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Back to School Behavior Blog Elementary

Reducing back to school behavior challenges with predictable routines

Reducing back to school behavior challenges with predictable routines

Behavior Blog Preschool Schedules Visuals

10 Transition Tips for Special Education Classrooms

10 Transition Tips for Special Education Classrooms

Behavior Classroom Setup Elementary New Teachers Preschool Primary Sensory Bins Simple Classroom Social Emotional Learning Visuals

How to create a calm corner that actually get used

How to create a calm corner that actually get used

Blog Elementary Paraprofessional Schedules

How to Make Your Para’s Life Easier

How to Make Your Para’s Life Easier

Behavior Blog Book Recommendations Elementary Inclusion Preschool Social Emotional Learning

5 Meaningful Inclusion Support Strategies

5 Meaningful Inclusion Support Strategies

At Home Learning Blog Elementary Preschool Seasonal

Family involvement in Special Education

Family involvement in Special Education

Behavior Blog Elementary New Teachers Paraprofessional

If I could start over: what I’d do differently in my first self-contained classroom

If I could start over: what I’d do differently in my first self-contained classroom

Blog Elementary Schedules Visuals

Visual Schedules for Nonverbal Students

Visual Schedules for Nonverbal Students

Comprehension ELA Elementary Preschool Seasonal Spring Visuals Writing

Spring Book Companions

Spring Book Companions

Comprehension ELA Elementary Fall

Thanksgiving Book Companions for Special Education

Thanksgiving Book Companions for Special Education

Blog Social Emotional Learning

My Favorite Social Emotional Curriculums for Special Education Classrooms

My Favorite Social Emotional Curriculums for Special Education Classrooms

Back to School Behavior Blog New Teachers

How to start a behavior management system in your self-contained class

How to start a behavior management system in your self-contained class

Blog Elementary Preschool Primary

Morning Meeting Slides

Morning Meeting Slides

Academics Back to School Blog Elementary

First Week in Self-Contained

First Week in Self-Contained

Blog Elementary Paraprofessional

How to Plan for Para Support in a Self-Contained Classroom

How to Plan for Para Support in a Self-Contained Classroom

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I'm Alyssa Shanahan -- a former Elementary Special Ed & Life Skills teacher. My classroom focus was always to keep things simple, increase communication, and build independence. Simply Special Ed's goal is to help teachers and students reach their full potential in and out of the classroom!

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