Sensory choice board

If you are looking for more ways to support sensory seekers in your school or special education classroom, I’m here to help! There are a lot of ideas for sensory seekers in the classroom. Always consult with your occupational therapist to get their expert advice as well. I love to include alternate seating in the classroom, sensory choice boards, calming ideas for kids, tactile sensory tools, sensory rooms in schools, sensory paths for schools, and much more!

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Reducing Problem Behaviour using a function based intervention. Here I combined the first and then with the three star reward token boards and came up with this Behaviour Management Tool. Everythin…

I have been working in special education since 2016 and using visuals can be an amazing way to support students with special needs. Many individuals with disability need additional support which is where these lanyard visuals will come in handy. This tabbed flip book is fantastic for students with special needs and, more specifically, for nonverbal kids on the Autism Spectrum. Great for special education teachers! Includes: - Editable Tabbed Flipbook - Visual Schedule - 5 Frame and 10 frame…

Often, we forget the TRUE meaning of reinforcement. We assume that praise should be reinforcing and yelling should be punishing...but that is not correct. Reinforcement is defined as something that occurs after a behavior which increases the likelihood of the behavior in the future. Even if you and I find yelling aversive (and it REDUCES our behavior in the future), that doesn't mean it will have that same effect on everyone's behavior. I have had several students who find "being yelled at"…

Morning Fitness takes place first thing in the morning.. After school wide flag salute students go straight to the playground for free play for a few minutes. Once everyone is situated, I start morning fitness. It changes every day and is the most laxed part of our day. Every day we do different activities. Some...

Visual schedules are so helpful to support autistic children. This schedule also includes choice cards and a finished box.

Do you have access to a motor room at your school but don't know how to utilize it? Are you looking for some new ideas? Do you wish you had a routine that was easy to teach for your students and/or your paras? Keep reading to see how we manage motor room time at our school. We start out by having each student grab their motor room visual. This allows our kids the opportunity to be "independent" in the motor room. It is also a great mini-schedule for your students who need to know exactly…