Autism Grows

This is a great resource for teaching the concept of 'tone of voice' with students. I use it for my students on the autism spectrum as a social skill lesson. It is a fun and interactive lesson where students of all levels can participate. Enjoy!

Students with autism often have trouble understanding when is an appropriate time to interrupt and when is not. It also talks about how to interrupt. This lesson will help with differentiating these two different scenarios.

A mini lesson geared towards students on the autism spectrum. This resource will help teachers to provide examples for role playing how to stay on topic during verbal conversations and interactions with others. This is a skill that typically does not come easy for students with autism. Directions: This mini-lesson is geared toward students with moderate autism. Split your students into pairs. Make sure the students are on the same verbal/social skills level. Have them take turns with staying

This unit is geared towards high school and transition students who are working on life skills, social skills and pre-vocational skills. It is a unit focused on Caring For Your Clothes, Understanding Appropriate Clothes to wear & Organizing Your Clothes. I used this unit for my students on the autism spectrum and it was VERY effective and engaging. This would also work for students in a life skills/basic skills program or with other moderate disabilities.

This is a worksheet that works well with weather.com because it is similar to the format on that website. It has sections for weather "right now", "today" and "tonight" along with "tomorrow's weather" and a section that asks what you should wear tomorrow. This is great for elementary as well as middle and high school special education. I use it for my students with moderate/severe autism. The visuals are great!

This is a great resource to teach basic Thanksgiving manners and traditions to students. It is a great lesson for students of all ages!!

This product is geared towards students learning basic consumer math. This quiz allows teachers to see if students understand basic concepts of adding items on menu, calculating tip and tax.

This worksheet was created to help communicate with parents about how their child's day went. It helps the student think about their day as a whole, different events that happened, if they liked those activities/events and two reasons why or why not. It is a good way to communicate with parents through the eyes of their own child. I always add my own notes on this page if necessary too. The kids love calling it their "daily buzz"

A worksheet used to wrap up the day. Helps students to remember their day and they good point and not so good points of it. Parents love this because it narrows in on what their student thought were good moments and bad moments of their day.

Questions to "break the ice". Great for first days of school and students getting to know each other. Also can be used for after school activities and clubs.