• Home
  • Online Courses
    • Simple Self-Contained Setup 101®
      • Success Stories
    • Simple Centers System
    • Course Member Sign In
  • Shop Now
    • Shop Now
    • Free Resources
    • Gift Cards
    • Cart
    • Purchase Orders
    • School Licenses
    • My Account
  • Free Webinars
  • Blog
    • Academics
      • Adapted Books
      • Comprehension
      • Cooking
      • Crafts
      • ELA
      • ESY
      • Fine Motor
      • Life Skills
      • Math
      • Occupational Therapy
      • Science
      • Sensory Bins
      • Social Emotional Learning
      • Social Skills
      • Social Studies
      • Speech Therapy
      • Task Boxes
      • Vocabulary
      • Writing
    • At Home Learning
      • Digital
      • Remote Learning
    • Behavior
      • ABA
      • Communication
        • AAC
      • Data
      • Schedules
      • Visuals
    • Simple Classroom
      • Back to School
      • Book Recommendations
      • Classroom Setup
      • Freebies
      • IEP
      • Inclusion
      • Inspiration
      • Organization
      • Paraprofessional
      • Remote Learning
      • Seasonal
        • Fall
        • Winter
        • Spring
        • Summer
    • Tot School
  • Classroom Tours
    • Self-Contained
    • Speech
    • Preschool
    • Elementary Autistic Support
    • K-2
    • K-2 (Socially Distanced)
    • K-4 (Tiny Room)
    • 1-4 (Life Skills)
    • 2-3 (ABA)
    • Middle School
    • High School
    • High School (Life Skills)
    • Multiple Disabilities
  • New Teachers
    • Join My Online Course
    • First Year
    • Interviews
    • Job Search
  • Grade Level
    • Preschool
    • Primary
    • Elementary
    • Middle School
    • High School
  • More…
    • Meet Alyssa
    • Meet Our Bloggers
    • Collaborate
    • Guest Blogging
    • Contact Me
    • Disclosures
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest

Simply Special Ed

Resource Downloads & Teaching Advice

Behavior Data Elementary

FBA’s in Special Education: What Are They and How Do You Do Them? (A Guide for Special Education Teachers)

FBA’s in Special Education: What Are They and How Do You Do Them? (A Guide for Special Education Teachers)

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

Academics Blog Centers High School Life Skills Schedules Task Boxes Visuals

Setting Up Centers for Your High School Classroom

Setting Up Centers for Your High School Classroom

Blog Classroom Setup Communication High School Life Skills Visuals

Visual Tools for Self-Contained High School

Visual Tools for Self-Contained High School

Blog Elementary Freebies Schedules Visuals

5 Visual Tools You Need for Your Self-Contained Classroom

5 Visual Tools You Need for Your Self-Contained Classroom

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 Centers Inspiration Social Skills

Behavior Friendly Center Activities for Special Education

Behavior Friendly Center Activities for Special Education

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

Adapted Books Blog Elementary High School Life Skills Middle School Technology Visuals

5 Ways to Teach Functional Life Skills

5 Ways to Teach Functional Life Skills

Blog Crafts Seasonal Spring Visuals

April Visual Crafts for Special Education

April Visual Crafts for Special Education

Behavior Blog Visuals

3 Ways to Manage Transitions Quickly

3 Ways to Manage Transitions Quickly

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 Classroom Setup Organization Schedules

Classroom Set Up vs. Classroom Systems: Why You Need Both

Classroom Set Up vs. Classroom Systems: Why You Need Both

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • …
  • 21
  • Next Page »
Hi amazing teachers!
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!

Sign up to receive exclusive tips,
free resources, and more!

Recent Posts

A Course that Changed the Way I Setup my Classroom

5 Fun and Easy Centers to Launch in the First Week of School

How to Set Up Your Classroom Before the Students Arrive

Essential Sensory Supports for Self-Contained Classrooms

How to Make ESY Planning Simple

New to Teaching ESY? Read This First!

Copyright © Simply Special Ed 2026 · Design by Fancy Girl Design Studio

Copyright © 2026 · Simply Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.