Self contained behavior classroom

Desk Visuals for Communication Support! Choice boards for AAC users.Great for setting up your Special Education Classroom! For student who need visuals to request breaks, a walk, classroom materials, etc... Sentence Starters I feel...I want...I need...Two versions of a YES/NO boardSymbols for:Bathroom, break, walk, stop, finished, helpBlank template to be customized for each student's desk!Setting up your self-contained classroom?Check out my Morning Meeting Bundle and my Morning Meeting…

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

Behavior Self-monitoring: Behavior Goal Setting Worksheets, Self-monitoring Behavior Visuals, and Self-monitoring Behavior Charts Self-monitoring behavior plays an important role in students making progress towards changing problem behavior. When students can appropriately self-monitor they are taking ownership in their behavior. Are you looking for a way to help your students gain independence in monitoring their behavior? […]

If your classroom is anything like mine, we live and breathe by a schedule. That is not to say that we always stay exactly on schedule, but we always have one. Correction: We always have more tha…

Do you struggle with groupings and organizing instruction that meets the needs of all of your students? We tend to get students with a wide range of needs and levels in special education classrooms. It can be a real challenge to organize groupings and meet everyone’s needs. Here are 3 different types of instruction I […]

Who likes waiting? Not this girl! And I can guarantee our students don’t like waiting either. If you teach students with special needs you know that asking a student to wait can cause a full on melt down in the middle of a seemingly normal Tuesday. And guess what, our classrooms get interrupted for questions, ... Read More about Teaching Wait: The Wait Basket

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....

The start to any school year, for any classroom, can be tough. There are so many demands put on staff including baseline data, compliance deadlines, district benchmarks, insturction, IEP goals and of course behavior management. It is crucial to set expectations and guidelines for students from DAY 1 so that they know what is expected...

Here are 20 center ideas that you can use for your self-contained classroom. I have it all listed out for you including pictures

There are so many working parts in a self contained or Autism Unit. Read MORE on what you can do to survive and thrive in a self contained classroom!