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# Dr. Christine Reeve, Ph.D., BCBA-D: Where research meets the classroom

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## Posts
- [Teaching Waiting Skills Effectively as Replacement Behaviors To Improve Challenging Behavior](https://autismclassroomresources.com/teach-waiting/): Teaching waiting skills as a replacement behavior is a great example of functional communication training. This post takes you through the steps for teaching this important skill and how to help students learn to wait.
- [Using Visual Schedules to Teach Flexibility to Students with Autism](https://autismclassroomresources.com/teaching-flexibility-visual-schedules/): Visual schedules don't cause students with autism to be rigid. And in fact you can use them to teach students how to handle change. Learn how to use schedules to teach students with autism to be more flexible from Dr. Christine Reeve, Ph.D., BCBA who has spent 30 years in classrooms helping teachers help their students.
- [Visual Schedules for the Autism Classroom: Full Guide](https://autismclassroomresources.com/visual-schedules/): Learn how to use visual schedules in your autism classroom. Types, setup tips, free resources, and expert strategies from a BCBA-D with 30+ years of experience.
We'll cover why to use them, what types you can use, how to decide the best way to use them and more. And don't miss the free download too.
- [Classroom Token System: 8 ABA Steps That Work](https://autismclassroomresources.com/classroom-token-system/): A classroom token system is one of the most flexible applied behavior analysis tools you can use with your students. When set up correctly, token systems help students understand the connection between their behavior and reinforcement, even when that reinforcement isn't immediate. This post walks you through exactly how to implement a classroom token system that actually works for your students.
- [Make IEP Review Easier With These 9 Criteria for Determining IEP Mastery Criteria](https://autismclassroomresources.com/iep-mastery-criteria/): Summary: This post shares 9 practical tips for writing IEP mastery criteria that actually work in your classroom. I'll walk you through how to choose the right mastery level based on skill type, importance, and practicality—plus show you how to avoid common pitfalls that create data collection nightmares. You'll learn how to write mastery criteria that make sense for your teaching plan and keep your IEP team on the same page.
- [Errorless Learning Activities: How to Progress One File Folder Through 3 Skill Levels](https://autismclassroomresources.com/errorless-learning-activities-with-file-folder-activities/): Summary:
This post explains how to use errorless learning activities (e.g., a file folder activity) across three distinct skill levels. You'll learn how to set up folders for beginning independent work with just one sorting option, progress to teaching discrimination skills through direct instruction, and finally move to independent practice for maintenance. Includes practical strategies for implementation and when to move between levels.
- [3 Signs of Prompt Dependency You Need to Know: When Error Correction Isn’t Working](https://autismclassroomresources.com/3-signs-of-prompt-dependency/): This post helps you identify prompt dependency in your students and make data-driven decisions about when to use error correction versus errorless learning. Learn the warning signs of prompt dependency, what your data is telling you about prompting strategies, and how to match the right instructional approach to your student's needs when teaching students with autism and other disabilities.
- [5 Error Correction & Errorless Learning Strategies](https://autismclassroomresources.com/5-error-correction-and-errorless-learning-strategies/): This post shares 5 practical error correction and errorless learning strategies you can use in your special education classroom. Learn the mechanics of each approach, see real examples of what these strategies look like during discrete trials and systematic instruction, and understand why mixing and varying your instruction matters for student success.
- [Special Ed Lesson Plans: Free Templates + 6 Tips](https://autismclassroomresources.com/lesson-planning-autism-classroom/): Special ed lesson plans come with their own distinct challenges. But with the right systems, they can be pretty easy to keep up. In this post, Dr. Reeve shares reasons why lesson plans are important in special ed. and autism classrooms, and tips and templates to make them easy to implement in the classroom.
- [Reading IEP Goals for Nonverbal Students](https://autismclassroomresources.com/reading-iep-goals-for-nonverbal-students/): I know many teachers struggle trying to think of reading IEP goals for nonverbal students and students with significant disabilities. Many think that students who are nonverbal aren't going to be able to read. But that isn't the case. In fact, there are specific beginning skills that nonverbal students can learn that foster the use of print--or literacy.
- [Using Social Stories in the Classroom: The Research](https://autismclassroomresources.com/social-stories-research/): If you’ve worked in autism or special education, you’ve likely heard of social stories. Sometimes called social narratives, social stories have been widely used since the 1990s to help students understand specific situations, navigate social expectations, and develop coping strategies.
- [5 Ways to Build Teamwork with Classroom Mission Statements in the Special Education Classroom](https://autismclassroomresources.com/teamwork-special-education-classroom/): Classroom mission statements are a great way to build teamwork in the special education classroom. They can help you get everyone on the same page. And they are great for training staff and resolving staff disagreements.
- [IEP Data Collection Sheets: Your Guide to Easy and Effective Tracking](https://autismclassroomresources.com/iep-data-collection-sheets/): Tracking progress on IEP goals as special education teachers can feel like a juggling act. That’s where these editable IEP data collection sheets come in! They’re designed to help you streamline your data collection for special education. 
- [Summer Resources That Will Help You Survive the End of the Year](https://autismclassroomresources.com/summer-resources-that-will-help-you-survive-the-end-of-the-year/): Looking for summer resources for ESY? This post has them!
- [3 Task Box Activities Perfect for Telling Time Practice](https://autismclassroomresources.com/task-box-activities-for-telling-time-practice/): In a previous post, I talked about strategies for teaching students to tell time, and today I want to focus on how are students can get in some telling time practice easily in their day. I've got 3 types of telling time practice activities that are perfect for task box independent work systems and a free one you can download and try.
- [Life Skills Math Task Box Idea: IWInspiration for Practicing Measurement](https://autismclassroomresources.com/life-skills-math-measurement-task-box/): This life skills math task box idea will be great for any students who need to work on measuring using measuring cups, spoons and other tools in the kitchen. This is a great opportunity for students to practice measuring dry ingredients (although you could add wet ingredients depending on the mess factor) using a variety of tools.
- [How to Effectively and Efficiently Teach Telling Time: Hands-On Learning in Action for Special Education](https://autismclassroomresources.com/how-to-teach-telling-time/): Over the years I've met many life skills teachers who struggle with how to effectively teach telling time to their students. Sometimes we fall back on presenting time materials more than the explicit instruction our students benefit from most.
- [How To Provide Effective Whole Group Instruction in Special Education?](https://autismclassroomresources.com/effective-whole-group-instruction-in-special-education/): Whole group instruction is often one of the most challenging parts of working in a special education classroom, particularly in a self-contained classroom. Sometimes just keeping students engaged throughout the group time is the first challenge. But even when you get them engaged, how do you assure that they are learning?
- [Valentines Day Activities for Special Education from Preschool to Life Skills-Free Download](https://autismclassroomresources.com/valentines-day-activities-for-special-education/): If you are a special educator looking for Valentines Day activities, you have come to the right place! I am a strong believer that all ages in special education classrooms should celebrate holidays, but that the activities should still focus on their goals. So in this post I'm sharing some different Valentine's Day activities that range in age from preschool to secondary. I've got some language resources, circle time, and life skills tools for you, plus there is a free download at the end for working on vocabulary!
- [Free Holiday Resources for Winter to Keep Students Engaged](https://autismclassroomresources.com/free-holiday-resources-for-winter-to-keep-students-engaged/): Years ago I did an 8 day countdown to the end of school for winter break with a free holiday resource each day. Those freebies are still available so I wanted to make sure you knew about them and where to find them if you didn't catch them the first time.
- [Engaging Special Education Students: 3 Strategies for Student Engagement Techniques that Work!](https://autismclassroomresources.com/3-strategies-for-student-engagement/): Let's face it, downtime in the classroom is not your friend, but strategies for student engagement are! I've talked about the magic of engagement in this episode of the podcast. Essentially, engagement is magical because when students are actively engaged in activities, you see fewer challenging behaviors and students learn more. But engagement is also important because it's a lot easier to maintain student engagement than it is to try to get it back once you've lost it.
- [5 Ways to Use I Spy Printables as a Teaching Tool with a Free Download to Start](https://autismclassroomresources.com/5-ways-to-use-i-spy-printables/): I Spy Printables are a fantastic tool to enhance turn taking skills and encourage students to infer characteristics of items. This version is particularly effective for verbal students who can use these clues to give you answers. However, for nonverbal students or those who are not yet expressing characteristics, this version may not be as suitable. Although they can participate by pointing, taking turns to ask questions might be a bit challenging for them. Utilizing I Spy Printables can be a fun and engaging activity to promote learning in the classroom!
- [Transforming Learning Environments: The Art of Troubleshooting Autism Classroom Design](https://autismclassroomresources.com/troubleshooting-autism-classroom-design/): I have talked about autism classroom design a lot on this blog and this podcast. And that's because I truly believe that getting the classroom setup well makes a world of difference throughout the year with student engagement and behavior.
- [Unlock the Power of an Adapted Book: 5 Essential Strategies for Diverse Classrooms](https://autismclassroomresources.com/an-adapted-book-for-a-diverse-group/): An adapted book can make such a great addition to our teaching tools for so many skills. But it can be difficult figuring out how to use them with a group where some students may be nonverbal, others might be working on vocabulary, another might be learning when to talk in a group etc.
- [How to Help Reduce Anxiety in Students Who Don’t Want to Stand Out](https://autismclassroomresources.com/reduce-anxiety-in-students-with-asd/): Having worked with students with ASD and Anxiety who refuse to use strategies at school to help them, here are some tips I've found effective.
- [Resources & Effective Reading Programs for Autism Spectrum Disorder](https://autismclassroomresources.com/resources-for-teaching-reading-to-students-with-autism/): I frequently get asked what are good reading programs for autism or how to teach reading to students with autism spectrum disorder. I did a post a while back on the challenges and thoughts about teaching reading to students with autism, and many of you asked for ideas about tools to support reading in your classrooms.  
- [What are Prompts? 5 Main Types of Prompts in a Free Infographic](https://autismclassroomresources.com/5-main-types-of-prompts-infographic/): As we are talking about prompts, I thought it might help if I addressed what are prompts and the types of prompts, before we talk about how to use them and fade them. Surprisingly this isn't quite as easy as you would think it would be to define the different types of prompts because professionals use different terms to define them. So having the terminology in place will be helpful in talking about how we increase correct responses, use the least intrusive prompt possible, and fade prompts in a systematic manner so we avoid making students prompt dependent.  
- [Boosting Productivity and Learning: 3 Classroom Organization Ideas Every Special Education Teacher Should Know](https://autismclassroomresources.com/3-classroom-organization-ideas/): Let's face it, we need all the classroom organization ideas we can get. I see you!! In your busy life in the classroom, organization is key to ensuring smooth classroom management and effective learning experiences for students. Special education teachers and behavior analysts understand the importance of a well-organized classroom, where materials are easily accessible, and resources are readily available.
- [3 Ways  Independent Work Task Boxes Help Conquer Classroom Management](https://autismclassroomresources.com/3-ways-independent-work-task-boxes-conquer-classroom-management/): So many times, teachers I talk to are using independent work task boxes (also called task box systems and structured work systems), but they don't know how much they can help outside of just independent work time. Those same educators often talk about how they feel like behavior crises are happening so regularly in their classrooms that they struggle to keep a routine and structure in place.
- [Visual Schedules for Autism Classrooms: 7 Reasons Why We Use and Love Them](https://autismclassroomresources.com/visual-schedules-series-7-reasons-to/): So often, those of us who have worked in the field for a while, take the benefits of visual schedules for autism spectrum disorders for granted. We forget that others don't always know WHY a visual schedule is so important for our students on the spectrum. And frankly how useful they can be for students in special education who have other disabilities.
- [6 Strategies to Help When You Can’t Honor Replacement Behaviors for Attention-Seeking Behaviors](https://autismclassroomresources.com/you-cant-honor-attention-seeking-replacement-behavior/): Have you ever had a situation in which you have a behavior support plan all set up with a good replacement behavior for attention-seeking behavior,? And then you get in a situation where it can't be honored? Perhaps another teacher doesn't allow jokes to be told in her class. Or maybe you have taught the student to raise his hand, but he can't always be the one called on.
- [4 Real-Life Activities With Money for Functional Math Skills Your Students Will Love -And a Free Tool for YOU](https://autismclassroomresources.com/real-life-activities-with-money/): Activities with money are a common staple in math classes for life skills students. But so many times, we focus on teaching what money is and its value, and we miss teaching students how to use it effectively.
- [3 Easy-to-Use Tools To Teach Vocabulary by Feature Function Class](https://autismclassroomresources.com/3-tools-to-teach-vocabulary-by-feature-function-class/): Receptive or expressive vocabulary by feature function class (sometimes referred to as RFFC and EFFC) is a common teaching target in applied behavior analysis (ABA) and in speech therapy. ABA programs commonly target this type of language once a student has started to identify common objects or activities.
- [4 Simple-to-Make Task Boxes for Autism Classrooms You’ll Love](https://autismclassroomresources.com/4-task-boxes-for-autism-classrooms/): Work task boxes for autism classrooms are a great way to keep students with autism engaged and motivated in the classroom. I don't believe I've ever heard a teacher of students with autism say they had too many work boxes. Whether it's a set of academic task cards or basic skills like put-in tasks, our students need a wide variety of material to work on the same concepts in order to generalize their skills and for the practice.
- [Cooking in the Classroom: 10 Tips & Resources for Planning Effective Instruction](https://autismclassroomresources.com/cooking-in-classroom-resources-for/): I highly recommend cooking in the classroom for any age students. It's particularly important with older students, but there are a ton of skills that can be integrated into cooking regardless of the grade level.  
- [Teach Nutrition in an Engaging and Practical Way with Interactive Lessons](https://autismclassroomresources.com/teach-nutrition-in-an-engaging-and-practical-way-with-interactive-lessons/): Teaching nutrition and helping students learn the science behind it is a critical life skills for students with significant disabilities, in particular. It's important that we teach nutrition so students understand the science behind it but also how it actually applies to real life. The outcome of this instruction should include students learning basic nutrition information in order to plan healthy meals and make food choices that promote good health.
- [Help Students with Autism Reduce Anxiety With 5 Proven Strategies](https://autismclassroomresources.com/5-ways-to-reduce-anxiety/): Learning how to reduce anxiety can be difficult for many students. But it can be particularly difficult for students with autism and communication disabilities because it's such an abstract concept.
- [5 Ways the CORE Framework Can Reduce Teacher Stress in Special Ed](https://autismclassroomresources.com/reduce-teacher-stress-in-special-ed-with-core/): I don't know about you, but the last few years have brought on a real need for all of us to attend to how to reduce teacher stress, particularly in special education. I've been talking about the CORE Framework in the past few episodes of the podcast and on the blog. But I've focused primarily on why it's good for our students. But, the CORE Framework offers a lot of benefits for teachers and staff as well. So this post is going to focus on how the CORE can help you feel better about your teaching job and stop feeling like you are just fighting fires.
- [The CORE Framework & The Special Education Classroom: Tips & Tricks To Save You Time](https://autismclassroomresources.com/special-education-classroom-core-faqs/): As you may remember, in the last few posts and podcasts, I've been talking about the special education Classroom Organization Results in Effectiveness (CORE) Framework. This is a set of systems that help you classroom run itself, allowing you to focus your attention back on teaching instead of managing.
- [What is the Autism Classroom Organization Results in Effectiveness (CORE) Framework?](https://autismclassroomresources.com/what-is-the-autism-classroom-core-framework/): Inside: I'm kicking off a series of posts about the CORE Framework for Autism Classrooms. In today's post, we will break down what the CORE Framework is, where it came from, and what it involves. We will explore why the model is so important. But primarily I want to show you how it can save you time, energy, reduce stress, promote collaboration, and ultimately help you get back to teaching.
- [How to Conquer Special Education Data Collection During Circle or Morning Meeting With 3 Steps](https://autismclassroomresources.com/how-to-conquer-special-education-data-collection-in-groups/): Special education data collection is often most difficult when trying to teach whole group instruction in the classroom. We know that morning meeting and circle time are critical group learning opportunities for our students. Learning to learn is a group activity is a fundamental skill. Plus we target a good number of social and communication skills (as well as behavior) during those times of the day.
- [Preschool Circle Time Lesson Plans You’ll Love for 3 Common Morning Meeting Lessons](https://autismclassroomresources.com/preschool-circle-time-lesson-plans/): Even though we know that whole group activities are essential for our elementary and preschool students to learn to learn in larger groups, creating preschool circle time lesson plans or lesson plans for morning meeting activities can still be a challenge. But, since morning meeting is usually a pretty consistent routine in most early childhood classrooms, once lesson plans are constructed, they don't have to change much each week.
- [3 Ways Mini Visual Schedules Can Enhance Your Teaching](https://autismclassroomresources.com/3-ways-mini-visual-schedules-enhance-instruction/): Mini visual schedules are sometimes called activity schedules (but that can also be a daily schedule. Sometimes you'll hear them referred to as task analysis schedules, because often we use them to show students the step in a skill we are teaching with task analysis steps.
- [Autism Classroom Visuals: 5 Ways to Store Them Easily](https://autismclassroomresources.com/autism-classroom-visuals-5-ways-to-store-them-easily-2/): Figuring out how to store autism classroom visuals is a challenge. You want the visuals to be close by to access when needed. But they need to be organized so you can find them quickly. And, as we all know, our classrooms typically have lots of visuals.  I mean lots and lots and lots of visuals!  
- [First-Then Schedules for Autism (Free Printable)](https://autismclassroomresources.com/visual-schedule-series-first-then/): Quick answer: A first-then schedule is the simplest visual support you can use. It shows a student two things: what to do now (“first”) and what comes next (“then”). Teachers use first-then boards to make transitions easier, reduce challenging behavior, and help students complete non-preferred tasks — often by pairing the task with a preferred activity, which is called the Premack principle. You can make one with pictures, objects, written words, or an app, depending on the student.
- [5 Math Task Boxes That Are Simple, Cheap, And Engaging](https://autismclassroomresources.com/5-math-task-boxes/): So there are lots of choices for cheap and easy math task boxes that will keep your students engaged and practicing their math concepts. If you are looking for more ideas and ready-made math tools, check out the independent work tasks in my TpT store here. And if you are just getting started with independent work, grab the tools below for a jumpstart.
- [Life Skills Lesson Plans for Cooking: How to Plan A Week’s Worth of Activities](https://autismclassroomresources.com/life-skills-lesson-plans/): Developing life skills lesson plans for cooking and helping administrators and others know how beneficial it can be to our students can be tough. Cooking activities in the classroom need to go beyond the simple act of cooking the recipe. There are a ton of skills we can teach, pre-teach, and review with the lesson that we can spend a week focused on one cooking activity---1 recipe. And we can differentiate it with a variety of goals to help all the students participate.
- [Life Skills Activities for Kids: 5 Ways to Teach Academics While Cooking in the Classroom](https://autismclassroomresources.com/life-skills-activities-for-kids-cooking-in-the-classroom/): Life skills activities for kids can also include students answering questions about the recipe before and after they have made the item. The picture-based and written worksheets were designed specifically for students to practice their reading comprehension from the recipes. Students answer questions about the recipe itself to demonstrate reading comprehension within the important life skills lesson.
- [Free Money Counting Worksheets To Make Purchases Plus IEP Goals](https://autismclassroomresources.com/free-money-counting-worksheets/): Having lots of resources like free money counting worksheets to practice counting coins and bills is critical when teaching these life math skills for the real world. Our students need a lot of extra practice with these skills to master the skills to fluency. And our young learners need to practice this important skill in multiple ways so they generalize them to the real-life setting.  
- [How to Use Morning Meeting Songs and Rhymes to Engage All Learners](https://autismclassroomresources.com/morning-meeting-songs-and-rhymes-to-engage-learners/): One of the greatest things about morning meeting songs and rhymes is that you can use so many tools and strategies to get your learners engaged and involved with some welcome songs. Students easily learn new skills and communicating when the songs are familiar and things become routine in their school day. Here are 5 common strategies we use to get students communicating and participating in circle time with a catchy tune. Plus there is a free download at the end to try one of the strategies for yourself!

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- [Menu Math + Next Dollar Up Bundle FS](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/menu-math-next-dollar-up-bundle-functional-money-skills-for-special-education-flash/): Teaching money to special education students feels impossible when your learners are at completely different places — some are still figuring out how much money to hand the cashier, while others are ready to add up a whole order. This functional money skills bundle gives you both: the next dollar up strategy to teach the foundational skill, plus a menu math program to practice it in a real restaurant setting your students will love.
- [Social Stories and Autism Bundle – Following Directions, Transitions & Waiting Behavior FLASH](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/social-stories-and-autism-fs/): Looking for social stories and autism classroom resources that target the behaviors you actually deal with every day? This bundle brings together three of my most-used resources — built around the classroom behaviors that come up the most: waiting for the teacher's attention, following directions and classroom routines, and coping with transitions and schedule changes.
- [Matching File Folders and Task Cards for Colors, Shapes, & Pattern Discrimination (FS)](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/fs-early-childhood-file-folders/): Looking for matching file folders that work the moment you pull them out of the laminator? This bundle pulls together three of my most-used matching sets — colors, visual discrimination, and shapes — so you can stock your task boxes and independent work systems without hunting down resources one at a time.
- [Menu Math + Next Dollar Up Bundle | Functional Money Skills for Special Education](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/functional-money-skills-bundle-special-education/): Teaching money to special education students feels impossible when your learners are at completely different places — some are still figuring out how much money to hand the cashier, while others are ready to add up a whole order. This functional money skills bundle gives you both: the next dollar up strategy to teach the foundational skill, plus a menu math program to practice it in a real restaurant setting your students will love.
- [Social Stories and Autism Bundle – Following Directions, Transitions & Waiting Behavior for Special Education](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/social-stories-and-autism/): Looking for social stories and autism classroom resources that target the behaviors you actually deal with every day? This bundle brings together three of my most-used resources — built around the classroom behaviors that come up the most: waiting for the teacher's attention, following directions and classroom routines, and coping with transitions and schedule changes.
- [Matching File Folders and Task Cards for Colors, Shapes, & Pattern Discrimination](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/matching-file-folders-early-childhood-bundle/): Looking for matching file folders that work the moment you pull them out of the laminator? This bundle pulls together three of my most-used matching sets — colors, visual discrimination, and shapes — so you can stock your task boxes and independent work systems without hunting down resources one at a time.
- [Social Stories – Waiting for Attention & Getting a Teacher’s Attention](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/social-stories-waiting-for-attention/): Help your students learn waiting for attention and get a teacher's attention the right way with these targeted social stories — each one paired with perspective-building statements and practical coping strategies. A simple, targeted tool for addressing two of the most common classroom behavior challenges — waiting and interrupting.
- [Coping with Change Social Stories for Schedule Changes](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/coping-with-change-social-stories/): Are you looking for engaging and meaningful tools to help your students with coping with change? This behavioral toolkit is designed to help you use visual schedules to teach coping strategies through social stories to students who struggle with changes to the daily schedule or routine. This toolkit provides everything you will need to help your students learn to be more flexible using a visual schedule.  
- [Functional Vocabulary File Folder Games for Special Education – Matching Activities](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/file-folder-games-for-special-education/): Perfect for students in life skills classrooms, these matching file folder games for special education and autism focus on matching colors, pictures and words for a variety of functional vocabulary words.
- [FS Life Skills Shopping Curriculum – Functional Math & Reading + Special Education](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/fs-life-skills-shopping-curriculum-functional-math-reading-special-education/): These functional math money worksheets and shopping activities are perfect for students working on money skills in elementary or life skills classes. Students will practice functional math and reading skills through a variety of real-world shopping activities.
- [FLASH SALE Circle Time Morning Meeting Year-Long Special Ed & Preschool Songs w/ Visuals](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/fs-circle-time-morning-meeting-year-long-special-ed-preschool-songs-w-visuals/): Keep your preschool circle time engaging all year long with this complete collection of morning meeting activities. 🎯 This massive circle time bundle gives you 39 ready-to-use songs, rhymes, and interactive activities (with 14 available in digital format) that span every season and major holiday—so you'll never run out of fresh, meaningful ways to build communication, participation, and early literacy skills during group time.
- [FS Plant Life Cycle and Butterfly Life Cycle Science Units for Special Education](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/plant-life-cycle-and-butterfly-life-cycle-science-units-for-special-education-flash/): Two complete, differentiated life cycle science units — ready to print and teach.
- [Plant Life Cycle and Butterfly Life Cycle Science Units for Special Education](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/life-cycle-science-pair/): Two complete, differentiated life cycle science units — ready to print and teach.
- [Life Skills Shopping Curriculum – Functional Math & Reading + Special Education](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/functional-math-shopping-curriculum/): These functional math money worksheets and shopping activities are perfect for students working on money skills in elementary or life skills classes. Students will practice functional math and reading skills through a variety of real-world shopping activities.
- [Plant Life Cycle – Adapted Science Unit for Special Education](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/plant-life-cycle/): Teaching the plant life cycle in special education just got easier. This adapted Plant Life Cycle Unit is designed specifically for special education teachers who need differentiated, ready-to-use science materials for their elementary and middle school students — verbal and nonverbal learners alike.
- [Menu Math for Special Education – Functional Math – 4 Levels for Teaching Money](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/menu-math-for-special-education/): Help your students build practical, real-life menu math skills using money to place orders from traditional restaurant menus. Students choose what they want, calculate the cost, and practice adding prices—all in a format that's already differentiated and ready to use.
- [Circle Time Morning Meeting Year-Long Special Ed & Preschool Songs w/ Visuals](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/circle-time-yr-round-songs/): Keep your preschool circle time engaging all year long with this complete collection of morning meeting activities. 🎯 This massive circle time bundle gives you 39 ready-to-use songs, rhymes, and interactive activities (with 14 available in digital format) that span every season and major holiday—so you'll never run out of fresh, meaningful ways to build communication, participation, and early literacy skills during group time.
- [Token Economy System for Behavior Support for Special Education w/ Token Boards](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/token-economy-system/): Whether you need a token economy, classroom management system, or behavior support plan for 1 student, or for a whole classroom, this token economy system can help?  Personalize and design the system your students need with these tools.  Save valuable time finding different systems to fit all your different students’ needs.  Everything you need to get started (other than the behavior) is included.
- [Behavior Self-Monitoring and Point System Sheets – Behavior Support for All Ages](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/behavior-self-monitoring-sheets/): Struggling to address behavioral challenges for students who need a behavior point system or behavior self-monitoring? Imagine a classroom where students learn to identify their own behavior and use a points system to take charge of their own behavior, leading to enhanced academic performance and a positive learning environment.
- [Preschool Circle Time Visuals with Songs & Rhymes for Spring Morning Meeting](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/may-spring-preschool-circle-time/): Engage your students with these preschool circle time visuals for songs and rhymes designed specifically for spring.  These print and digital circle time activities are perfect for little learners and for younger elementary students with autism. The 4 spring-themed morning meeting activities are perfect for creating communication opportunities, building comprehension and more.
- [Christmas Preschool Autism Special Education Morning Meeting Circle Song Visuals](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/christmas-preschool-autism-circle-song-visuals/): Keep your students engaged during the holidays with this set of visual supports for 5 preschool Christmas songs for morning circle time. Perfect for preschool, special education and autism group activities, this set includes The 12 Days of Christmas, 5 Little Elves (chanted to 5 Little Monkeys), Runners on the Sled (sung to Wheels on the Bus), The Reindeer Pokey (Hokey Pokey, and S-A-N-T-A (sung to the tune of B-I-N-G-O).
- [Grocery Store Math & Grocery Shopping Life Skills Special Education Activities – Flash Sale](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/grocery-store-math-flash-sale/): Help your students build essential real-world money skills with this grocery store math activity designed for life skills and special education classrooms.
- [Visual Recipes Bundle – Tossed Salad, Ants on a Log & English Muffin Pizzas (FS)](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/visual-recipes-bundle-flash-sale/): Bring hands-on learning into your classroom with this set of three visual recipes designed to support functional cooking instruction for life skills and special education. These lessons focus on real-world skills like following directions, sequencing, communication, and basic academics—all through simple, engaging cooking activities.
- [Visual Recipes Bundle – Tossed Salad, Ants on a Log & English Muffin Pizzas](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/visual-recipes-bundle/): Bring hands-on learning into your classroom with this set of three visual recipes designed to support functional cooking instruction for life skills and special education. These lessons focus on real-world skills like following directions, sequencing, communication, and basic academics—all through simple, engaging cooking activities.
- [Adapted Books for Special Education – 20 Seasonal Interactive Adaptive Books (FLASH SALE)](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/adapted-books-for-special-education-20-seasonal-interactive-adaptive-books-flash-sale/): These interactive adapted books are designed to teach vocabulary and to work for a wide range of ages for students with autism and in special education. Adapted books are great for morning meeting, circle time, small group instruction as well as for independent work and independent reading once they have been introduced to the students.
- [Spring Interactive Books – Vocabulary Practice for Early Childhood & Special Ed.](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/spring-interactive-books/): Are you looking for interactive books that make your students more confident readers, can be used in multiple activities in your classroom? These already adapted books for teaching seasonal vocabulary are set up for different reader levels matching pictures or words.
- [File Folder Activities Special Education: Sorting Quantity Antonyms](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/file-folder-activities-special-education-sorting-quantity-antonyms/): Engage your students with quick and easy sorting file folder activities for sorting quantity antonyms for special education.  Students will learn to sort antonyms of quantity words and you’ll have a life-long tool for your classroom.  
- [File Folder Games Special Education: Sorting Prepositions & Spatial Concepts](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/file-folder-games-special-education-sorting-prepositions-spatial-concepts/): These file folder games for special education are a go-to for building receptive vocabulary around spatial and positional antonyms. They're easy to adapt—use fewer pieces to simplify or set them up for errorless learning. A flexible, low-prep option that fits right into your routine.
- [Color Matching File Folder Games – Independent Work Tasks for Special Education](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/color-matching-file-folder-games/): Looking for a simple, engaging way to support color matching and independent work skills? These color matching file folder games are a fun and engaging option for your special education classroom. Designed with early childhood themes and bright visuals, each activity gives students a clear, hands-on task they can complete with confidence.
- [Self-Regulation Support Bundle: Social Stories & Visual Tools for Behavior and Emotions](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/self-regulation-support-bundle/): Support your students with tools that teach emotional awareness, promote healthy coping strategies, and build independence with self-regulation behavior. This bundle includes three of our most popular resources—each one designed to work together or on its own to meet a variety of student needs in the classroom.
- [Autism / Special Education Color Matching Folder Game : It’s Raining Colors](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/autism-special-education-color-matching-folder-game-its-raining-colors-2/): This is a simple color matching file folder game great for students with autism, in special education, and in early childhood. Good for using in independent work stations and in center time in the classroom. Students match colored umbrellas to colored umbrellas and/or match the colored umbrellas to black color words.
- [Morning Meeting & Circle Time Activities – PreK & Elem Spec. Ed Digital & Print](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/circle-time-activities-prek-elem-bundle/): Make every morning meaningful with this versatile circle time activities kit—perfect for PreK, elementary, and special education classrooms! Featuring both digital and print options, it includes calendar slides, movement prompts, visuals, songs, and response cards to guide your group seamlessly through morning meeting. This all-in-one resource supports routine building, boosts participation, and keeps students focused and excited to join in—without the fuss of heavy prep.
- [Life Cycle of a Butterfly: Complete Adapted Science Unit for Special Education](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/life-cycle-of-a-butterfly-science/): Everything you need to teach the life cycle of a butterfly is right here. Real photos of each stage and a variety of methods for demonstrating understanding make differentiating instruction simple and effective. Whether you're teaching the egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, or butterfly stage, this unit is designed to meet students where they are — and fits seamlessly with alternate and extended science standards.
- [Printable Circle Time Activities for Morning Meeting in Preschool & Elementary Special Ed](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/printable-circle-time-activities/): Start your day with easy-to-use printable circle time activities that help students build routines, practice key skills, and stay engaged during morning meeting. This set is designed for preschool, elementary, and special education classrooms, with visuals, songs, and simple prompts that make group time smooth and meaningful—without needing a lot of prep.  And your students with LOVE them!
- [Spring Preschool Activities for Circle Time Visuals for Communication](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/spring-circle-time-visuals/): Bring a little seasonal fun into your classroom with these spring preschool activities designed for morning meeting and circle time. Whether you’re working with preschoolers or elementary students in special education, this printable set makes it easy to build communication skills, boost comprehension, and keep things engaging with four ready-to-use activities and circle time visuals.
- [Cooking with Visual Recipes – Ants on a Log Digital & Print Bundle](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/visual-recipes-ants-on-a-log-print/): Looking for a low-prep, hands-on way to teach cooking in your life skills or special education classroom? This complete unit is built around visual recipes and includes everything you need—both in print and digital formats—to guide your students through making a simple, no-cook snack: Ants on a Log. With step-by-step visuals, clear lesson plans, and built-in support for peanut allergies (hello, cream cheese option!), this resource makes it easy to teach real-world skills like reading, communication, and math—all through cooking. Life skills special education activities included: Lesson Plan for Previewing / Pre Teaching Cooking Activity Lesson Plan for Cooking Activity Lesson Plan for Reviewing Activity Evaluation Plan for Taking Data Communication Board A pacing guide for implementing the activity over the week at home 1 slide show (PowerPoint) for reviewing recipe Visual recipes (one for peanut butter, one for cream cheese) 1 picture-sequencing board and cards (3 steps) 1 multiple-choice worksheet with visual supports for responses 1 prediction graph 1 conclusion graph These life skills special education activities are perfect for students of all ages in special education classrooms, life skills programs, homeschool programs, and distance Learning programs.   ❤️You can use these for cooking in a group or cooking with 1 student. It has been adapted for families to use at home during home instruction or homework with a weekly lesson plan using different elements of the materials.    ❤️You will LOVE this resource because it is easy to target communication and language skills, self-help skills, reading skills, and math skills with graphing predictions of whether the students will like it. Plus, the visual recipes are perfect for your students who struggle to read.    These life skills special education activities will address the following skills: Receptive / expressive vocabulary for cooking; identifying ingredients; expressing a prediction of preference; interpreting graphs, compare and contrast data results, create number sentence of data from graph, following simple verbal directions to construct a product, reading a recipe with or without picture cues (visual recipes included to help students), using a knife to spread ingredients, trying new foods, opening jar/containers, recalling events of an activity with visual supports, sequencing 2-4 steps of a completed activities (with or without visual cues), answer simple questions about the activity and product created, and making choices about toppings.  **If you are a member of the Special Educator Academy, DO NOT buy this set as it is available within the membership**   © Christine Reeve This product is copyrighted to Autism Classroom Resources-Christine Reeve for use in one classroom. They may not be copied for additional classes without purchasing extra licenses.
- [Visual Discrimination Task Boxes and File Folder Activities for Autism, Special Education, & Preschool Matching](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/visual-discrimination-task-boxes-and-file-folder-activities-for-autism-special-education-preschool-matching-2/): Looking for simple, engaging ways to build visual discrimination skills in your early learners? This set of file folder activities for autism is designed with easy-to-follow tasks that support independent work and help students stay focused. Whether you're working with preschoolers or students in special education, these materials make it easier to target matching and attention to detail without a lot of prep.
- [Special Education Classroom Setup Kit – Schedule, Plans, Visual Supports, etc.](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/special-education-classroom-setup/): Grab this comprehensive bundle of tools for your elementary or preschool special education classroom setup!  Save time and money by grabbing the bundle.  This huge set of materials has everything you need (minus the IEPs and the students) to kick off your classroom schedule, staff schedule, visual supports, independent work, and behavioral support...all in one place! Setting up your classroom with the right tools to teach special education students is a key factor to their success. You will LOVE setting up and managing your classroom with everything that is included - data sheets, parent communication tools and all the support you need to make your classroom a success!
- [Special Education Classroom Setup Kit Middle & High School – Schedule, Plans etc](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/special-education-classroom-setup-bundle/): Looking for a simple way to tackle your secondary special education classroom set up ? This all-in-one kit makes getting organized a whole lot easier. It's packed with tools to help you build structure and routines that work—without spending hours reinventing the wheel. Whether you're prepping for a brand new classroom or refreshing your space midyear, this special education classroom set up bundle has what you need to plan, prep, and teach with confidence.
- [Independent Work Stations Middle & High School Life Skills Starter Bundle](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/independent-work-stations-life-skills-starter-bundle/): This bundle is designed to make setting up independent work stations in your special education classroom easier and more effective. It includes 13 life skills task boxes—plus a bonus coin sorting activity—all created specifically for use in structured independent work stations.
- [Independent Work Stations Task Box Starter w File Folder Activities & Task Cards](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/independent-work-stations-file-folder-starter-bundle/): This independent work stations starter kit has everything you need to set up structured work systems, work boxes, work systems or independent work.  It makes it easy to get started helping your students complete multiple tasks independently. 
- [Adapted Books for Special Education – 20 Seasonal Interactive Adaptive Books](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/adapted-books-seasons/): These interactive adapted books are designed to teach vocabulary and to work for a wide range of ages for students with autism and in special education. Adapted books are great for morning meeting, circle time, small group instruction as well as for independent work and independent reading once they have been introduced to the students.
- [Weather Kids: Reusable Activity for Dressing for the Weather](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/weather-kids-dressing-for-the-weather/): Help your students practice dressing for the weather with this hands-on, interactive resource that’s perfect for circle time, morning meetings, or your science center. The Weather Kids Reusable Activity includes printable children and a variety of clothing pieces to match different types of weather—from sunny to snowy and everything in between.
- [Independent Work System Task Box Starter Kit for Prek – Elementary Autism](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/independent-work-system-starter-prek-elementary/): Get your Independent Work System off to a smooth start with this all-in-one kit designed for students with autism and diverse learning needs. Inside, you'll find step-by-step instructions, clear visuals, and customizable schedule backgrounds that allow you to upload your own task and reinforcement images. With ready-made signs and supports, this kit empowers students to confidently engage in independent work, while giving you the structure and flexibility to adapt the system for your classroom.
- [Autism File Folder Matching Games: Flower Letters, Numbers and Colors for Spring](https://autismclassroomresources.com/product/autism-file-folder-matching-games-flowers/): Looking for easy-to-use file folder matching games that actually target the skills you're teaching? This set is a solid addition to any early elementary classroom, especially for centers, independent work systems, or small group instruction. Whether you're working in a general ed setting or a special education classroom—including with students with autism—these activities focus on the essentials: matching colors, letters, and numbers without the extra distractions. Everything is designed so the skill you're targeting is the one students are practicing.

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## Podcasts
- [3 Data Collection Procedures You Need for Extended School Year Decisions](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/data-collection-procedures/): Whether you have already determined which students are eligible for ESY and are looking to understand data collection procedures throughout ESY or are still in the process of determining eligibility, ensuring that data is collected properly and that the data moves with the student will help in decision-making moving forward. To help you better understand what goes into data collection procedures for ESY, I am breaking down what ESY is, the importance of consistent data collection, and what tools are helpful for data collection.
- [Preparing Students With ASD for College: Interview With Dr. Marc Ellison From the West Virginia Autism Training Center](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/west-virginia-autism-training-center/): Dr. Marc Ellison is the executive director of the West Virginia Autism Training Center, located at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. Dr. Ellison has worked for almost 40 years to provide support to individuals diagnosed with autism, their families, educators, and caregivers. Dr. Ellison came to Marshall University full-time to lead the college support program, which was the first of its kind in the nation.
- [Writing IEP Goals: 5 Things You Need to Ask](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/writing-iep-goals/): There are many things that we need to think about when writing IEP goals. We need to look at the present level of performance, curriculum goals, and parent input. However, there are other things we should consider when we write IEP goals, regardless of when we write them during the school year.
- [Discovering the Hidden Curriculum Meaning With Dr. Brenda Myles](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/hidden-curriculum-meaning/): Brenda is sharing some incredible insight on the hidden curriculum meaning, how we can teach it, why it’s beneficial for everyone to be taught it, and how not understanding it can negatively impact our students with autism.
- [Building Solid Teacher-Parent Relationships: From the Parent Perspective With Kelley Coleman](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/building-teacher-parent-relationships/): As special education teachers, we know how important building teacher-parent relationships are. Strong teacher-parent relationships help us best serve our students by creating a collaborative team approach that helps create a supportive environment for the students both at home and at school. But understanding how we as educators can develop these solid relationships can be challenging. That is why I am so grateful that Kelley Coleman is joining us today to provide us with some incredible insight from a parent’s perspective.
- [The Impact of Students’ Behavior: What Every Special Education Paraprofessional (And Professional) Needs to Know (From SEA)](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/special-education-paraprofessional/): Behavior is not a one-way street. There is an interconnectedness between student behavior and teacher behavior, which we can sometimes miss. It is so important that we recognize the impact every special education teacher and special education paraprofessional has on student behaviors to avoid any unintentional reinforcement of challenging behaviors.
- [3 Ways You Can Address Behavior With a Sensory Function](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/sensory-function/): When a student’s challenging behavior is a result of a sensory function, knowing how to address it can be difficult. We want to help our students cope with sensory experiences in an effective and safe way so that their needs are met and they are not harming themselves or others. 
- [Are You Asking the Wrong Question About Sensory Seeking Behavior?](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/sensory-seeking-behavior/): There are many myths about behavior that impact the way we talk about and approach challenging behaviors. Many people look to answer whether a student’s challenging behavior is sensory seeking behavior or intentional behavior but there are several issues with focusing solely on that question when it comes to challenging behavior.
- [Teaching Appropriate Attention-Seeking & Waiting to Replace Challenging Behaviors](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/attention-seeking/): Attention-seeking behavior is a common challenge in classrooms, and addressing it effectively is crucial for the overall learning environment. One possible reason for this attention-seeking behavior is that some of our students do not yet have the effective communication to gain attention in a more appropriate way. For these students, we need to explicitly teach them these communication skills.
- [But We Attend to Them All the Time: Effective Replacement Behaviors for Attention-Seeking](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/replacement-behavior-for-attention-seeking/): 13:26 - The importance of consistency in boosting replacement behavior for attention seeking
- [Strategies for Behavior: When They Can’t Have What They Want](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/strategies-for-behavior/): What do you do when a student asks for something that they cannot have? Oftentimes, when our students request something and they are unable to have it, it can lead to behaviors. There are strategies for behavior we can utilize that can help our students learn that sometimes they cannot have what they ask for.
- [Replacement Behavior Strategies: Defining a Break to Make It Effective](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/replacement-behavior-strategies/): When looking at replacement behavior strategies and determining what your student would benefit from in terms of a break, it is important to remember that a break is not a timeout. There are several factors that go into an effective break for your students and each student is going to have different preferences. In this episode, I am breaking down what to consider when determining break options for your students.
- [Teaching Replacement Behavior for Escape Behaviors](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/replacement-behaviors-for-escape/): Finding replacement behaviors for escape-related behaviors can be a challenge. Oftentimes, when we come across a student struggling with a work, social, or other situation in the classroom and are avoiding it, figuring out how to help them may seem difficult. However, there are some ways we can help students learn replacement behaviors for these situations.
- [What if Your Student Runs Out of Independent Work Time?](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/independent-work-time/): What happens when we have independent work systems set up for our students, but they aren’t completing them in the allotted independent work time? The whole point of independent work systems is for students to get their work done independently and in a certain amount of time so they can do the thing they want to do. But we all know that that is not always the case.
- [Teaching Students to Work Independently: 5 Ways to Stretch Their Skills](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/work-independently/): How do we advance independent work systems once our students know how to complete it on their own? The goal of independent work systems is to help students build independence. In order to help our students learn to work independently, it is crucial that we know how to adjust the work system when necessary to bump up the level of independence needed to complete it.
- [5 Strategies You Need to Know to Teach Students How to Work Independently](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/how-to-work-independently/): When teaching students how to work independently, we must provide the appropriate amount of support to help guide the student toward independence. In this episode, I walk you through 5 strategies for teaching and supporting the systems in your classroom. We’ll discuss the importance of nonverbal prompting, waiting students out, how to get students back on track, why you should fade out your presence, and when to provide reinforcement.
- [5 Must Haves for Task Box Activities to Teach Independence](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/task-box-activities/): Task box activities are great for practicing independence and maintaining previously mastered skills. But how can we ensure our task boxes are set up to teach independence effectively? Not all task box activities are created equally - some might be great activities but would not work well in an independent work system.
- [How to Start an Independent Task Box Work System](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/work-system/): Setting up independent task box work systems can seem overwhelming if you don’t know where to begin or are unsure what systems to put in place to make them effective. However, once you have them implemented into your classroom, they can be incredibly beneficial for increasing independent work skills for your students. But how can you get started without wasting time trying to figure out an effective system?
- [Best of ACR Podcast](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/autism-classroom-podcast/): I cannot believe we are 200 episodes into the Autism Classroom Resources podcast. I am so grateful to each and every one of you for tuning in! We have covered so many topics in the first 200 episodes, from challenging behavior to visual schedules to addressing systemic racism in special education. I am so glad that you have been able to gain valuable insight and tips from my autism classroom podcast!
- [Let’s Have the Hard Conversation About Parent Teacher Relationships](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/parent-teacher-relationships/): Parent-teacher relationships can be complicated and challenging on both sides. One of the most important things to keep in mind in order to have successful and respectful parent-teacher relationships is that judgment and blame are only going to do more harm than good and will not be beneficial to the student. That is why understanding different perspectives is crucial to a respectful parent-teacher relationship.
- [How to Start Building Independent Work Skills (For Students Who Aren’t Independent)](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/independent-work-skills/): Independent work systems can be very helpful in helping students learn how to complete a series of tasks on their own, without assistance. However, some of our students may not be ready to work through a full independent work system right away. We know that not all of our students come to us with independent work skills. So what can we do to help those students develop these skills?
- [What Is the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) and Why You Should Use It](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/picture-exchange-communication-system/): The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) can be incredibly beneficial for helping our students with autism to communicate. Often, the term PECS is misused to talk about using pictures as a form of communication. However, PECS is actually a system that has specific phases that help in expanding the functions of our students' communication.
- [From the Academy: Maintaining the Joy in Teaching](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/joy-in-teaching/): This year especially, I have noticed that many special educators are struggling to remember why we do this job. This is a challenging job as it is and adding in staffing shortages, increased work requirements, and additional factors can make it even harder. That is why I feel it is important to find ways to help us all find the joy in teaching again.
- [From the SEA: Coping Skills for Teachers – Why You Need to Take a Break](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/coping-skills-for-teachers/): As most of us are entering winter break, it is the perfect time for a little teacher self-care reminder. We hear a lot about self-care and coping skills for teachers, but as teachers, we often think that if we take a break, we will fall behind. The truth is that taking breaks actually makes you a better special education teacher!
- [How We Can Effectively Use Social Stories Free Download](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/social-stories-free-download/): If you are looking for a way to get started with social stories without starting from scratch, be sure to check out the behavioral toolkits that include social stories and visuals to help your students. You can also grab the social stories free downloads for winter break and following teacher directions. 
- [Social Stories for Behavior – What the Research Says](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/social-stories-for-behavior/): We are in the midst of the holiday season, and chances are you are seeing more challenging behaviors than usual due to schedule changes and different events and activities. Luckily, there is a great tool that can be used to help students with all of these changes - social stories! You have likely used or been told to use social stories for behavior at some point, but there are ways to craft and implement these tools that can help make them more effective.
- [What Is the Next Dollar Up Method and Why Use It?](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/dollar-up-method/): Have you ever had a student who struggled to understand the value of money or how to transfer their money skills to real-life situations? Teaching a range of money skills and strategies that will help them be successful in real-life environments is so beneficial to our students. One strategy that is incredibly helpful for students to use in real-life situations is the next dollar up method.
- [3 Engaging Ways to Teach Real-Life Money Skills](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/real-life-money-skills/): Understanding money and how to use it is an important life skill for our students to learn, and providing explicit instruction on these skills is incredibly beneficial for our students. Being able to identify money, count it accurately, and use it effectively to make purchases are all valuable life skills. Whether your students need instruction in basic money skills or if they need support in understanding sales and discounts, there are ways you can incorporate teaching money skills into your instruction in meaningful and engaging ways!
- [What Are Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorder?](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/naturalistic-developmental-behavioral-interventions/): We've discussed that discrete trial teaching is incredibly beneficial for our students with autism, but naturalistic developmental behavioral interventions are also very impactful for teaching students with autism. NDBIs allow students to practice skills in their natural, everyday environment, allowing them to generalize skills while initially developing these skills.
- [What Is Discrete Trial Teaching: What You Need to Know](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/discrete-trial-teaching/): There are a lot of myths about discrete trial teaching, like when it is used and how it needs to be implemented. Discrete trial teaching is an evidence-based practice that allows a high level of repetition for students to practice a particular skill. They can be incredibly effective in helping students with autism learn new skills when they are used properly. But there are certain elements that need to be included in discrete trials to actually make it true discrete trial teaching.
- [What Are Learning to Learn Skills for Autism and Why Are They Important?](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/learning-to-learn-skills/): Many young children come to school already equipped with learning readiness skills or will easily pick them up in preschool or kindergarten. However, for our students with autism, these learning to learn skills may not happen as readily. Because our students often don't take cues from what others are doing around them, we must explicitly teach these skills to our students so that they are able to take in instruction.
- [3 Simple Rules for Progress Monitoring: The Importance of Data Systems and Review in Instruction](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/progress-monitoring/): Data is a key component of our teaching. When used correctly, data should guide our teaching in order to ensure that our students are getting the instruction, support, and practice they need to learn what we are teaching them. That means that we need to be smart about how we take data, analyze it, and make needed changes to our instruction. By using progress monitoring to allow our students’ performance to guide our teaching, we are able to teach more effectively.
- [Using Reinforcement Effectively in Instruction of Students With Autism](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/using-reinforcement/): We know reinforcement can be incredibly effective for our students with autism when used correctly. But how can we ensure that we are using reinforcements in the best and most effective way possible? Not every student is going to have the same reinforcers, and not every skill for the student is going to have the reinforcers. 
- [Errorless Teaching, Error Correction and Prompting in Instruction: Which Should You Use?](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/errorless-teaching/): In this episode, I am sharing how to decide when to use errorless teaching or correct errors, how prompting fits into this, tips for using these approaches, and what action steps you can take to improve the consistency of handling errors in your classroom.
- [Effective Teaching Characteristics for Students with Autism: Giving Directions](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/effective-teaching-characteristics/): In this episode, I am diving into effective teaching characteristics for giving instructions to students with autism. I am sharing how to ensure you have your student's attention, how to give clear and concise instructions, and how to break down instructions in your student's academics. 
- [Choosing and Developing Effective Special Education Teaching Materials for Learners with Autism](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/special-education-teaching-materials/): Creating effective special education teaching materials is more important than you may think, especially for our learners with autism. Students with autism oftentimes focus on details of pictures or learning materials that you may not even notice. Being aware and intentional of the teaching materials you are using is so important in helping them learn the concepts you are trying to teach. 
- [Creating the Sequence of Teaching Steps: Using and Tweaking the Task Analysis for Autism](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/task-analysis-for-autism/): Teaching in a systematic way helps decrease decision fatigue while also increasing the effectiveness of your instruction. When teaching steps to reach a target skill, breaking the skill down into smaller steps helps you to know what comes next, and it helps your student to be successful as well. In this episode, I’m giving a bite-sized look into how to effectively use the different formats of task analysis for autism in your classroom.
- [Choosing Instructional Target Skills and Learning Objectives in the Teaching Program](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/choosing-learning-objectives/): Good instruction begins with assessment. It is so important to know what your students can and cannot do in order to determine what it is you actually need to teach them. When we are choosing learning objectives and target skills, we want to be sure we are not just pulling goals from the IEP.
- [ 7 Things to Get Right for Effective Instruction with Any Type of Autism Intervention Strategies](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/autism-intervention-strategies/): Good instruction is good instruction. Whether you are using Discrete Trials, Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Intervention, or something else, there are key elements to making your instruction effective. Tweaking these key elements to fit your students is what makes autism intervention strategies effective.
- [My 5 Tips for Behavior and Classroom Management Best Practices](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/classroom-management-best-practices/): Are you looking for ways to get your classroom chaos under control? Utilizing classroom management best practices is crucial to your classroom running smoothly and for both you and the students to clearly understand expectations. Classroom management doesn’t need to be overly complicated but there are some key components that will help your classroom management be more effective. 
- [My 5 Best Tips for Using Reinforcement Strategies in the Classroom](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/reinforcement-strategies/): Using reinforcement strategies in your classroom may seem fairly basic. But the truth is, effectively implementing reinforcement strategies is a bit more nuanced than you might think. Unfortunately, there is no magic reinforcer or reinforcement strategy that will work with all students but there are some things you can do to ensure you are using reinforcement strategies effectively.
- [My 5 Best Tips for Using Visual Supports to the Max](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/visual-supports/): We all use visual supports in our everyday lives, we just don’t realize that’s what we’re doing. Visual supports tell us where to sit at a concert or what rooms we aren’t allowed in at a restaurant. Using visual supports in your special education classroom helps your students understand expectations in the classroom like they help us understand expectations in the community.
- [How to Build Relationships with Parents as a Teacher in Special Ed with Michelle Vazquez](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/how-to-build-relationships-with-parents-as-a-teacher/): Building strong relationships with parents as a teacher begins with having great communication and showing that you truly care about their child. Having positive interactions with parents is key to building these relationships and successfully working with families. My guest today, Michelle Vazquez, is sharing some incredible insight on how to build relationships with parents as a teacher.
- [5 Tips for a Successful Start Teaching Special Needs Students](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/teaching-special-needs-students/): What can you do in the first few weeks of school to help create a more smoothly operating classroom for teaching special needs students? I often talk about the importance of putting strategies and systems in place in order to ensure your classroom runs efficiently and implementing some very basic strategies in the first weeks of school can help set you, your staff,  and your students up for success.
- [Special Education and Autism Training in a Podcast from SEA](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/autism-training/): 20:07  - What ways the Special Educator Academy can help you with special education and autism training!
- [What are the Special Education Professional Development Opportunities in the Academy?](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/special-education-professional-development/): The Special Educator Academy is filled with courses, printables, trainings, resources, and more! There are workshops that you can request special education professional development from your school for completing and monthly training themes just for Academy members. Join me as we dive into all the amazing benefits of being an Academy member!
- [Behavior Management in the Classroom: Helping Your Students Accept No When They Communicate](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/behavior-management-in-the-classroom/): Behavior management in the classroom is challenging and when you begin teaching students to accept “no” when they communicate a request, it can be even more challenging. Oftentimes when we are working with students on making a request, we are enforcing every time.
- [Special Education Training for Teachers in the Academy](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/special-education-training-for-teachers/): 07:08 - An overview of how the 6 courses offered inside the Academy provide special education training for teachers
- [How the CORE Can Prevent Special Education Teacher Burnout (Roundup)](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/special-education-teacher-burnout/): How can you avoid special education teacher burnout and continue loving your job? One way to prevent burnout is by implementing a framework that sets your classroom up in a way that it almost runs itself.
- [Busting Myths About Instructional Strategies in Special Education with the CORE](https://autismclassroomresources.com/podcasts/instructional-strategies/): There is no one “right” strategy but most instructional strategies in special education have similar elements to other strategies. Every student is different which means that what might work for some will not work for others.

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