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Welcome to Teaching Autism! Here you will find engaging, hands-on and differentiated activities that are used by thousands of students all around the world. From task boxes to adapted books and binders.. You’ll find resources that I’ve successfully used in over 10 years of my career.
Hi! I'm Nikki, an autism specialist with over 10 years of experience working with students aged 3-19. My passion for creating hands-on and engaging resources, as well as providing support to other educators all around the world is what led me to create 'Teaching Autism.'
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Conversation Starters Visuals Task Cards Social Skills
These conversation starters task cards are a fun and engaging way to encourage your students to start conversations, different ways to engage in a conversation and to improve their social skills. By having a variety of different prompt cards on hand you are encouraging your students to take part in conversations with others, but also providing them with the help/support that they may need to initiate conversations. This resource contains 104 different prompt cards to help and encourage stud
PreK - 2nd
Social Emotional Learning
Also included in: How to Set Up Your Autism Classroom | Autism Classroom Resources
Editable Phone Number Dialing Practice | Life Skills Task Boxes for Special Ed
Are you looking for engaging activities for your life skills activities? Do your students need to work on their phone number practice? If so, this task box is the perfect addition to your life skills lessons. What's Included?21 phone number cards.Phone with buttons to push.Empty phone number cards with numbers to match or for students to write in.Editable PDF (Open in Adobe PDF READER!) with different options where you can add images, text and phone numbers to personalize this task box to yo
K - 1st
Other (ELA), Other (Math), Reading
Back to School Don't Say It Ice Breaker Game Back to School Activities
This game is a great ice-breaker to use, especially during the first week of school when everyone is getting to know everyone else and get comfortable with their new classmates and teacher. However, it's also great to use as a fun and educational game throughout the school year to give your students a break while also taking part in a fun game where they are still continuing with their learning. This game can be done in pairs, small groups or even large groups! Comes in col and b/w option for
K - 2nd
Vocabulary
Community Helpers Matching Task Box
Do your students need to work on recognizing community helpers and the job roles that they play in our communities? If so, this community helpers matching task box is the perfect addition to your community helpers unit. With this task box students will be able to; Identify community helpers.Find the items that match the community helper.Opportunity to discuss different community helpers and the roles that they play in society.Opportunity to discuss why community helpers need these items for th
PreK - K
Classroom Community, English Language Arts
Sorting by Categories Rooms in the House | Category Sorting
Do your students need to work on their category sorting skills? Are you looking for hands-on category speech therapy activities to use with your students? If so, this rooms of the house category sorting activity is perfect to use with your students. What's Included?There are 8 different rooms included in this sorting activity. They include; BedroomBathroomDining roomGarageKitchenLiving roomOfficeYard.How to UsePrint out the sorting cards and object cards.Cut out and laminate all of the pie
PreK - 1st
2D Shapes Sorting Pages | Real Life Shapes
Do your students need to work on their 2D shape recognition skills? Are you looking for hands-on and engaging 2D shape sorting activities? If so, these 2D shape sorting pages are perfect to use with your students. Prep Instructions - Re-UsablePrint out all of the included pages.Laminate the sorting pages.Cut out and laminate each of the individual shape image cards.Prep Instructions - Cutting and StickPrint out all of the included pages.Students need to cut out the individual images.Then, st
PreK - 1st
Geometry, Math
CCSS
K.G.A.2
Wh Questions Boom Cards Speech Therapy | Distance Learning
Do your students need to work on their wh questions? Are you looking for online digital resources to use in your speech therapy sessions? If so, these wh- question boom cards are perfect for online and distance learning with your speech and language students. Each boom card contains a question with a matching image, and 2 possible answers with visual images as well. Students read - or be read - the question. Then they choose their answer out of the 2 options. If correct, students will receiv
PreK - 1st
English Language Arts
Life Skills Adapted Binder for Special Education | Independent Work & Functional
Looking for a comprehensive, hands-on way to teach functional life skills in your special education classroom? This Life Skills Adapted Binder includes 26 real-world life skills activities designed to help students build independence, confidence, and practical daily living skills through structured, visual, and repeatable practice. Perfect for Special Education, Autism classrooms, life skills programs, and independent work, this binder supports students in learning skills they can actually us
PreK - 2nd
For All Subjects, Money Math, Other (ELA)
CCSS
RF.K.1a
Life Skills Grocery Shopping Activity for Special Education
Are you looking for a hands-on grocery shopping list life skills activity? Do your students need to work on following instructions and identifying groceries? If so, this shopping list activity is perfect to use with your special education students. What's Included?A shopping trolley print out.Grocery item image cards.12 shopping lists in 2 difficulty levels.InstructionsPrint all the pages included.Laminate the trolley page.Cut out and laminate the shopping lists.Cut out and laminate the food ite
K - 1st
Wh Questions with Visuals for Speech Task Cards | Speech Therapy
Do your students struggle with their WH questions and answering skills? If so, your students will love working on their WH questions skills with these engaging and visual task cards. These task cards are perfect to use in your speech therapy sessions or as part of classroom activities. Each task card contains;A wh- questionA visual representationTwo possible answers for students to choose fromInstructionsPrint out the task cardsCut out and laminate each of the individual task cardsProvid
PreK - 1st
Life Skills Task Box for Special Education, Grocery Shopping
Do you want to work on important life skills with your students? Are you looking for hands-on independent work tasks for your special education students? Or do you want your students to learn about going grocery shopping and how to follow a list? If so, this grocery shopping task box activity is perfect for your special education classroom. Students need to look at their shopping list, and find the groceries. Once they have found the groceries, they put them into their shopping cart.
PreK - 1st
Classroom Community
Life Skills Task Boxes for Special Education | Independent Living Activities
If you are building a life skills curriculum for your special education or autism classroom, this Life Skills Task Boxes Bundle gives you hands-on, structured, independent work tasks that target real-world functional skills your students need. The task boxes included in this bundle are;Clothing on the Washing Line - Following InstructionsGrocery ShoppingLife Skills Sentence MatchingPutting Away GroceriesRooms of a House SortingIdentifying Objects in Rooms of the HouseUS Money Shopping - FallBei
K - 1st
For All Subjects, Reading, Vocabulary
Monthly Fine Motor Journals for Special Education Year Long Morning Work Centers
Need low-prep fine motor activities you can use every single day? These monthly fine motor journals give you ready-to-go morning work and centers that build essential skills all year long. Save time and build essential skills with these year-long fine motor journals, designed for autism and special education students. Each monthly journal includes 20+ hands-on activities that support fine motor development while keeping students engaged and independent. Perfect for: Morning work Centers In
PreK - 1st
English Language Arts, Reading, Vocabulary
Animal Life Cycles Puzzles | Hands-On Science Activity for Kids
Make learning about animal life cycles interactive and fun! These animal life cycle puzzles are a hands-on way for students to explore the different stages of life for 7 animals. Perfect for science centers, small groups, or independent work, these engaging puzzles help students sequence and identify key life cycle stages in a simple and visual way. InstructionsPrint out the included life cycle puzzles.Cut out and laminate each of the individual animal life cycle puzzles.Watch your students wor
K - 1st
Biology, General Science, Science
I Am Working For Visuals for Special Education | Autism Visuals
'I Am Working For' token charts are a great behavior management tool to use with your autism and special education students. They are a visual resource which will help motivate and encourage students to complete their work task(s) in order to gain tokens to receive their reward/choice item at the end of it as well as providing them with the opportunity to stay focused. As professionals, we all know that students work at a variety of different paces and levels to each other, which is why in th
PreK - 5th
Also included in: How to Set Up Your Autism Classroom | Autism Classroom Resources
Snap Cube Pattern Cards | Fine Motor Task Box
Do your students need to work on their pattern skills? Do they need to work on their fine motor skills? Are you looking for engaging activities to add to your fine motor task boxes? If so, this snap cube pattern task box is the perfect addition to your math centers. What's Included?Cover for task box.30 task cards in a variety of difficulty levels.InstructionsPrint out all of the task cards.Cut out and laminate each of the task cards.Students use snap cubes to copy and continue the pattern s
PreK - K
Math
First Then Board with Visuals | Editable Visual Schedules for Autism
These First Then Boards with Visuals provide a clear, structured way to help students understand expectations, transitions, and what comes next. First–Then boards are a powerful visual support for students who benefit from predictability, routine, and clear sequencing, making them ideal for autism and special education settings. What’s Included This resource includes a wide range of visual board formats to meet different needs: Board FormatsFirst / ThenNow / NextFirst / Next / ThenNow / Next /
PreK - 3rd
For All Subjects, Other (ELA)
Identifying Feelings and Emotions | Yes or No Boom Cards
Are you looking for a digital resource for your students to work on identifying feelings and emotions? Do your students need to work on their yes or no question skills? Are you looking for online resources to use with your special education students? Do your students love to use Boom cards? If so, this feelings themed yes or no Boom deck is perfect to use for distance learning.How to UseEach page of the Boom deck contains a question, and image and 2 possible answers.Students read - or be
PreK - 1st
Also included in: Yes or No Boom Cards Bundle for Speech Therapy & Special Education
101 Days of School Activity Pack | 101st Day of School Dalmatian Activities
Are you ready to celebrate the 101st Day of School in a fun, engaging, and stress-free way? This Dalmatian-themed 101 Days of School activity pack includes everything you need to plan a full day of learning, crafts, movement, writing, and math activities - perfect for Kindergarten and 1st grade classrooms. This pack is designed to be low-prep, highly engaging, and easy to mix and match so you can choose the activities that work best for your class. Files include both US and UK spelling option
K - 1st
English Language Arts, For All Subjects, Math
Brushing Teeth Life Skills Adapted Book Sequencing
This adapted book is a great way for students to work on their sequencing skills but also to give them the knowledge and understanding of how to brush their teeth - a very important life skill which can be hard for many of our students to master. This adapted book goes through each of the steps required to brush teeth. Students have to read - or be read - the sentence on top of the page and then find the matching symbol that matches the sentence. This a great way to start having your student
K - 1st
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About the store
Experience
Welcome to Teaching Autism! Here you will find engaging, hands-on and differentiated activities that are used by thousands of students all around the world. From task boxes to adapted books and binders.. You’ll find resources that I’ve successfully used in over 10 years of my career.
Hi! I'm Nikki, an autism specialist with over 10 years of experience working with students aged 3-19. My passion for creating hands-on and engaging resources, as well as providing support to other educators all around the world is what led me to create 'Teaching Autism.'
Teaching style
Nikki has always been passionate about creating engaging, student-led learning opportunities that foster independence and confidence. Her focus is on helping each student reach their full potential in ways that align with their individual strengths, abilities, and needs.
A strong believer in "less stress, more success," Nikki founded Teaching Autism to share high-quality, ready-to-use resources designed to support educators while easing the day-to-day pressure.
Her creative and innovative teaching approach has earned her a stellar reputation with schools around the world. From hosting a pretend wedding in a real wedding venue to transforming classrooms into monthly crime scenes, Nikki brings a unique, imaginative twist to learning - making lessons not only educational, but truly unforgettable.
Awards & shining teacher moments
I’m proud to have been recognized for my dedication to the autism community and the work I do through Teaching Autism. I was honored to be a runner-up for an Autism Heroes Award in recognition of my commitment to supporting autistic students.
My website, TeachingAutism.co.uk, was named the #1 Best UK Autism Blog in 2018, and in 2019, Teaching Autism was a runner-up for the Online Social Network Award. That same year, I was also voted the 21st Best Autism Blog on the internet.
My own education history
On top of my educational qualifications, I have also received training in; Play, Sensology, Autism, What is Autism?, PECS, Google Classroom, First Aid, Epilepsy, Fire Safety, CPI, MAPA, Literacy, Numeracy, ICT, SEN: Autism, SEN: Behaviour, Non-Verbal Literacy, Non-Verbal Math, Rights Respecting Schools, Sensory Integration, Makaton, Food Hygiene, Numicon, Read Write Inc., Language Link, Manual Handling, Infant Links, Making Maths Fun, SIMS, Behaviour Watch, BookCreator, iPad, Touch Trust, Music Therapy, Sensology, Social Eyes, Early Intervention Behaviour Management for Teachers, Safeguarding, ELKLAN taster, SCERTS, ABA, Understanding Autism, along with attending regular conferences.
Additional biographical information
I share my knowledge, experience and training with the world through my;
- Blog; https://teachingautism.co.uk
- Podcast; https://www.learningwithnikki.com/podcasts/teaching-autism-and-special-education-by-nikki
- Online Training Course for Autism and Special Education Teachers; https://www.learningwithnikki.com/autism-classroom-training
- Monthly VIP Membership; https://www.learningwithnikki.com/monthly-membership-sales-page
- Task Box Library https://www.learningwithnikki.com/the-task-box-library
You can also view videos of my resources in action at my Youtube channel; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8jqVhrHKB3zMAlzOQSnnyA/videos?view_as=subscriber
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