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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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Our Five Senses Adapted Books for Special Education
Do your students love to use adapted books? Are you looking for hands-on and engaging activities for your five senses unit? If so, these five senses adapted books are perfect for your autism and special education students. What's Included?3 Adapted BooksCol. and B/W printing options for each adapted book.How to PrepPrint out each adapted book.Cut out and laminate each of the individual pages and then bind together to make a book. Apply velcro to the empty box(es) on each page.Cut out and l
K - 1st
Weather Activities | Adapted Book for Special Education
Do your students need to work on their weather recognition and life skills? Are you looking for activities to get your students thinking about what clothes they should wear in different types of weather? If so, this adapted book is a fun, engaging and hands-on way for you to work on those important life skills with your autism and special education students. What's Included?Choice of 3 front covers to put together the adapted bookA page introducing the 'weather friends' who students will
PreK - 1st
Pronoun Adapted Books for Special Education And Autism
Are you looking for engaging, differentiated and hands-on adapted books for your special education and autism students? Or are you looking for fun activities to add to your pronouns unit? If so, this pronoun adapted books bundle is perfect for you. With a range of levels included, watch your students continuously progress with their vocabulary, language and sentence building skills.There are 6 different adapted books included in this pack, and all are linked to the theme of pronouns. The
K - 1st
Parts of a Pumpkin Adapted Book | Pumpkin Science for Special Education
Are you looking for a hands-on and engaging pumpkin science activity for your special education students? Do your students need support identifying and understanding the parts of a pumpkin in a clear, visual way? This pumpkin parts adapted book is a perfect addition to your fall or pumpkin unit. This interactive adapted book allows students to explore the different parts of a pumpkin while building vocabulary, comprehension, and symbol recognition skills. How This Adapted Book Works Each page
PreK - 1st
Other (ELA), Science, 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
Adapted Books for Special Education | Free Adapted Book
Are you looking for hands-on and engaging resources for your students? Do your students need to work on their movement and symbol recognition skills? If so, this adapted book is perfect to use with your special education and autism students. On each page of this adapted book, your students will be faced with an image of a person performing a movement. Students have to find the symbol for the movement that the child is doing. This is a great opportunity for students to work on their reading
PreK - 1st
Farmers Market Adapted Binder | Life Skills & Money Activities Special Education
Looking for real-world, hands-on life skills activities for your special education classroom? This Farmers Market Adapted Binder includes 17 interactive adapted activities designed to help autism and special education students practice sorting, shopping, and money skills in a meaningful, engaging way. Using a familiar farmers market theme, students work through realistic tasks that support independence, functional learning, and everyday problem-solving. This binder is ideal for independent wo
PreK - 2nd
Money Math, Other (Math), Vocabulary
CCSS
RF.K.1a
Frog Adapted Books for Special Education And Autism
Are you looking for engaging, differentiated and hands-on adapted books for your special education and autism students? Or are you looking for fun activities to add to your frog unit? If so, this frog adapted books bundle is perfect for you. With a range of levels included, watch your students continuously progress with their vocabulary, language and sentence building skills.There are 13 different adapted books included in this pack, and all are linked to the theme of frogs. The books co
PreK - 1st
Pirates Adapted Book for Special Education
Are you looking for hands-on and engaging resources for your pirate activities? Do you want your students to work on their recognition of symbols, and instructional skills? If so, this adapted book is perfect to use with your special education and autism students. On each page of the adapted book your students will be faced with an image linked to the theme of pirates. Then, students find the matching symbol for the page. InstructionsPrint out all of the pages.Cut out and laminate each of t
PreK - 1st
Reading
Also included in: Pirate Adapted Books for Special Education Bundle | Pirate Activities
Abraham Lincoln Adapted Book
Are you looking for hands-on and engaging resources for your Abraham Lincoln 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 Abraham Lincoln? If so, this adapted book is perfect to use with your special education and autism students. On each page of the adapted book your students will be faced with an image and a sentence relating to Abraham Lincoln. Then, students find the ma
PreK - 1st
Ocean Animals Adapted Book for Special Education
Are you looking for hands-on and engaging resources for your ocean animals 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 the different animals in our ocean? If so, this adapted book is perfect to use with your special education and autism students. On each page of the adapted book your students will be faced with a photograph of an ocean animal. Then, students find the match
PreK - 1st
Vocabulary
Pronouns File Folder Activities | Speech Therapy
Your students will love working on these pronoun file folder activities. All of the activities are based on identifying and sorting pronouns. These file folder activities are the perfect addition to your speech therapy activities and working on pronoun skills. File folder activities are a fantastic way to get your students working on hands-on and engaging resources. There are 3 different file folders activities included in this pack. Each one contains a pronoun activity. The activities inc
K - 1st
Apple Life Cycle Adapted Book for Special Education
Are you looking for a resource to teach your students the life cycle of an apple? Do your students need to work on their sentence building, vocabulary and reading skills? Are you looking for hands-on and engaging resources for your apple themed unit? If so, this apple life cycle adapted book is perfect to use with your special education and autistic students. InstructionsPrint out the book, symbols and base page.Cut out and laminate each of the pages and bind into adapted books.Cut out and
K - 2nd
Groundhog Day Adapted Books for Special Education
There are 12 different groundhog day theme adapted books included in this bundle that are great for students to work on their sentence building skills. The books come in different levels to differentiate between students abilities and to help them progress through levels as they progress with their sentence building skills. Adapted books are a great way to encourage students to pay close attention to detail and start to link vocabulary to the images that they see. Each book comes with symbols
K - 1st
2D Shape Bat Adapted Books | Fall Adapted Books for Special Education
What shape is the bat? Are you looking for hands-on and engaging resources for your bat theme math activities? Do your students need to work on their shape recognition skills? Looking for an interactive and engaging resource for your students? Look no further than these bat theme adapted books! As an autism specialist, I understand that having the right tools is essential for our students' success. These 2 adapted books are the perfect addition to any bat, autumn / fall or Halloween themed ma
PreK - 1st
Geometry, Other (ELA), Vocabulary
CCSS
K.G.A.2
Errorless Learning Money Adapted Books | US Coin & Bill Identification
Looking for errorless learning money activities to help students identify US coins and bills with confidence and independence? These Errorless Learning Money Adapted Books are designed for special education classrooms, autism programs, ABA therapy, life skills instruction, and early intervention. Each adapted book focuses on one coin or bill only, making the activity completely errorless and ideal for students who need structured, predictable learning tasks. What’s Included? This resource inc
PreK - 1st
Math, Money Math, Other (Math)
Bat Color Matching Adapted Books | Color Recognition for Special Education
These bat color matching adapted books provide a fun, hands-on way to support color recognition, matching skills, and early sentence building for students in special education, autism classrooms, and speech therapy. Using an engaging bat theme, students match colors, identify vocabulary, and build simple phrases while completing structured, interactive tasks with Velcro. This resource includes two differentiated levels and both U.S. (Color) and U.K. (Colour) spelling, making it easy to meet the
PreK - 1st
Math, Reading Strategies, Vocabulary
Dinosaur Adapted Books for Special Education
Do your students need to work on their sentence building, vocabulary and reading skills? Are you looking for hands-on and engaging resources for your dinosaur activities? If so, these adapted books are perfect to use with your special education and autism students. InstructionsPrint out all of the books.Cut out and laminate each of the pages and bind into adapted books.Cut out and laminate each of the individual symbols and place velcro onto the back of them.Laminate the final base - the ba
K - 2nd
Hollywood Theme Activities Adapted Book for Special Education
Are you looking for an engaging Hollywood theme activity to use with your students? Do your students love to use adapted books? If so, your students will love this Hollywood theme adapted book. Adapted books are a great way to encourage students to pay close attention to detail and start to link vocabulary to the images that they see. This adapted book comes with symbols as well as a 'base page' this is where the symbols can be stored when not in use and for students to select the symbols f
PreK - 1st
English Language Arts
CCSS
RF.K.1a
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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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