Special education independent work stations

Have you been struggling to find a way to engage all of your students in writing activities? These daily writing journals are the perfect solution. Today I am sharing how to prep and organize these daily writing journals for your special education students. I talk about how to color code the journals along with how to pick the right level for your students. These writing prompts are great for writing time, morning work, and independent work stations. Learn how to prep them today!

Do you use an Independent Work Station? Read more below to find out 3 tips for setting up independent work stations in your special education classroom.

Here are 10 different types of activities that you can use in your independent work systems in your special education classroom.

Do you want to use independent work systems (TEACCH systems) with your students with autism but aren't sure how to work them into your classroom? This post includes different models and things that work for me. via @drchrisreeve

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!

This is my favorite center in my classroom! Learn how to set up and implement the independent 3 drawer work system in your own classroom.

Independent work systems (TEACCH) are a staple in many autism classrooms. They are considered an emerging or evidence-based practice for teaching independence. Setting them up and using them correctly are critical. Here are 10 things you need to know. #independentwork #structuredworksystems #teacch #workboxes #worktasks

At the beginning of the year, I am always that hot mess teacher; HOWEVER, there is always one thing I make sure I have running smoothly by the end of September... independent work stations. Without independent work, SPED teachers would literally never get anything done. Plus, work boxes are a great way for students to

I know that lots of teachers use drawers for independent work systems and sometimes they work fine. I've found them limiting in teaching students in special education to work independently. I'm sharing why in this post.

Do you use task boxes in your special education classroom? If you don’t, check out this blog post for 8 ways to use task boxes for special education. You can use task boxes for one on one instruction, classroom centers or stations, with early finishers, with morning work and much more. There are so many benefits to including this special education activity into your lesson plans. Use these task boxes during independent work stations or homework today!

For our learners who need to work on foundational learning skills, such as simple matching, I have always love creating hands on task boxes put-in tasks and color sorting tasks. My classroom closet always looked like it could be featured on an episode of hoarders. I kept every shoe box, coffee container, baby jar, and

Structured work systems, also called independent work stations, are perfect for students in a self-contained classroom. These systems are visual systems that are strategically set up so students can work independently. Today I am sharing 3 structured work systems for special education students. You will find details about task box centers, three drawer work systems, and independent work binders. Students can work on file folder activities, writing or tracing, matching activities and more!

FREE printables for 3 different structured / independent work systems. This post includes pictures and video examples for setting up independent work stations in special education classrooms!

Who is prepping more work boxes this summer? I just love getting new ideas, especially for our older life skill students! Christina Bailey, a transition life skill teacher, offered to share a bunch of her work boxes on my blog! Thank you Christina! Christina works with transition aged students (19-26 years old) with severe cognitive and/or health impairments. Her school serves students from multiple school districts within the county who learn best in an alternative placement. Are you ready?…

There is a reason behind every component of a independent work system. Do you know the 4 questions each work system should answer? Click through to find out.

task box / independent work organization in an autism or special education classroom

Errorless tasks are great for any special education or early childhood classroom.These mini binder tasks are arranged in a such a way, that the icons which correspond to the image are located at the bottom of the page. The student will choose any icon and stick it on one of the Velcro spaces within that image. The beauty of these tasks is that there is no wrong answer!

For this task the student uses colored clothes pins to practice spelling their color words.

How to set up independent work stations in your self-contained special education classroom #specialeducation #selfcontained #SPED

Errorless learning activities are perfect for independent work stations in special education classrooms. Grab this free mini bundle of errorless cut and paste worksheets to target multiple goals at once - colors, shapes, letters and numbers along with fine motor skills. Students gain confidence completing work without staff assistance. Errorless learning is perfect for students who don't have many mastered skills (yet) to participate in independent work or centers with their classmates.