Severe profound classroom activities

Is this your first year teaching? Maybe it's just your first year teaching in a self-contained Severe-Profound/Multi Classroom.

Teaching Learners with Multiple Special Needs: Free Switch Activities for Learners with Severe or Profound Special Needs

Looking for some easy ways to use BIGMacks in your classroom? Here are 5 quick and easy ideas that will help!

All long time ago and very, very far away from my current location, I got my first job as an SLP. In addition to many students in the general education setting, I served two severely impaired classrooms. In one class, the students spent much of the day on side liers being tube fed and given

Are you tired of reinventing the wheel in your life skills classroom? Are you struggling with writing lesson plans for your secondary special education classroom? Here are 7 activities that changed the way I teach in the special education classroom. Each of these activities are designed to target specific skills with my students including life skills, social skills, social studies, functional reading, vocational skills and current events. Learn how you can use resources in your classroom…

Building Functional Pretend Play Centers in an Pre-K Classroom

Activity Wall Pegboard can be mounted on a wall to create an activity wall. Items are attached to the pegboard or suspended with elastic protected by plastic tubing, so that the learner can explore materials independently. If multiple children will be using the activity wall, it is best to mount objects at a range of different

Ideas for circle time, calendar time, morning meeting in special education or elementary education classroom. Focus on reading, literacy & communication! Tons of ideas for differentiating!

Can you Use Unique Learning System in a Severe/Profound educational setting! Absolutely! Check the link for tips and tricks on making it accessible to all!

Transition Services As students get older, it is increasingly important to begin to focus on the skills that they will need for adult life. This should include skills that they need for everyday life, such as movement, communication, and self-care (toileting, dressing, bathing, eating, etc.), as well as other functional skills. Sometimes introducing materials that

When Things Go Wrong Occasionally an individual will get stuck in a specific part of the Dynamic Learning Circle. This can lead to disruptive behaviors, self-stimulation, or other problems in learning. It is important to recognize when this happens and to know what to do to help the child get back on track.Patty Obrzut Talks

For most current list please click here. This is an update of the post listing online switch activities for learners with multiple or significant special needs. The activities listed are chosen because they can be used with switches, they are simple and they are enjoyable. The activities listed are free. Some activities may require set up by an assistant before switch use. Although care has been taken not to include switch activities with any violence or graphic images teachers and others…

Independent sitting is an important milestone! In this blog post, I’m sharing five effective ways to promote independent sitting in early childhood special education. I talk about adaptive seating and positioning, sensory integration activities, as well as functional play and games. I also talk about fine motor activities and how these promote independent sitting. Learn more now!

Paraprofessionals can truly be lifesaver in the special education classroom. While it can be easy to think of them as “teaching assistants,” paras can do so much more to help your special education students in the classroom. But, sometimes it’s hard to know exactly what tasks you can delegate to your parapro. Check out this blog post for 5 tasks paraprofessional can do to make your job easier as a special education teacher and how I utilize my paraprofessional in my classroom.

I'm just going to be honest....I am OBSESSED with using adapted books in my classroom! They are a good "grab and go" activity, if I have a little extra time after a lesson to fill. My EA's also use these in the general education classrooms, when a reading passage or activity may be over my kiddos' levels. I organize my books in bins so they are easily accessible to any adult who needs one for a lesson or activity. In my classroom, I use the counting adapted books to teach basic counting…

When our daughter turned 2.5 months old and still wasn’t fixing or tracking, we started to suspect she was having a problem with her vision. We knew her actual eyes were fine because she̵…

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Beginning your day with a soft start allows for more choice, creativity, and engagement as students arrive each morning.

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