Autism Elementary

This download contains everything you need to assess and set up student programs for levels 1 and 2 of the Verbal Behavioral Milestones and Placement Program (VB-MAPP). This product will save you time, energy, and money on much pricer picture card alternatives and is a fantastic resource to have in your classroom or clinic setting. For those less familiar with the VB-MAPP, the download contains a handy guide to introduce you to the language of the different verbal operants as well as tips and t

This GROWING download contains 10 leveled adapted books, data sheets, and flash cards for all of the kindergarten dolch words. The interactive adapted books promote fluency in reading sight words and include high interest topics. The books currently in this download are titled "Kids Like to Play", "Emily Plants a Flower", "All About Firefighters", "Fun After School" and "Let's Bake a Cake". Adapted books will continue to be added featuring new sight words! This resource is great for both spec

Get your hands on this hit of a resource! This download contains a choice board for 12 different monthly thematic songs (8 songs per month) that students can request. These songs will help promote seasonal vocabulary in a motivating, engaging way! In addition to monthly thematic songs, this download contains... - a choice board for requesting different instruments (16 choices) - mini-activity schedule icons to create a schedule within a schedule - a social story to describe music group expecta

This contains both daily calendar activities AND visuals to practice personal information for students with special needs. This resource can be adapted for writers and non-writers for easy differentiation in your diverse classroom! Included in this resource: - review of classroom rules/behavior expectations -feelings check-in (color-coded visuals) -today is, yesterday was, tomorrow will be... - the month/year/ weather is... - i am a boy/girl - my eye color/ hair color is... - my height (in f

This download contains 45 pages of engaging content designed to motivate and enrich your student's learning through hands-on manipulation with Play-Doh! Weather you're a Speech Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Early Childhood Teacher, or Special Education Teacher, this file has resources that will suit all ranges of learners and ability levels. This download contains: -Requesting visuals to request colors, play-doh manipulatives, and different actions - Commenting visuals to build student's

This is an adapted book designed to teach students to answer yes/no questions. The book contains symbolized text to support non-readers and emerging readers. Students respond to a yes/no question by selecting a picture and text icon containing the word yes or no and velcroing it to a blank space. There are real life pictures to accompany the text. There are 20 pages within the book. This book was designed for students with the autism spectrum in mind. Brought to you by autism elementary. ---

This is a visual task analysis for the steps needed in hand washing. It is intended to support students in gaining more independence in the hand washing process. Great for early childhood, special education, and occupational therapy!

This is an adapted book based on the ABLLS and VB-MAPP assessments that targets Listener Responding: Feature Function Class level 3 targets. Students will respond to questions by selecting an item from an array of 9 picture cards containing similar stimuli (e.g. colors, shapes) for 45 different questions. Students can either listen to a teacher read the questions out loud before selecting their answers, or students who are readers can complete this book independently. If your learners are not ye

If you are reading this, THANK YOU! Thank you for recognizing the importance in potty training students with special needs. While the work is not easy, it is incredibly important and I have created this comprehensive and detailed resource to guide you the entire step of the way. I have also included my personal email in this download should you wish to consult with me if you are running into any roadblocks or barriers along the way. In this download you will find: - multiple data sheets for tr

This adapted book focuses on answering 25 different questions related to locations (where), people (who), quantities (how many) and the uses of objects (what is it). This book is intended to be accessed by both readers and non-readers. Readers can read the book independently and respond to the questions by selecting their answer from a field of eight possible choices containing picture and text. Non-readers can build listening comprehension skills by having the book read to them by an adult and

Let's provide our students and families with tools that will promote structure, predictability, increased independence, and opportunities to communicate choices. This download contains over 200 visuals to support individuals with special needs in both home and community settings! Included you will find thorough instructions for implementation of various types of visual schedules and choice boards. - 63 icons for home-based activities involving hygiene, daily routines, leisure/play, and chores

*5 different options to choose from for multiple levels of learners!* Many of my students are non-verbal or have limited verbal ability so they cannot express through their words to their parents what they did at school. This quick journal provides them with an opportunity to give their parents a snapshot of their school day. I also use it as an opportunity for students to reflect on their behavior choices in school- highlighting their positive choices and what they can improve on. Visual images

This download will make teaching Special Education ESY a breeze! Included you will find lessons and activities for diverse learners, appropriate for ALL age groups! The activities in this download include three levels of summer-themes file folder activities, summer vocabulary bingo, song requesting choice board for summer songs and corresponding visuals for commenting and turn-taking, a daily journal page for student's to share the activities of their day, and five different visual recipes for c

Since answering "wh” questions can be tricky for students with communication difficulties (ex. where do you sleep?), I developed differentiated activities for students to identify Feature, Function, Class (FFC) objectives by filling in phrases (ex. you sleep in a...). Depending on student ability, present students with an array of three to six picture/vocabulary cards to select their answer choices. Level 1 students (green template) are students who benefit from errorless learning and are workin

Do you ever grow tired of hearing, "how many do I have left?!" Do you have students who benefit from knowing exactly how many tasks they are expected to complete before earning a reinforcer? Enter the wait strip. Here you will find four different options for wait strips that can be individualized to your students needs. I have also included reinforcer icons of 16 common reinforcers. This is a great alternative to token economy systems and can be easily individualized for specific tasks or acti

This download contains three different leveled task cards for learning to identify CVC words, identify beginning consonant sounds, and writing CVC words. With 45 pages and 84 task cards included, this download is sure to suit your diverse little learners! Directions: Print and laminate all pages. Cut out the two cards on each page. The first set of cards is designed to have students clip (using a clothespin) or circle (using dry erase marker) the correct spelling of the CVC word printed in the

This activity is differentiated in two levels for use with your diverse learners! These interactive CVC word reproducable activities contain colorful images to support comprehension, vocabulary development, and student engagement. This product is intended for use with students with special needs, reading intervention, kindergarten / beginning readers, emergent readers, and english language learners. Brought to you by Autism Elementary! Directions: Print and laminate all pages. Make two copies

This download contains three file folder activities for students to sort real images into different emotion/ feeling categories: happy, sad, scared, mad, bored, and surprised. It is a great tool for building the foundational skills of identifying emotions in others!

This download contains differentiated, multi-level fluency sorts for students with special needs. Teaching fluency is essential because it promotes speedy and accurate responses of mastered skills. This mega-pack of fluency sorts will teach your children to quickly sort common items based on their features, functions, and categories. The sorts also target skills such as sorting across multiple examples to promote skill generalization and discriminating amongst similar-stimuli items. Each sorting

Enjoy this freebie to use with your squirmy wormies! Three pages of calming stretch poses to use as a visual model when doing yoga in the classroom. Great to use as a quick brain break for early childhood, early intervention or special education students! Brought to you by autism elementary!