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Real special education teachers, sharing what works in their rooms.
Alyssa Shanahan
Alyssa is a former elementary special ed and life skills teacher and the founder of Simply Special Ed. Her resources are used in over 300,000 classrooms, with 61,000+ five-star reviews.
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Sabrina Simon
Special education teacher, upper elementary · New Jersey
Sabrina has nine years in special education, teaching a self-contained multiple disabilities class for grades 3-5 before moving to an upper elementary resource room. She holds a Master of Arts in Teaching from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a graduate endorsement in special education from Rowan University.
Intermediate Elementary Classroom TourClassroom tour
Schedule Tour for an Intermediate Elementary ClassSchedule tour
Upper Elementary Resource Room – New Classroom Setup TourClassroom tour
Check Out My Daily Schedule as a Special Education Resource TeacherSchedule tour
How to Use Real Picture Schedules in Your Classroom
Alex Cano
Special education teacher, middle and high school
Alex is a special education teacher who works with middle and high school students with severe-profound disabilities, Autism, and low-incidence disabilities. She earned her master’s degree in special education from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. Alex’s favorite part of teaching in a self-contained classroom is finding creative ways to engage her students through fun, hands-on projects that also build important life skills.
Lindsay Jackson
6:1:1 3rd/4th grade teacher · Buffalo, NY
Lindsay teaches a 6:1:1 3rd/4th grade class in her hometown of Buffalo, New York. She has her Bachelor’s in Elementary/Early Childhood/Special Education and her Master’s in Curriculum & Instruction.
Hannah Bermudez
Special Education Teacher
Hannah is a special education teacher in her fourth year, with previous experience in an ABA clinic. She has an undergraduate degree in psychology and a master’s degree in developmental psychology. All of her experience in education has been with students who have high needs and higher levels of behavior. She works in an out-of-district behavior placement for students with the most severe behaviors in the surrounding districts. Her favorite part of teaching this population is seeing each small stepping stone as a big step of growth, and one of her favorite phrases as a teacher is “compassion over compliance.”
Shannon Slawkowski
Autism Specialist · Chicagoland
Shannon coaches teachers and staff on best practices as an Autism Specialist in the Chicagoland area. Before that, she taught a self-contained elementary special education program for 7 years.
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