010 Updated: Sunday, May 13, 2012
An end of the year file review that helps pass a student on to a new teacher in the next school year.
A Circus Elephant Coloring and Cutting Art for Early Intervention Created: Saturday, May 12, 2012 Updated: Saturday, May 12, 2012
A coloring and cutting project on free printable pdf's for early intervention special education.
Creating a Fun Circus Project with Coloring and Cutting Created: Saturday, May 12, 2012 Updated: Saturday, May 12, 2012
Face, wig and hat choices make this fun project a challenge for young students.
Social Skills Baseball Created: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 Updated: Sunday, May 06, 2012
A classroom baseball game that helps students practice social interactions with peers.
A Social Skills Unit for Baseball Created: Friday, April 06, 2012 Updated: Sunday, May 06, 2012
A Social Skills unit that uses baseball as an opportunity to build and practice appropriate social interactions.
Reading for Special Education Created: Thursday, June 03, 2010 Updated: Saturday, May 05, 2012
Reading is laid out in it's component parts to help a special educator identify a child's needs and remediate them with appropriate interventions and instruction.
Letter Mat Blending Activities Created: Saturday, May 05, 2012 Updated: Saturday, May 05, 2012
Mats for students to spell out single syllable regular short vowel words.
Short Vowel Charts to Support Explicit Phonics Instruction Created: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Charts to display to help students remember short vowel sounds.
Extended School Year Programming for Early Intervention Created: Saturday, April 21, 2012 Updated: Saturday, April 28, 2012
Extended school year programs for children with disabilities need to address the many developmental challenges these children face.
Discrete Trial Training - The Instructional Backbone of ABA Created: Saturday, January 29, 2011 Updated: Saturday, April 21, 2012
Discrete trial training is the instructional backbone of Applied Behavioral Analysis, a highly successful intervention for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Reinforcement to Increase Desired Behavior and Academic Performance Created: Saturday, March 03, 2012 Updated: Saturday, April 21, 2012
Reinforcement in a special education classroom increases the amount of appropriate behavior, both socially and academically.
Behavior Contracts and Management Documents Created: Sunday, October 09, 2011 Updated: Friday, April 20, 2012
Free printables for behavior contracts and behavior monitoring tools.
A Behavior Contract for the Bus with a Numeric Rating System Created: Friday, April 20, 2012 Updated: Friday, April 20, 2012
Students with disabilities sometimes get themselves into trouble on the school bus. These bus contracts help bus drivers, teacher, parents and students work together to improve behavior.
The Sandlot - Making Friends, a Social Skills Lesson Created: Saturday, April 14, 2012 Updated: Saturday, April 14, 2012
A lesson plan to practice initiation, discuss friendship and the personal qualities of character that we can emulate.
Social Skills for Special Education Students Created: Sunday, January 24, 2010 Updated: Saturday, April 14, 2012
Resources for Social Skills Training including book reviews, curriculum reviews, a unit plan on friendship,
Zipper Storage Bags, the Special Educator's Friends Created: Sunday, September 11, 2011 Updated: Friday, April 13, 2012
Zippered, reusable storage bags have multiple uses in a special educators tool kit.
Understanding Behavior Created: Sunday, June 22, 2008 Updated: Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Understanding behavior and changing it. Dealing with bad behaviors.
Classroom Management in the Inclusional Classroom Created: Saturday, September 04, 2004 Updated: Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Classroom management. Rules, routines and tips for classroom management in the inclusional classroom
Token Systems Build Cooperation Created: Thursday, October 22, 2009 Updated: Tuesday, April 10, 2012
This article offers three kinds of token economies, involving points, tickets and money to reward appropriate behavior and academic effort. Reinforcement is through purchasing prizes, a raffle or ..
Tip a Week -- Color Code for Organizing Created: Sunday, September 04, 2011 Updated: Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Color coding for organization involves folders, baskets, tape and other colored containers and markers to help students quickly find and return materials for each class, subject or student.
Scaffolding - A Instructional Strategy of Instructional Delivery for Special Education Created: Saturday, April 09, 2011 Updated: Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Scaffolding is a term used to describe building slowly to the skill you want the student to acquire.
Challenges in a Self Contained Classroom Created: Sunday, September 18, 2011 Updated: Tuesday, April 10, 2012
The challenges of planning for special education students and meeting all stakeholders needs include aligning your objectives to both IEP goals and
Autism Instructional Models -- What Model Predominates in Your State? Created: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 Updated: Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Looking for feedback from other teachers of children with autism to learn about the ways instruction is provided for their students in their state.
Problem Behaviors -- Helping Students with Disabilities with Difficult Behaviors Created: Thursday, February 18, 2010 Updated: Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Resources for managing difficult or challenging behaviors that disrupt the classroom and the individual child's academic success.

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