Special education behavior

Having a paraprofessional in your special education classroom can be a complete game changer! Parapros help with data collection, IEP goal work, centers, behavior interventions and so much more. But what happens when you have a paraprofessional in your classroom that isn’t doing their job? How should you handle this tricky situation in your special education classroom? If you are a special education teacher struggling with the para in your classroom, here are 5 tips to help you know what to…

If there is one I have learned in my years of working with paraprofessionals, it is that paras are teachers too. My paraprofessional is my right hand and my left hand. She is the glue that keeps us together. I realize that sometimes it is our first instinct to give them passive work because their

Taking data on the right data sheet is critical to addressing behaviors in the classroom. Are you using the right ones? Read more...

There is something about the structure and routine of Michaela's Especially Education task boxes students are drawn to. They take immense pride in showing off their finished work, keeping all the materials together, and putting the tasks away into their rightful places.

Special educators need a pretty large toolbox of strategies and resources to support our learners. So often, our students can have significantly diverse needs and levels. On any given day, special education teachers might need to take student reading data, modify a math assessment, teach science wit

Visual boundaries are a vital part of classroom setup. Let me show you how I utilize these visual boundaries in classroom!

Learn which strategies to use with students who are engaging in escape or task avoidance behaviors in special education classes.

Are you struggling with handling challenging behaviors in your special education classroom? Today, this blog post will give you ideas for using choices to improve challenging behaviors. Teaching decision making skills to your special ed students is an important piece of them becoming self advocates. By keeping choices simple and finding areas that students can be in control are both ways to increase independent skills. Also, see how you can use visual aids for students to comprehend choices.

If you are a special education teacher, then you know that IEP goals play an important role in our job. Today, I want to share how to set up IEP goal bins to make your life easier as a special ed teacher. Data tracking for special education students is easy once you prep your goal bins. Each special ed student gets a container, a label with their name, and materials for each objective. Read more about what is inside and how to keep them organized in your special ed classroom.