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Back to School Behavior Blog Communication Life Skills Schedules Social Emotional Learning Social Skills Visuals

Reducing Back-to-School Behavior Challenges With Predictable Routines

Reducing Back-to-School Behavior Challenges With Predictable Routines

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

Academics Adapted Books Blog Communication Comprehension Data ELA IEP Social Emotional Learning Writing

How to Create and Use Book Companions to Meet IEP Goals

How to Create and Use Book Companions to Meet IEP Goals

Behavior Blog Book Recommendations Elementary Inclusion Preschool Social Emotional Learning

5 Meaningful Inclusion Support Strategies

5 Meaningful Inclusion Support Strategies

Behavior Blog Professional Development Social Emotional Learning Social Skills

All About Therapeutic Crisis Intervention

All About Therapeutic Crisis Intervention

Blog Social Emotional Learning

My Favorite Social Emotional Curriculums for Special Education Classrooms

My Favorite Social Emotional Curriculums for Special Education Classrooms

Academics Blog Fine Motor High School Life Skills Social Emotional Learning Social Skills Task Boxes Visuals

Top 10 Functional Resources for High School Special Ed

Top 10 Functional Resources for High School Special Ed

Blog Digital Sensory Bins Social Emotional Learning Technology

YouTube Movement Breaks (Your Kids Will Like!)

YouTube Movement Breaks (Your Kids Will Like!)

Blog Communication High School Life Skills Social Emotional Learning Social Skills Task Boxes Visuals

Goals for Transition

Goals for Transition

ABA Behavior Blog Communication High School Life Skills Middle School Social Emotional Learning Social Skills

What To Do After a Behavior Occurs

What To Do After a Behavior Occurs

Blog Life Skills Middle School Social Emotional Learning Social Skills

Puberty in Middle School: Supporting Students Through Changes

Puberty in Middle School: Supporting Students Through Changes

Behavior Blog Social Emotional Learning Visuals

Create Visuals and Social Narratives in Seconds with Ella

Create Visuals and Social Narratives in Seconds with Ella

Behavior Blog IEP Social Emotional Learning

5 Things to Know About Working in a Therapeutic Day School

5 Things to Know About Working in a Therapeutic Day School

Academics Blog High School IEP Life Skills Social Emotional Learning Social Skills Task Boxes

5 High School Life Skills IEP Goals (And How To Target Them)

5 High School Life Skills IEP Goals (And How To Target Them)

Academics Behavior Blog Elementary High School IEP Middle School New Teachers Social Emotional Learning Social Skills

The Best 10 Social/Emotional IEP Goals

The Best 10 Social/Emotional IEP Goals

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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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