This year I started working in a group home for people who have multiple disabilities. Working with this new population who are more physically handicapped has forced me to adapt my usual activities and lessons. I want to share some of these fun ideas! These...
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New Technology in the Classroom: TAPit
Staying up to date on the newest technological resources in education can be overwhelming! Blogs and Pinterest can be great sources of information to stay in the loop. I recently started using a new piece of equipment, the TAPit. TAPit (Touch Accessible Platform for...
Fun Social Activities that Won’t Feel Like Work
Parents always ask me what to work on at home, so I decided to list some social skills activities that are simple, fun and can be worked into everyday situations. You can practice all of these skills in lots of different settings. If you’re working on greetings, say...
9 Important Lessons I Learned Working with Autism
I began working with children on the autism spectrum during my first clinical practicum as a graduate student clinician. Now, three years later, I still learn something new each time I work with these children. Every individual child is so special and unique; they are...
A Beginner’s Guide to Let’s be Social
Let’s be Social! is an iPad application focused on developing social skills in children with autism and other developmental delays. The content is organized into"Skill sets", which are high level content, and then within each skill set, are organized into “Lessons”....
