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ABA Behavior Blog Elementary High School Middle School New Teachers Simple Classroom

How to Use a Reward Store for Behavior Management

How to Use a Reward Store for Behavior Management

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How to Share the Hard Stuff in IEP Meetings

How to Share the Hard Stuff in IEP Meetings

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What NOT to do at Parent Teacher Conferences (and what to do instead!)

What NOT to do at Parent Teacher Conferences (and what to do instead!)

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50 Interview Questions to Ask a Paraprofessional

50 Interview Questions to Ask a Paraprofessional

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Why I switched from General Education to Special Education

Why I switched from General Education to Special Education

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IEP Advice for First-Year Teachers

IEP Advice for First-Year Teachers

Back to School Blog High School New Teachers Simple Classroom

Classroom Tour: High School Self Contained

Classroom Tour: High School Self Contained

Academics Blog First Year New Teachers Occupational Therapy

How to Introduce Yourself to New Teachers

How to Introduce Yourself to New Teachers

Academics Blog Classroom Setup Elementary New Teachers Organization Schedules Simple Classroom Uncategorized Visuals

K-4 Self-Contained Autism Classroom Tour

K-4 Self-Contained Autism Classroom Tour

Back to School Blog Elementary First Year High School Middle School New Teachers Preschool Primary

How Teachers Can Build Rapport with Parents

How Teachers Can Build Rapport with Parents

Back to School Blog High School New Teachers Organization Paraprofessional Summer

5 Things You Can Prep During Summer Break

5 Things You Can Prep During Summer Break

AAC Academics Communication Elementary High School Life Skills Middle School New Teachers Paraprofessional Speech Therapy

Training Paraprofessionals on AAC Devices and Modeling

Training Paraprofessionals on AAC Devices and Modeling

Blog Elementary High School IEP Middle School New Teachers

The IEP Process Explained

The IEP Process Explained

Blog Elementary First Year High School Middle School New Teachers Paraprofessional Preschool Simple Classroom

How to Support Paraprofessionals at the Start of the School Year

How to Support Paraprofessionals at the Start of the School Year

Blog Elementary High School Middle School New Teachers

5 Tier-1 Supports to Use in Your Classroom

5 Tier-1 Supports to Use in Your 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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