Adapted high-quality curriculum to help special education students succeed in the classroom
Today’s guest blogger, Kate, has been teaching in an ABA based autism classroom for 8 years- first in an ABA based residential school with students ages 8-16, and moving next to a public school where she now teaches in a kindergarten and first grade. Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is a therapy based on the science of learning and behavior. Kate’s storage… Read More
As a Lakeshore Learning blog ambassador, I get to sample products each month, providing my honest review of the materials. I have selected items with a special education classroom in mind. Growing up in Far West Texas, it was a five-hour round trip to nearest toy store. It wasn’t until I left for college that I realized not everyone’s trip… Read More
In college, I spent my summers teaching science camp. We learned how to build robots, make the goopiest slime, and launch model rockets (often into neighboring trees). I love bringing hands-on experiments into my classroom. From paper mâché volcanoes to baking neon rainbow cupcakes, we loved getting our hands (and desks, tables, carpet, and aprons) dirty.
Today’s guest blogger, Taylor McFerren, is a Kindergarten and 1st grade ESE teacher in Tampa, FL. Taylor graduated from the University of South Florida and has taught for two years. Hey y’‘all! I am Taylor from @rainbowsinsped, and I am here to talk about how I organize the Made for Me Literacy curriculum! I am currently usee IRIS photo and craft… Read More
Gabrielle Dixon (Teaching Special Thinkers) and I met at the Teachers Pay Teachers conference in 2017 where we quickly bonded over our shared love for teaching special education, and our passion for creating meaningful, adapted resources. Our experience with teaching in self-contained special education classrooms gave us first-hand knowledge of the challenge it is to find engaging and appropriate materials… Read More
Today’s guest blogger, Dana Howell, is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst who taught regular education, and special education. Dana has also been a paraprofessional and a speech-language pathology assistant. Her company, Behavioral Interventions And Solutions, creates ABA resources that empower parents with affordable and easy to use tools for managing challenging behaviors. At the start of the 2016-2017 school year… Read More