“Our job isn’t to figure out if a student should be participating. Our job is to figure out how they should participate.” In this video intro to Paula Kluth’s “You’re Going to Love this Kid!”, a wonderful resource on inclusive education, you'll get a sample teaching strategy called “getting it off the page” and discover a word processing support for students with autism called AlphaSmart. Read More
How do we make schools responsive to every learner that walks through the door? In this video, Autism Expert Paula Kluth discusses challenges you may encounter in an inclusive classroom and the tips, supports, and strategies needed to overcome them. Her advice will benefit your students with and without disabilities. Read More
In this video clip, Inclusion Expert Paula Kluth offers teachers positive behavior support strategies for managing an inclusive classroom as alternatives to a consequences-and-rewards system. Read More
In this interview, Paula Kluth explains why inclusive education can and should be implemented for every age range. She follows up with some tips on how to make inclusion work for high school students in particular. Read More
In this interview, Paula Kluth explains how educators can view the passionate interests of kids with autism as an asset—and not a hindrance—in supporting their literacy development. Read More
In this video clip, sample a few of Paula Kluth's 100 ways to differentiate instruction in K-12 inclusive classrooms. These ideas will gives students a variety options when expressing their knowledge of a topic. Read More
The topic of this five-step lesson is accepting change in routines. Steps include explaining the goal with visual support, reading a short story, modelling and reinforcing, role-play and reinforcement, and promoting generalization. Read More
Learn different Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) strategies for teaching your students with behavior issues to protest appropriately in this sample teaching plan. ABA is a highly effective, rigorously researched intervention for children with autism spectrum disorders. Read More
This lesson plan from The Social Compass Curriculum will help students with autism understand what others are communicating when using body language. Read More
The DIRFloortime model is a highly effective intervention approach for children and adolescents with autism and other developmental disorders. Use this printabale and laminatable two-sided sheet as a guide when choosing which Floortime strategy you need to work on for the day. Read More
