Severe profound classroom 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!

Is this your first year teaching? Maybe it's just your first year teaching in a self-contained Severe-Profound/Multi Classroom.

Updated 11/09/2015 This is an update of the post listing online switch activities for learners with multiple or significant special needs. The activities listed are chosen because they can be used with switches, they are simple and they are enjoyable. The activities listed are free. Some activities may require set up by an assistant before switch use. Although care has been taken not to include switch activities with any violence or graphic images teachers and others still need to check…

The Principles of Active Learning The Active Learning approach emphasizes that all individuals learn best by active participation. All activity, especially in the earliest stages of development, actually "wires our brains" and establishes critical foundational concepts and skills necessary for all future learning. Individuals with multiple disabilities (cerebral palsy, visual impairment, cognitive impairment, autism, hearing

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.

Teaching kids with autism may mean working with nonverbal students. Here are 9 strategies for effectively working with students with severe nonverbal autism.

All long time ago and very, very far away from my current location, I got my first job as an SLP. In addition to many students in the general education setting, I served two severely impaired classrooms. In one class, the students spent much of the day on side liers being tube fed and given

A free printable for fine motor task cards. Help kids strengthen their fine motor skills with these easy activities!

Transition Services As students get older, it is increasingly important to begin to focus on the skills that they will need for adult life. This should include skills that they need for everyday life, such as movement, communication, and self-care (toileting, dressing, bathing, eating, etc.), as well as other functional skills. Sometimes introducing materials that

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