Partner Puzzles are a fun, creative method for grouping students for small-group activities. Learn how they work in this quick classroom tip designed to decrease behavior issues and increase student motivation! Read More
The 5-step model for successful cooperative learning is illustrated in this sample lesson. The lesson involves students in teams using the software program Hyperstudio to plan a vacation. Read More
View the first sample lesson, Using Feeling Words, to introduce a variety of feeling words and increase students' emotional vocabularies. The second lesson, Identifying Happy Expressions, will help elementary school students with special needs identify faces showing happy expressions through common characteristics as well as differentiate between happy expressions and other facial expressions. Read More
View the ABC Foundations for Young Children sample lesson. In this lesson, Bb, /b/ is introduced through the helicopter game. Helicopter Game Picture Cards and Game Tips are also conveniently provided. 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
Here's a helpful chart on which least-intrusive adaptations early childhood teams should make in certain situations so that young students can most benefit from play time. Read More
This excerpt from PAVEd for Success provides pre-K and kindergarten teachers with common winter vocabulary terms and strategies for introducing them to their students. Read More
