Functional activities special education

Functional life skills activities round-up! Discover resources to download and use in speech therapy and the classroom.

Visuals for special education students are a must! Inside my special education classroom, there are 5 steps that I do to make visuals in the classroom easy to use. First, it’s important to have teacher lanyard visuals and to wear them daily. It’s equally important to implement and use visual prompts for kids. Visual schedules, visual supports for behavior, visual task analysis in special education, and more. Special education classroom visuals will make your day run more smoothly.

Resources, tips, and materials to help you, help children with autism

How are you using task systems in your multiple disability classroom? In this blog post I go over activity rotations that you can incorporate to find independent work that fits for all of your multiple disability students. I include a list of all my special education activities such as bead bars, sensory boards, and swinging bear that are all great ways to involve sound, texture and color. Read through all of my special education ideas on implementing a structured activity rotation here.

Morning meeting routines are one of the most important routines to set up in your classroom. How you start the day in a special education classroom sets the tone for the rest of the day. If you are looking for ideas and activities to add to your morning meeting, here are 10 topics you can include in your elementary or special needs classroom. These activities are designed to target functional life skills, social skills, language and math skills with your special needs students.

Who is prepping more work boxes this summer? I just love getting new ideas, especially for our older life skill students! Christina Bailey, a transition life skill teacher, offered to share a bunch of her work boxes on my blog! Thank you Christina! Christina works with transition aged students (19-26 years old) with severe cognitive and/or health impairments. Her school serves students from multiple school districts within the county who learn best in an alternative placement. Are you ready?…

Independent sitting is an important milestone! In this blog post, I’m sharing five effective ways to promote independent sitting in early childhood special education. I talk about adaptive seating and positioning, sensory integration activities, as well as functional play and games. I also talk about fine motor activities and how these promote independent sitting. Learn more now!

Do you want to work on life skills in your classroom? Are you looking for hands-on special education life skills activities that your students will love? If so, you've come to the right place. Because today, I'm sharing my top 10 life skills activities that you can do in your classroom. 1. Washing Hands One

I love using file folders because they are so easy to store and a great way to practice life skills when you are at a desk. Plus, my students always think they are playing games with file folders too.

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