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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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Valentine’s Day Wh- Questions for Speech Therapy | Special Education
Looking for Valentine’s Day wh-questions for speech therapy that are engaging, visual, and easy to use? This Valentine’s Day speech and language resource helps students practice who, what, and where questions using fun, themed scenes that support comprehension, attention, and expressive language. Perfect for speech therapy, special education, early intervention, and language groups, this no-prep resource provides structured practice with built-in data tracking. What’s included This resource inc
PreK - 1st
Other (ELA), Vocabulary
Sequencing Stories with Pictures for Special Education | Reading Comprehension
Struggling to teach story sequencing and reading comprehension in a way that actually clicks for your students? These picture-supported sequencing puzzles make it easier for students to read, understand, and retell events in a structured, hands-on way. Build strong comprehension skills with these year-long sequencing story puzzles designed for autism and special education students. Each activity combines short, simple stories with visual supports, helping students understand the order of eve
K - 1st
English Language Arts, Reading, Vocabulary
St. Patrick’s Day WH Questions for Speech Therapy | Special Education Language
Are you looking for engaging St. Patrick’s Day WH questions for speech therapy that make language practice fun, structured, and easy to implement? These St. Patrick’s Day Speech Therapy WH Question Scenes are a highly engaging way to target answering WH questions while incorporating seasonal fun into your therapy sessions or classroom activities. Perfect for speech-language pathologists, special education teachers, autism support classrooms, and early intervention providers, this resource combi
PreK - 1st
Other (ELA), Vocabulary
FREE Earth Day Recycling Task Box | Recyclable vs Non Recyclable Sorting
Looking for free Earth Day activities that are hands on, engaging, and meaningful? This FREE Earth Day Recycling Task Box helps students learn the difference between recyclable and non recyclable items while building sorting, life skills, and environmental awareness. Perfect for special education, autism classrooms, life skills programs, and Earth Day lessons, this activity is simple to prep and easy for students to understand. What Students Do Students will:Look at each item cardDecide if t
PreK - K
English Language Arts, Environment, General Science
Make a Thanksgiving Meal Adapted Book for Special Education | Sequencing
Bring hands-on learning and Thanksgiving fun into your special education classroom with this Thanksgiving Meal Adapted Book. Designed for autistic learners, PreK-2, and students working on sequencing and following directions, this interactive activity helps students build a Thanksgiving feast step by step. Students read (or listen to) the simple instructions on each page, then choose the correct food piece to add to the table. As they work through the book, they follow a clear sequence and wat
PreK - 1st
Other (ELA), Reading Strategies, Vocabulary
Interactive Crime Scene Activities Inferencing Activities for Special Education
Are you looking for a highly engaging, hands-on activity that builds inferencing, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills in your special education classroom? This Year Long Interactive Crime Scene Activities Bundle includes 12 themed mystery investigations - one for every month of the year - designed to get your students thinking, discussing, analyzing clues, and solving problems together. These are not worksheets. They are immersive, interactive mystery activities where students become
K - 2nd
English Language Arts, Reading, Vocabulary
Black History Month Activities for Special Education | Reading, Comprehension
Looking for meaningful and engaging ways to teach Black History Month in your classroom? This bundle includes accessible, student-friendly activities designed to support understanding while building key literacy skills. Celebrate and teach Black History Month with this engaging activity bundle, designed for special education and early learners. These resources provide accessible and meaningful ways for students to learn about important historical figures while developing essential literacy s
K - 2nd
English Language Arts, Reading, Vocabulary
Halloween WH Questions for Speech Therapy | Halloween Picture Scenes Special Ed
Are you looking for engaging Halloween WH questions for speech therapy that keep your students excited and motivated during the fall season? These Halloween WH Question Scenes are the perfect way to combine seasonal fun with structured language practice. Designed for speech therapy sessions, autism classrooms, early intervention, and special education settings, this resource makes practicing WH questions both engaging and effective. Students explore detailed Halloween-themed picture scenes whil
PreK - 1st
Other (ELA), Vocabulary
Christmas Around the World Adapted Books for Special Education | Holidays
Bring your Holidays Around the World unit to life with these Christmas Around the World Adapted Books, designed specifically for special education, autism classrooms, and emergent readers. These interactive books help students build vocabulary, symbol recognition, reading comprehension, and sentence-building skills while learning how Christmas is celebrated in different countries across the globe. Each adapted book uses simple, supported sentences paired with clear visuals, making it easy for
PreK - 1st
New Year Traditions Around the World | Adapted Books for Special Education
Are you looking for hands-on and engaging resources for your New Year activities? Do you want your students to work on their recognition of symbols, and instructional skills? Are you looking for activities to teach your students about how the New Year is celebrated all around the world? If so, these adapted books are perfect to use with your special education and autism students. On each page of the adapted books your students will be faced with an image and a tradition for a country to celeb
PreK - 1st
Thanksgiving WH Questions for Speech Therapy | Thanksgiving Speech and Language
Are you looking for engaging Thanksgiving WH questions for speech therapy that keep your students motivated during the holiday season? These Thanksgiving Speech and Language Activities are the perfect seasonal addition to your therapy sessions, autism classroom, early intervention program, or special education setting. Students will love exploring the Thanksgiving-themed picture scenes while practicing essential WH question and comprehension skills. This resource includes 5 Thanksgiving pictur
PreK - 1st
Other (ELA), Vocabulary
Christmas Around the World Activities for Special Education | December Literacy
Looking for engaging Christmas Around the World activities for special education that include adapted books, reading comprehension passages, spelling activities, and interactive learning? This Christmas Around the World bundle gives you everything you need to teach a meaningful December unit while helping students explore how different countries celebrate Christmas. These activities are designed for special education classrooms, autism support classrooms, resource rooms, and early elementary
PreK - 1st
Reading, Spelling, Vocabulary
Thanksgiving Activities Bundle for Special Education | Adapted Books, Task Cards
Are you looking for engaging, structured Thanksgiving activities designed specifically for special education and autism classrooms? This Thanksgiving Activities Bundle includes adapted books, task cards, math centers, literacy activities, WH questions, fine motor tasks, and vocabulary supports to help your students learn while celebrating Thanksgiving. Perfect for November centers, small group instruction, independent work systems, and themed classroom units. What’s Included? This bundle includ
PreK - 1st
English Language Arts, Numbers, Reading
Christmas Task Box for Special Education Color Matching
Are you looking for hands-on and engaging Christmas activities? Or do your students need to work on their color recognition skills? Do you want to target fine motor skills with a hands-on independent work task box? If so, this Rudolph Color Matching Task Box is perfect for your special education, autism and preschool students. Students have to find the pompom that is the same color as Rudolph's nose and place it on his nose. This task box will be a fun addition to your math centers, w
PreK - K
Math
Also included in: 149 Task Boxes for Special Education | Year Long Autism Work Box Bundle
October Task Boxes for Special Education | Fall & Halloween Centers | Autism
Looking for engaging October activities your students can complete independently?These October Task Boxes for Special Education are designed to help students build independence while practicing essential academic and functional skills through hands-on fall and Halloween themed activities. Perfect for special education classrooms, autism programs, life skills classrooms, Pre-K, Kindergarten, and early elementary students, these structured work tasks are ideal for students who benefit from vis
PreK - K
Money Math, Numbers, Phonics & Phonological Awareness
February Task Boxes for Special Education and Autism | Independent Work Tasks
Do your students love working with task boxes? Are you looking for hands-on, independent work tasks that keep your special education and autism students engaged throughout February? These are designed to help students practice a wide range of skills in a structured, visual, and independent format. Each task is engaging, easy to set up, and ideal for daily work systems, task bins, or independent learning time. All activities are designed to fit neatly into photo storage boxes, making organization
PreK - 1st
Numbers, Other (ELA), Other (Math)
Thanksgiving Activities | Prepositions Task Box
Are your students struggling with their preposition skills? Or are you looking for some fun and hands-on turkey activities to add to your centers? If so, these Thanksgiving theme preposition task cards are perfect for your students. There are 8 different task cards included, each one containing a different preposition for students to work on. Students need to look at the image, identify where the turkey is and then match the symbol to the task card. This is a great opportunity to work o
PreK - K
Monsters Hair Salon Task Box | Cutting Activities for Monster Theme
Do your students need to work on their cutting and fine motor skills skills? Are you looking for engaging activities to add to your monster activities and task boxes? If so, this monster themed cutting skills task box is the perfect addition to your fine motor centers. What's Included?Cover for task box.45 task cards.InstructionsPrint out of all the included pages. I like to print onto green, purple and orange paper/card.Cut out the individual cards. (3 per page)Students have to use scisso
PreK - K
Also included in: Monster Task Boxes for Special Education | Bundle of Task Boxes
Christmas Adapted Binder Activities Autism & Special Education Independent Work
Looking for calm, structured, and engaging Christmas activities for your special education classroom? This Christmas Adapted Binder includes 38 hands-on adapted activities designed to keep students engaged while working on a wide range of foundational academic, life, and communication skills. Perfect for autism and special education students, this binder provides meaningful learning without overwhelming learners during the busy holiday season. Activities are ideal for independent work, task b
PreK - 1st
Geometry, Other (ELA), Vocabulary
Measuring with Snap Cubes Task Box Flower Measurement Activity Special Education
Are your students learning to measure using non-standard units? Looking for a hands-on, engaging spring or flower-themed math activity?This Measuring with Snap Cubes Task Box is perfect for helping students practice measurement, counting, and comparison skills in a fun, interactive way. Designed for special education, this activity supports fine motor skills, visual learning, and independent work. What Students Will Do Students will: Use snap cubes to measure each image Count how many cub
PreK - K
Math, Measurement, Numbers
Also included in: Flower Task Boxes for Special Education | Bundle of Task Boxes
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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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