• 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 Blog Freebies Visuals

Teaching Special Education Students to Self-Assess

Teaching Special Education Students to Self-Assess

Academics Blog Cooking Freebies Life Skills

5 Steps to a More Hands on Classroom

5 Steps to a More Hands on Classroom

Academics Blog Book Recommendations Fall Freebies Seasonal Simple Classroom Vocabulary

Apples and Pumpkins: An Adapted Text (freebie!)

Apples and Pumpkins: An Adapted Text (freebie!)

Blog Book Recommendations Fall Freebies Seasonal Simple Classroom

Apples, Apples, Everywhere: A Free Adapted Text

Apples, Apples, Everywhere: A Free Adapted Text

Academics Blog Cooking Freebies Life Skills Seasonal Simple Classroom Spring

Father’s Day BBQ Recipe

Father’s Day BBQ Recipe

Blog Freebies Simple Classroom

Celebrating Paraprofessionals

Celebrating Paraprofessionals

Academics Blog Cooking Freebies

Simply Special Visual Recipe (& a freebie!)

Simply Special Visual Recipe (& a freebie!)

Academics Blog Cooking Freebies Life Skills

Let’s Make a Sandwich (& a FREEbie!)

Let’s Make a Sandwich (& a FREEbie!)

Academics Blog Freebies Seasonal Simple Classroom Vocabulary Winter

December in my Autism Classroom (with FREEBIES)

December in my Autism Classroom (with FREEBIES)

Academics Back to School Behavior Blog Freebies Simple Classroom Visuals

New Students in your Autism Classroom

New Students in your Autism Classroom

Blog Freebies Seasonal Simple Classroom Winter

Merry Christmas! Holiday’s Around the World!

Merry Christmas! Holiday’s Around the World!

Academics Behavior Blog Freebies Task Boxes Visuals

3 Drawer Work Box System

3 Drawer Work Box System

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
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

February Cut and Paste Fine Motor Puzzles

Family involvement in Special Education

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

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

February Visual Crafts for Special Education with Visual Checklists

February Lesson Plans for Special Education

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.