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From developing fine motor skills, letter and number recognition, sight words, sorting, sequencing, reading, and math, these task boxes for autism tasks will help develop important life skills and beyond!

101 sensory play activities for kids with autism to help strengthen the brain’s neural pathways by stimulating the 5 senses to facilitate learning!

The most important thing to keep in mind when planning to meet the needs of students is that they are all unique individuals with unique needs. The diversity in human beings is beautiful. It is worth celebrating. Unfortunately, I don’t think teachers get enough training in teacher prep programs or

How are you using task systems in your multiple disability classroom? In this blog post I go over activity rotations that you can incorporate to find independent work that fits for all of your multiple disability students. I include a list of all my special education activities such as bead bars, sensory boards, and swinging bear that are all great ways to involve sound, texture and color. Read through all of my special education ideas on implementing a structured activity rotation here.

Using task boxes in your elementary classroom is a great way to stay organized. As a beginning teacher, you can create these task boxes and use it year after year. Task boxes in special education classroom are perfect for independent stations. My special ed students can easily go to the independent center and get out exactly what they need. My teaching them the expectation of the organization it also helps them. Task boxes activities for special ed students can be about anything!

Task boxes can be highly beneficial for special education students for several reasons: They provide structured learning by way of presenting learning materials in an organized way, they provide visual supports, repetition & practice, and skill generalization. Task boxes can also be customized to meet each individual student’s needs and IEP goals, promote independence, and […]

If a student is unable to play with toys during structured leisure time independently, play supports are a great strategy.

Teach your students about the five senses, touch. What exactly can they feel? wood - hard, cotton wool - soft / fluffy, and so on.

Are your students frustrated with the concept of addition? Make addition fun in the classroom, or even at home, with these creative, easy and effective hands-on activities.

When you teach in a multiple disabilities classroom there is a lot of additional equipment needed. You want to have equipment for students to practice the skills they learned during occupational therapy, speech therapy and physical therapy. Today, I am sharing special education equipment you need to help your students achieve their IEP goals including communication and academic goals. Learn more now!