When supporting a student with challenging behaviors, it can be difficult to know what behaviors to address first. The learners we are most concerned about typically don’t have just a few behaviors we feel need changing, they most often have many. Changing 10, 15, or 20 behaviors can quickly become …
It has been six years now since my life was turned upside down. In January 2018 a concerning lump was found coming out of my sternum. While I was assured that it was probably nothing, an x-ray led to a biopsy, and a biopsy led to a diagnosis of non-Hodkins …
People are popping up all over with great examples of what a self-contained classroom can look like during the global pandemic. Michelle Clark from Powhatan, Virginia, ran a summer school program and created a number of creative ways for students to connect …
If you find yourself staring blankly off into space because you can’t even imagine where to begin with setting up your classroom, it is ok, you are not alone. From what the experts (other teachers who have already set up their rooms) have taught us, it is clear that it …
Whenever it is that your students return for in-person instruction, one significant change they will have to adapt to is the number of people wearing masks. While wearing a mask is an important skill to teach your students, teaching them about the world of mask wearing is a completely …
Setting and up and running a self-contained classroom during COVID-19 brings about a number of complicated logistics that can quickly start to make your head spin. When you boil it down, we are really just trying to maximize safety while students are able to benefit from in-person instruction once again. …
Special education teachers, let’s be honest, this is not the great summer of 2020 any of us had envisioned. Though you may not be at work, you can’t escape it. You …
While wearing a mask is not a skill we have traditionally taught our children, we can still teach it the same way we would any other skill. Since this is a routine that is unfamiliar and potentially uncomfortable for a child with a disability, you will need to keep it …
If you were only given six months to live, how would you react? What would you do? Where would you go? Who would you see? These are questions that I personally find myself reflecting on quite often. As many of you know, in 2018 I was unexpectedly diagnosed with cancer. …
School taking place at home can be extremely disruptive for students with disabilities. Many compartmentalize that school is the place for work and home is the place to relax. When those …
