10 Behavior Books for Teachers
This post contains affiliate links There are SO many professional development focused books out there that it can be so difficult to know which ones are worth it to find at the library or buy...
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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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A Classroom Pet in Our Special Education Classroom
For 5 years of teaching, I had the joy of having a classroom pet. We had a rabbit in my classroom! Leonard the Rabbit joined the family for the soul purpose of being a classroom...
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5 Meaningful Teacher Quotes to Live By
Working in the land of emotional behavior disorders is magical, frustrating, overwhelming, important, exhausting, tedious, and so worth it. This blog post is dedicated to 5 teacher quotes that are hugely important in the...
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3 Simple Ways to Build Self-Esteem in Struggling Students
In all of our special education classrooms we have some students that greatly struggle with exhibiting challenging behaviors. Over the years I realized that one of the symptoms, and sometimes even the cause of, challenging...
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How a Calm Corner Can Transform Your Classroom
I spent many years teaching in a therapeutic day school for children with a primary disability of EBD. A calm corner was an essential part of my classroom. Truly, I would dare to say that...
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3 Back to School Considerations Before the First Day
Back to school season has arrived! Are you ready to meet your kiddos and for your name to be called/shirt to be tugged 8 million times per day? Back to school might be chaotic, but...
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Morning Meeting in a Special Education Classroom
Morning meeting has evolved over the years in my classrooms, but I have always found it to be the most important part of our day! Let’s clarify that this is NOT the same as morning...
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10 Unique Special Education Classroom Supplies
This post contains affiliate links. Hey teachers! There are posts everywhere that share the “must-haves” in terms of special education classroom supplies. I have a few “musts” that are more unconventional! Without these items, I...
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YouTube Channels for Special Education Classrooms
YouTube is one of my most favorite interactive resources to enhance my classroom instruction! Here are my Top 10 YouTube Channels for Special Education Classrooms (in no particular order!). I have also linked some of...
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So You Want to Start a Classroom Coffee Cart?
We LOVE our classroom coffee cart. This year, we started doing it on Fridays. As a classroom that follows CCSS and uses an adapted, but still gen-ed, curriculum, doing a coffee cart daily during the...
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