It’s Just Not Okay
The story goes like this… New student (young adult) at a new school. New campus is a high school. New student has a bad habit...
Darn… The Wrong Screws!
As teachers, we have been tasked to a new way of learning. So I am becoming technology proficient very quickly!!! In the meantime, getting back to writing my posts has been slow. So, my…
Implementing Communication
I would say that most, if not all, of our students have some kind of communication goal(s). Communication is the foundation for everything we do… and don’t do. For some of our students…
The Oddest Place
“Did she come with her glasses on?” That was the question of the day! Why? Because none of us saw Amanda with her glasses on, but her mom swore she…
Case In Point
One of the biggest challenges of being a teacher, special education or not, is dealing with behaviors. Over the years, there have been countless studies and tons of theories…
More Than Just A Kiss!
Often times, we take for granted the simple things in life when it comes to our children; saying “I love you”, a wave goodbye, saying “hi”, playing a sport, taking…
And You Wonder Why!
I did a post on the Importance of Negative Consequences. The heart of this post was the fact that positive reinforcement by itself is not the key to successfully dealing…
Still Judging?!?!
I wrote a post, Don’t Judge, in 2017. This post was written in response to a judgement call that was...
No Longer A Good Idea
Assigning one-to-one (1:1) paraeducators (paraprofessionals, aides) has become an increasingly common response to support students with intellectual, and a range of other developmental disabilities…
Sensory… Not
In my post, The Whole Picture, I addressed the importance of developing a complete picture when it comes to addressing problem behaviors. This post shares an example of that…