Low incidence classroom setup

What if addressing challenging behavior in your classroom could be as simple as making changes to your room design? Here are some simple tricks that can help you prevent or address behaviors with their warning signs and solutions. #roomdesign #specialeducation

A recent study conducted by psychology researchers at Carnegie Mellon University found that children in highly decorated classrooms were more distracted, spent more time off-task and demonstrated smaller learning gains than when the decorations were removed. For more information about this study can be found in the Psychological Science journal. In addition to the findings of this research, we have also found the impact of heavily decorated classrooms to be especially distracting for our…

Laying out the classroom design in special education can be tough. I've rounded up posts and goals of setting up the physical space.

Unlock the secrets to successful work centers in a special education classroom with our latest blog post! From visual supports to streamlined rotations, discover how to create an efficient and engaging learning environment for every student.

"Home base" for students: supplies, picture schedules, etc.

The Autism & Low-Incidence Coaching Team: Super Star Schedules- Steps for Implementing a Location-Based Schedule

Happy New Year, Everyone! As I support and help others, I find myself referring to these posts time and time again, so I figured what better way to start a new year, then to share them in one collaborative post to support effective learning and teaching in 2015! First up, A VIRTUAL TOUR OF MY CLASSROOM: Physical structure is the foundation of an effective classroom. A functional learning environment lends itself to smooth transitions, independence and efficient traffic patterns in turn…

I know how hard it is to figure out how to set up your classroom, so I'm sharing my special education classroom set-up with you today! See how I organize independent work stations, play area, life skills word wall, student work spaces and more! #specialeducation #specialedclassroom

Need tips for launching guided math centers in your 1st grade classroom? I'll show you step-by-step how I launch my math rotations in 3 weeks

If you are a life skills teacher searching for inspiration for your high school transition classroom, this is for you! Here I share how I set up my transition classroom for 9-12th grade and 12+ students including how I set up our morning meeting area, large group activities, and a sensory space. I also share how we facilitate vocational and daily living skills inside our classroom and prepare for community based instruction. Take a look at our secondary special education classroom here.

SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER | ADAPTED CURRICULUM DESIGNER on Instagram: "I know exactly how time consuming and stress-inducing classroom layout and setup can be. I wasn’t able to focus on what was really important- my students and their specific needs. I needed to change my process. So I spent years creating a fail-proof method to self-contained classroom setup so you don’t have to. Whether you are a brand new self-contained teacher who is fresh out of school, a special ed teacher who is…

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Non-Verbal Reminders for Students | Teaching With Haley O'Connor

The classroom is complete! As you know, there are three ESL teachers sharing two large classrooms this year. I come from the general education elementary classroom. I have never had to share a space before and was a little unsure of how it would all work out. After a week of working on the room, I'm really happy with how it turned out. The first thing the three of us did was divide the room into thirds. This way we all had our own space. Then we used the furniture in the room as dividers. We…

Classroom decor for back to school! Set up your special education classroom with color!

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Have you ever had to teach in a super small classroom? In my first year of teaching, that was exactly what happened. My very first classroom actually used to be a storage closet for PE equipment (not even joking) and was eventually expanded a bit so that it could be converted into a classroom. I only had six students that year (not joking about that either), so we had no trouble fitting in the space, and I also didn't have that much stuff because it was only my first year of teaching. Fast…

My first year in the self-contained classroom I was overwhelmed and understaffed (okay, so that's EVERY year, but especially year one.) To make the mos ...