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Academics Blog Centers Elementary Paraprofessional

Center Differentiation Tips for Special Education Staff

Center Differentiation Tips for Special Education Staff

Academics Blog ELA Elementary IEP Writing

Writing Goals for Your Self-Contained Students: How to Make Them Work!

Writing Goals for Your Self-Contained Students: How to Make Them Work!

Back to School Blog Elementary New Teachers Preschool Primary

Meet the Teacher Night Tips and Tricks

Meet the Teacher Night Tips and Tricks

Blog Elementary Interviews Job Search New Teachers

Interviewing tips and tricks

Interviewing tips and tricks

Back to School Blog Elementary High School Middle School New Teachers

Planning For Meet the Teacher Night in Special Ed

Planning For Meet the Teacher Night in Special Ed

Academics Blog Centers ELA Elementary

Setting Up Special Ed Literacy Centers? Read This First!

Setting Up Special Ed Literacy Centers? Read This First!

Back to School Behavior Classroom Setup Elementary New Teachers Preschool Primary Schedules Visuals

How to Build a Visual Schedule that Actually Works

How to Build a Visual Schedule that Actually Works

Behavior Elementary New Teachers Preschool Primary Social Emotional Learning

Neuro-Affirming Practices in Positive Reinforcement

Neuro-Affirming Practices in Positive Reinforcement

Academics Blog Centers Elementary Math

What to Put in Your Special Education Math Centers

What to Put in Your Special Education Math Centers

Blog Classroom Setup Elementary High School Inspiration Middle School Professional Development Simple Classroom

All About Simple Self-Contained Set Up 101

All About Simple Self-Contained Set Up 101

Back to School Behavior Blog Elementary

Reducing back to school behavior challenges with predictable routines

Reducing back to school behavior challenges with predictable routines

Blog Centers Elementary First Year New Teachers Schedules

How to Rotate Centers Without Losing Your Mind

How to Rotate Centers Without Losing Your Mind

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 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

Back to School Blog Centers Elementary Fall Freebies

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

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

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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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