As special education students get older, it gets harder to find age appropriate crafts that are also easy enough for students to do as independently as possible. I found myself doing a lot of prepping for crafts, which is not what we want out of a craft that students will be sending home to their ... READ the POST
Recycle Restaurant Menus & Travel Brochures With Cut & Paste Activities
One of my favorite things to do is find ways to recycle environmental print items for educational life skills use in the classroom! On a teacher's budget, we are always striving to find ways to save money, yet provide the best education for our students. I found a way to use to-go ... READ the POST
Free Career Assessments for Job & Transition Planning
As a special education teacher, assessments can help extract powerful information that helps us plan our curriculum as well as plan for our students' futures. Student preferences as well as parent/caregiver input are also extremely important when planning for a student's future, especially the ... READ the POST
Community Based Instruction (CBI) Ideas for Special Education
Community Based Instruction is such a valuable learning tool for special education students. The more you are able to get out into the community, the more you can practice hands on life skills! If you're teaching in an adult transition classroom, you should make it a main priority to go out into ... READ the POST
Cooking & Cleaning IEP Goal Ideas
There are endless number of life skills IEP goals out there, it's just a matter of finding what your student and their family want to focus on. It's all about getting to know your student, their future goals, and collaborating with parents/caregivers on what areas they find important. Some ... READ the POST
In The Community IEP Goal Ideas
There are endless number of life skills IEP goals out there, it's just a matter of finding what your student and their family want to focus on. It's all about getting to know your student, their future goals, and collaborating with parents/caregivers on what areas they find important. Some ... READ the POST