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I have been teaching special education for over 20 years and specialize in autism. I have taught students with a wide range of disabilities and special needs in various public school districts and specialty schools with students ranging from age five through adulthood. I have taught both integrated as well as many self-contained classrooms. I have assisted in the mainstreaming of students with autism who have behavior difficulties into the public school environment. I have spent years modifying various grade level curriculums as well as developing new curriculum to meet the needs of individual student programs. These have included language, community and vocational skills, functional academics and activities of daily living. I use the methods of Applied Behavioral Analysis and believe in taking data. I have written and implemented many behavior plans for students with various behavioral difficulties. I also conduct staff training as well.
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Purchasing Skills For Secondary Special Education Life Skills Students
This is a 37 page unit with the goal of teaching secondary life skills students with disabilities basic money and purchasing skills. This unit is taught over a period of at least 3 weeks. This unit includes topics such as rounding up to the next dollar, estimating purchase totals, paying for items quickly, paying with a debit card, expensive vs cheaper prices, paying with the smallest bill, having enough money, "Do Now" assignments, and additional activity ideas. It also includes 2 different
9th - 12th
Also included in:Â Money Skills For Secondary Life Skills Students Bundle
Budgeting and Money Skills For Secondary Life Skills Students
Contains: two 12 slide PowerPoint Presentations with animation and 22 pages of student worksheets and activities. Answer keys included! Each PowerPoint is a whole class activity in which students follow a character throughout their day and the various money transactions made. Students keep track of each character's income and expenses on corresponding budgeting charts. The following unit vocabulary and concepts are taught: budget, budgeting, income, expenses, balance, various ways people g
7th - 12th, Adult Education
Math
Also included in:Â Money Skills For Secondary Life Skills Students Bundle
Calculating Hourly Pay For Secondary Special Education Life Skills Students
Contains: 17 student printables, table of contents, teacher notes, and answer key! Students will learn how to calculate their salary for a day, and then for a week, by multiplying the number of hours worked by the hourly pay amount, using a calculator. Students will learn to total the hours worked for a week and then multiply them by their hourly pay amount to calculate the week's pay. Student will also calculate elapsed time to the hour and half hour in a few of the final worksheets. Inclu
9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Summer Safety Skills for Secondary Special Education Life Skills Students
Contains: 24 slide PowerPoint Presentation with animation and 33 pages of student worksheets developed for different learning levels.
Included is a 5 page printable that students fill in with key words as the class moves through the PowerPoint slides on the Smart Board or computer. This forces students to pay closer attention, refocus, and write important key words.
The Summer Safety PowerPoint reviews the following concepts: Staying hydrated, heat exhaustion, heat stroke, hot car, sun prot
6th - 12th
Shopping Mall Scavenger Hunts for Secondary Life Skills Students
Contains 2 printable shopping mall scavenger hunts for high school life skills students. Each hunt is 2 pages in length. Each scavenger hunt requires students to locate stores that sell certain products, locate products in specific kinds of stores, locate prices, make decisions on products they like and what other people they know may like, describe where things are, and more! I have students partner up and place their scavenger hunt worksheets on a clipboard that they each carry with them.
7th - 12th
Understanding Medication Labels for Secondary Life Skills Students
This is a "Medication Labels" unit that teaches secondary life skills students with disabilities to understand medication packages and labels. This 13 page unit starts with reading comprehension activities and follows with 7 additional printable activities to use within the classroom, home, and during community outings to pharmacies. All printable are at least a 14 font.
Activities are based on understanding information on both prescription and over-the-counter medication. Students will lea
9th - 12th, Adult Education
Money Skills For Secondary Life Skills Students Bundle
This bundle includes all the money skills practice needed for secondary life skills students. Bundle includes the following products: Purchasing Skills, Budgeting Money, Calculating Hourly Pay, Money Skills Practice Worksheets, and Determining Sale Prices. See individual products for more in depth information. This bundle will save you $6.00!
7th - 12th
Department Store Scavenger Hunt for Secondary Life Skills Students
Contains 1 three page printable "Department Scavenger Hunt" for secondary life skills students with disabilities. Text is in a 16 font.
The scavenger hunt requires students to locate store departments, specific items, sizes, brands, and prices. It also requires students to make decisions on products they would buy for themselves or others. Students also are asked to locate customer service and the time the store closes.
This can be used at any department store such as Target, Walmart,
9th - 12th, Adult Education
Calling 911 for Secondary Life Skills Students
Contains: 15 slide PowerPoint 4 page student PowerPoint fill-in printable 26 911 situation cards 911 worksheet This folder contains a 15 slide PowerPoint all about calling 911. The PowerPoint is accompanied by a 4 page printable that students fill in as the teacher moves through the PowerPoint slides on the Smart Board. This forces students to pay closer attention, refocus, and write important key words. The Calling 911 PowerPoint reviews the following
5th - 12th
Halloween and Fall Life Skills for Secondary Students with Disabilities
This file contains 10 pages of Halloween and Fall functional academics including: 2 "calculator" math printables - each at different levels of difficulty 1 "estimating totals" math printable 1 "do you have enough money" math printable 1 Halloween reading passage with 2 sets of printable comprehension questions - each at different levels of difficulty 2 Halloween picture labeling printables Check out my holiday life skills product here! Holiday Life Skills For Secondary Students With Disabili
6th - 12th
Home Safety for Secondary Life Skills Students
Contains: 2 PowerPoint presentations ("Kitchen Safety" 23 slides) ("More Home Safety" 17 slides) Each Power Point has Fill-In printables and Multiple Choice printables (11 pages total) "Home Safety" was developed for special education life skills students with low comprehension levels. PowerPoint presentations are filled with many real-life pictures to enhance comprehension and help students to make connections. Half of the "Home Safety" unit focuses on the kitchen while the other half f
6th - 12th, Adult Education
Fire Safety for Secondary Life Skills Students
Contains: *2 Fire Safety PowerPoints with animation *Student fill-in printables that coincide with each PowerPoint *2 bonus vocabulary worksheets This folder contains 2 fire safety PowerPoints, each accompanied by printables that students fill in as the teacher moves through the PowerPoint slides on the Smart Board. This forces students to pay closer attention, refocus, and write important key words. The first PowerPoint contains 13 anima
6th - 12th
Life Skills Reading Comprehension for Secondary Special Education Students
Contains: 12 reading comprehension stories with WH questions in both written response and multiple-choice format (24 worksheets total), teacher notes, and answer key Each reading comprehension story contains 5-8 simple sentences. All topics pertain to teens and young adults (having a job, chores, making a purchase, etc.) At the end of each story are 5 WH questions including "who, what, where, when, and why" on a concrete level. All answers can be found within the story. Each story also contai
8th - 12th, Adult Education
Reading
Doctors, Symptoms, & Medical Care for Secondary Life Skills Students
This is a 36 page unit with the goal of teaching secondary life skills students with disabilities about doctors, symptoms, and medical care, taught over a period of at least 3 weeks. This unit includes topics such as scheduling and preparing for a doctor's appointment, what to expect at the appointment, simple medical vocabulary, understanding and expressing symptoms, identifying when you should see a doctor and when it's not necessary, and information about various kinds of doctors.
The 36
10th - 12th, Adult Education
Supermarket Community Outing Printable Activities for Secondary Life Skills
Contains 3 printable "Supermarket Community Outing Activities" for secondary life skills students with disabilities. Included are 2 pages of directions and 7 student printables. Text is in 14-16 fonts. These scavenger hunts require students to locate various supermarket departments, products, prices, as well as weigh produce. Each activity can be down 2-3 times, the first being an instructional lesson, the others being as independent an activity as possible. The first activity focuses on t
9th - 12th, Adult Education
Community Outing Printables for High School Life Skills Students
This is a pack of 10 community outing printable activities for high school life skills students with disabilities. The focus of most of the activities includes locating store departments, aisles, products, and prices. Students will also need to estimate totals, compare generic brands, and determine if they have enough money for a purchase, etc. Focus topics include: cleaning products, supermarkets, pharmacies, customer service, toiletries and more. Before each community outing, I pre-tea
8th - 12th
Community Safety for Teens and Young Adults with Disabilities
Contains: PowerPoint Presentation with animation and a student printable containing 4 pages. This folder contains an 18 slide Community Safety PowerPoint with eye catching animation that is sure to keep students engaged. The PowerPoint is accompanied by a 4 page printable that students fill in as the teacher moves through the PowerPoint slides on the Smart Board. This forces students to pay closer attention, refocus, and write important key words. The Community Safety PowerPoint reviews the f
7th - 12th
Back To School Parent & Student Personal Info Packets - Special Ed Classroom
Contains: 2 Back to School Personal Information Packets - 1 for parents and 1 for students.
Each packet is 3 pages.
The parent packet contains a contacts page and 2 pages of response questions that will enable you to learn more about your students from the parent perspective. I attach this packet to the Welcome Parents letter and ask that they return it as soon as possible. Examples of response questions include: "Is there anything you are particularly worried about at this time concerning
7th - 12th
Holiday Life Skills For Secondary Students With Disabilities
This file contains 13 pages of Holiday functional academics including: Printables: Holiday Shopping: Estimating the Total - 2 levels of difficulty Sale! Buy 1 get 1 free John Plans His Holiday Shopping Social Story: Receiving a Gift You Don't Like Social Story: Choosing a Gift to Give Someone Holiday Community Outing Activity Includes answer keys as well as Activity Suggestions Using Store Circulars I currently teach older teens and young adults with disabilities in a transition program. I cre
7th - 12th
Vocational Preference Assessment for High School Life Skills Students
This 4 page vocational preference assessment was written to assist in assessing the preferences of older high school students who have a great deal of difficulty reading and comprehending. Depending on student level, students can complete the assessment independently, complete it within a group with the teacher reading the questions and students circling their own responses, or the teacher can work 1:1 with a student by reading it to the student at their pace and circling the student's verbal re
9th - 12th
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About the store
Experience
I have been teaching special education for over 20 years and specialize in autism. I have taught students with a wide range of disabilities and special needs in various public school districts and specialty schools with students ranging from age five through adulthood. I have taught both integrated as well as many self-contained classrooms. I have assisted in the mainstreaming of students with autism who have behavior difficulties into the public school environment. I have spent years modifying various grade level curriculums as well as developing new curriculum to meet the needs of individual student programs. These have included language, community and vocational skills, functional academics and activities of daily living. I use the methods of Applied Behavioral Analysis and believe in taking data. I have written and implemented many behavior plans for students with various behavioral difficulties. I also conduct staff training as well.
Teaching style
I believe in hands-on, student centered learning. Lessons should contain visual, auditory, and hands-on components as much as possible. Teachers must step back to allow students to take initiative and problem solve in order to become independent and confident. I believe parents are a vital part of the child's educational team and a child should learn to be his/her own best advocate.
My own education history
Graduate: Special Education
Concentration: Severe Disabilities
Graduate: Deaf Education
30 Credits
Undergrad: Elementary Education
Concentration: Hearing and Communication
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