To be frank, testing season doesn’t exactly bring out the best in any of us. Even as adults, high-stakes environments can crank up the pressure and shake our confidence. Now imagine that same pressure in...
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Real photos matter – because they work. Real photos can be instrumental in teaching emotion identification. I love clip art, too! It’s easy to find pictures of children depicting a variety of behaviors and emotions,...
Read MoreThis behavior bundle is one of my favorite resources I’ve ever created, and very well loved among my former students and teachers around the world who have purchased and used these materials. You can check...
Read MoreIEP meetings can be super daunting – for both teachers AND guardians. We as educators spend so much time crafting effective (seeming) IEPs with our students best interests at heart – but the meetings don’t...
Read MoreSelf-regulation is such a buzz word lately, but what about CO-regulation? Arguably, it’s the first step to actually teaching self-regulation. If you haven’t been co-regulating with your students and you’re finding that they struggle to...
Read MoreThis post contains affiliate links. Essential oils for teachers – yep! They are all the rage these days, and teachers – more than ever before – are using them in their classrooms and in their...
Read MoreThis post contains affiliate links. Normally I am not a huge proponent for spending gobs of personal money on our classrooms – BUT. Gifts for paraprofessionals need to be at the TOP of the list...
Read MoreThis post contains affiliate links. Time management feels like a bit of a joke when it comes to being a special education teacher, am I right? Our time is so precious and there’s simply never...
Read MoreDisability categories ebb and flow and change regularly. At one time, we called students as Emotionally Disturbed, or having a Behavior Disorder, and nowadays we refer to this label as Emotional Disability or having an...
Read MoreMaking mountains out of molehills can be some of our biggest battles as teachers in behavior focused special education settings. Situations as small as a student getting the wrong pencil can start an enormous battle...
Read MoreAs a teacher, discovering that students have or are cheating on assignments and tests is so frustrating. How will we ever know what they actually can do if they’re cheating?! Here’s 5 suggestions to tackle...
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