Parents are an essential part of a classroom team, they know their child better than anyone else. It is so important that we teachers find ways to get them engaged in their child’s education. Here are 5 ways to get parents engaged and develop a strong relationship with caregivers. ... Read More about 5 Ways To Build A Strong Parent & School Relationship
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Free Reading Resources For Special Education
It's important that we have many resources at our fingertips when teaching reading because we never know what will work with our students, their needs, levels, etc. Below are a variety of free reading resources to add to your repertoire. resources with visual supports The shared tarheel ... Read More about Free Reading Resources For Special Education
Weave Social Emotional Learning Into Your Day
Weaving social emotional learning activities across your school day will help students develop functional social and coping skills that they can use when they need them. Vary the practice and review for increased success. Here is a list of ways you can schedule prosocial skills review to ... Read More about Weave Social Emotional Learning Into Your Day
How To Keep Students Engaged
While most students in special education classes have very limited attention spans there are some students who struggle to attend for even 10 seconds at a time. These students often need to be doing something at all times. It can be a struggle to keep them sitting, calm and busy. Downtime can be a ... Read More about How To Keep Students Engaged
What To Do When Escape Is The Behavior Function
Students will sometimes exhibit escape behaviors from an activity, demand, or task that they find challenging, overwhelming, frustrating, unpreferred, boring, etc. Once you have determined that the function of a student’s behavior is to escape from something, there are some things you can do to help ... Read More about What To Do When Escape Is The Behavior Function