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Welcome to Applied Behavior Essentials!
I’m Melissa, the creator behind this shop. As a behavioral therapist with experience supporting children on the autism spectrum, I understand how important it is to have resources that are clear, engaging, and easy to use in everyday settings.
My goal is to create practical materials that support learning, communication, social skills, emotional regulation, and independence. Many of my resources include visual supports, social stories, task cards, activities, and structured teaching tools designed to make learning more approachable and meaningful for different learners.
At Applied Behavior Essentials, I focus on creating resources that are both effective and realistic for educators, therapists, and parents to use. I believe learning should feel supportive, encouraging, and accessible while recognizing each child’s individual strengths and needs.
Thank you for visiting my shop! I hope these resources help support your learners and make teaching a little easier along the way.
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Inferring Emotions: Identify & Explain Why | Boom Cards
Help your students build emotional awareness and empathy with this engaging Boom Card set focused on identifying and understanding emotions. Using real-life photos, students will practice recognizing happy, sad, and angry facial In each deck: View a photo of a person showing an emotion Identify how the person is feeling (happy, sad, or angry) Answer a follow-up question about why the person might feel that wayThese decks are a great tool for building emotional awareness, promoting empathy,
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Keeping My Hands to Myself | Touching Other People : A Social Story
This social story is designed to help children understand the importance of respecting personal space and keeping their hands to themselves. Through simple, clear language, it explains that while it’s normal to feel excited or happy and want to touch others, it’s important to recognize that not everyone wants to be touched. This story teaches children to respect others’ boundaries, use words to greet or show affection, and engage in appropriate ways to express themselves. Key lessons in this sto
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For All Subjects, Social Emotional Learning
Functional Fill-ins Intraverbals | Boom Cards
Boost your students' language skills with this engaging Intraverbal Fill-Ins (Functions) resource! Helps students practice intraverbal language skills by completing common functional phrases related to daily routines. Students are prompted to fill in the missing word to complete each sentence, supporting both speech and language development. Upon Purchase:When you purchase this product, you will receive a PDF with a link that will take you directly to the BOOM Learning site, where the task cards
K - 4th
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Life Skills Daily Routine: 3-Step Functional Sequence
Life Skills Daily Routine: 3-Step Functional SequenceThis interactive and comprehensive life skills resource is designed for learners to develop practical, daily living skills through a three-step functional sequence. Each skill is broken down into manageable steps, encouraging independence and confidence in completing everyday tasks. Perfect for classroom or home use, these tasks focus on essential routines, helping students practice self-care, household chores, and functional independence. T
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Problem Solving Social Scenarios | Problems & Solutions| Boom Cards
Each scenario features a photo depicting a problem and its corresponding solution. Students will examine the image and identify both the problem and the solution based on the visual cues provided. These interactive decks are perfect for developing critical thinking and problem-solving skills. They encourage students to analyze situations, understand cause-and-effect relationships, and apply solutions to everyday challenges. Ideal for promoting social-emotional learning and improving decision-mak
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Identify the Pronoun: He, She, They | Boom Cards
This interactive Boom Learning deck is designed to help students practice identifying the appropriate pronoun "he," "she," or "they" in relation to corresponding pictures. Each card features a person or group (variety of ages: kids, teens, adults, seniors). Upon Purchase:When you purchase this product, you will receive a PDF with a link that will take you directly to the BOOM Learning site, where the task cards are hosted and ready for use. About Boom CardsTo use Boom Cards, you must be connecte
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Pronoun Sorting Board (He/She/They) + Task cards with Real Photos | File Folder
Pronoun Identification Packet: He/She/They (With Real Photos)This comprehensive packet is designed to help students practice identifying and using the pronouns he, she, and they. It features real photographs of people from various ages and ethnic backgrounds, providing a diverse and inclusive approach to learning. The packet includes three engaging sets of activities to promote generalization and reinforce understanding. Included in the packet: 1. Sorting Board: He vs. SheA fun and interacti
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English Language Arts
Banging My Head Is Not Okay: A Social Story
This story is designed to help students understand the importance of expressing emotions in a safe and healthy way, rather than resorting to harmful behaviors like head-banging when they feel upset, frustrated, or angry. This story uses simple language and relatable scenarios to explain why head-banging can hurt both physically and emotionally, and encourages students to use their words to express their feelings instead. It offers copying skills, such as taking deep breaths, asking for help, or
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Social Emotional Learning
Safety Problems Solving Real-life Scenarios Boom Cards
Safety Problem Solving Boom Cards™ | Real-Life Safety ScenariosHelp learners build safety awareness and problem-solving skills with these interactive Safety Problem Solving Boom Cards™. This deck includes real-life photo scenarios where students identify what is unsafe, think about what could happen, and choose what they should do instead. Each card presents a realistic safety situation with multiple-choice response options. Learners practice recognizing unsafe choices, understanding consequence
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How Do They Feel? Emotion Scenarios | Social Emotional Learning Boom Cards
Practice identifying emotions with real-life, relatable scenarios! This interactive resource includes 20 decks focused on helping students read social clues, understand how others may feel, and build stronger social-emotional awareness. Each scenario includes a short story and three emotion choices. Students look at the situation, use context clues, and choose how the character feels. ⭐ What’s Included:✔ 20 interactive decks ✔ Short real-life emotion scenarios ✔ Three answer choices per sce
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For All Subjects, Reading, Social Emotional Learning
Intraverbal Fill-ins | File Folder
This resource includes 3 engaging boards designed to support intraverbal fill-in practice. Each board features 15 prompts that encourage students to complete simple sentences with the correct word. Perfect for building language skills, students will be prompted to fill in the blanks with words like "pencil," "fork," or "crayon." These boards are ideal for reinforcing vocabulary, sentence structure, and intraverbal responses. Great for both classroom and home use, this resource can be customized
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English Language Arts
Sort Same vs Different Items | File Folder
Sort Same vs Different Items ActivityThis engaging sorting activity helps students develop critical thinking and categorization skills by distinguishing between items that are the same and those that are different.
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Safety Problems Solving Real-life Scenarios Open-Ended Questions | Boom Cards
Safety Problem Solving Boom Cards™ | Real-Life Safety Scenarios | Open-Ended QuestionsHelp learners build safety awareness and problem-solving skills with these open-ended Safety Problem Solving Boom Cards™. This deck includes real-life photo scenarios where students look at the picture, identify what is unsafe, explain what could happen, and write what they should do instead. This resource is designed for learners who are ready to move beyond multiple-choice answers and practice generating thei
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Asking Why Questions in Conversation Boom Cards
Help your learners practice asking meaningful “why” questions during everyday conversations with this interactive BOOM Cards™ deck! This resource includes real-life conversation scenarios where students choose the best “why” question to keep the conversation going. Each card presents a short, relatable scenario with two answer choices. Learners practice identifying the question that makes sense based on what the person said. This activity is great for building WH-question skills, expressive lan
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For All Subjects, Social Emotional Learning, Speaking & Listening
Emotional & Self Regulation | Feelings Thermometer | Coping Strategies(Editable)
This Emotional + Self-Regulation resource is designed to help students identify and manage their emotions and behaviors. The set includes two emotion sets, featuring: First Set: 5 Emotions: Happy, Sad, Scared, Frustrated, AngrySecond Set: 6 Emotions: Happy, Sad, Tired, Scared, Frustrated, AngryThis resource includes visual printables, worksheets, and editable files, offering flexibility for teachers and caregivers to customize the material for different needs. The set features Feelings The
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Good or Bad Choices at School | Real-Life Scenarios for Teens | Boom Cards
Help students learn appropriate school behavior with these engaging and interactive Boom Cards™! This resource includes 25 real-life social scenarios that encourage students to think about everyday choices they may encounter at school. Students will read each situation, look at the visual, and decide whether the choice is appropriate or inappropriate. These age-appropriate scenarios are designed to support social emotional learning, decision-making, perspective taking, and positive peer interact
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Classroom Community, For All Subjects, Social Emotional Learning
Shower Routine Visual: How To Wash Hair (Light Skin Visual Icons)
This easy-to-follow visual chart is designed to teach the important steps of washing hair. It features simple and clear illustrations and breaks down into 11 steps of the hair-washing process.
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Going for a Walk in the Community: A Social Story
Social Story: Going for a Walk in the Community | Autism, SEL, Life SkillsHelp learners feel confident and safe while exploring their neighborhood with this engaging and supportive social story: "Going for a Walk in the Community."This social narrative is perfect for teaching community awareness, safety rules, and expected behaviors during neighborhood walks. It's designed with clear, positive language and is ideal for students with autism, special needs, or those working on social-emotional
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Social Inferencing: Perspective Taking | What Are They Thinking? | Boom Cards
This resource focuses on helping students develop perspective-taking skills. Through a series of engaging photos, students are prompted to identify what the person in the image might be thinking based on their expression, posture, and the situation. This activity promotes empathy and social awareness by encouraging students to put themselves in others' shoes and understand different points of view. It's a valuable tool for enhancing emotional intelligence, improving critical thinking, and helpin
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Community Safety Signs Functional Skill Boom Cards
Help students practice recognizing common community safety signs and choosing the safest action with this interactive Boom Cards™ deck! This digital task card resource includes 31 safety sign cards designed to help learners identify real-world signs and understand what to do when they see them. Students will look at each sign, read the question, and choose the best response from 3 answer choices. These cards are great for functional reading, community safety, special education, ABA sessions, sp
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Welcome to Applied Behavior Essentials!
I’m Melissa, the creator behind this shop. As a behavioral therapist with experience supporting children on the autism spectrum, I understand how important it is to have resources that are clear, engaging, and easy to use in everyday settings.
My goal is to create practical materials that support learning, communication, social skills, emotional regulation, and independence. Many of my resources include visual supports, social stories, task cards, activities, and structured teaching tools designed to make learning more approachable and meaningful for different learners.
At Applied Behavior Essentials, I focus on creating resources that are both effective and realistic for educators, therapists, and parents to use. I believe learning should feel supportive, encouraging, and accessible while recognizing each child’s individual strengths and needs.
Thank you for visiting my shop! I hope these resources help support your learners and make teaching a little easier along the way.
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