Essential elements special education

As a special education teacher, have you ever wondered what other teachers’ classrooms look like? Today is your chance to see special education classrooms in a variety of age levels. I have included special ed preschool classrooms, K-2 Autism classroom, and K-2 special education classrooms. If you are looking for more info on multiple disabilities classrooms, life skills classrooms, middle school special education classrooms, high school special education classrooms, and more it is all…

How to teach special education students their personal information - an essential life skill for all students to know!

Are you looking for ways to help your autism and special education students learn life skills? I'm sharing a range of different activities you can do with your students in your classroom, starting today!

Creating a scope & sequence or curriculum map in special education classrooms #specialed #sped #specialeducation

Setting up IEP work bins was one of the biggest game changers in my special education classroom. These individualized learning stations hold materials to target specific IEP goals for your students and can be tailored to their specific needs. If you want to set up IEP work bins in your special education classroom, you’ve come to the right place. Here you will learn the benefits of IEP work bins and 5 ways you can set them up in your classroom, including my favorite, color coded IEP work…

Special needs classroom teachers, take a look at this K-2 curriculum map free resource for the self contained classroom. Organize your school year and lesson plans. Special education curriculum should always be driven by the IEP goals, so use this free resource to help map out your lesson plans for the school year. Help with classroom organization and editable curriculum map freebie!

If you are a special education teacher ready to go back to school, you will want to keep reading. Today, I’m sharing 4 must dos for the first day of school. It is important that you build relationships with students with get to know you activities. With my special education students, I establish routines & procedures in the classroom and the school. It is necessary to communicate with families with things like daily communication logs and ClassDojo.

I created these visual science experiments for my own classroom, and now I'm sharing them with you! These step-by-step science experiments are perfect for special education classrooms because they are so easy to use. Read the blog for everything you need to know about science experiments in special education! #specialeducation #specialed

Are you setting up your classroom for the beginning of the school year? You won’t want to miss this blog post, that includes my life of Amazon must haves for teachers that you can use in your self contained classroom. All of these classroom resources are items that I use in my own special education classroom, like task boxes, washi tape, paper cutter, fidget toys, dry erase pockets, laminators and so much more. Check out all of my special education classroom must have here.