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Are you utilizing token boards in your special education classroom to manage behaviors? This blog post will give you 6 do’s and don’ts when it comes to using token boards for behavior. This classroom incentive idea is a great way to incorporate real life skills, however you want to make sure you are using token boards correctly so that you don’t create negative effects on your special needs students. Use this classroom management tool today!

I wanted to chat today a little bit about the hardest part of our jobs: behaviors. As a severely handicapped teacher I have seen, heard and witnessed everything. Nothing is a surprise anymore, as I expect the unexpected. No matter how consistent I schedule my routine and how systematic I am, nothing can be predicted....

If there is one I have learned in my years of working with paraprofessionals, it is that paras are teachers too. My paraprofessional is my right hand and my left hand. She is the glue that keeps us together. I realize that sometimes it is our first instinct to give them passive work because their

I never would have thought I would be tracking data digitally, I am really not that savvy when it comes to tech, however, when someone pointed out how easy it was, I had to try it. You guys, its sooo much easier than my typical paper and pencil tracking system. I had data sheets EVERYWHERE!! […]

The choices special education teachers and therapists make in classroom decor significantly impacts classroom and behavior management. Click to read what you should and shouldn't do as well as some areas to pause and think about first.

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Learn which strategies to use with students who are engaging in escape or task avoidance behaviors in special education classes.

Setting up an IEP work bin system can feel overwhelming! Here are some easy ways to do it so that your students can quickly work on goals!

As teachers, we all face different behavior challenges in the classroom. These challenges can change day to day or even year to year, but dealing with student behavior is something that no teacher can escape. We can however, use all the tools in our tool box to proactive instead of reactive. I have found over […]

I'm learned over the years that I'm kind of a control freak, but more importantly, I want my students to be successful. Fidgets a...