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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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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
Cause and Effect Activities | Task Boxes for Special Education
Are you looking for hands-on and engaging work task boxes for your special education students? Do you want your students to work on their cause and effect recognition skills? If so, this matching cause and effect activities task box is perfect for your students. Students need to look at the first image and scenario on the puzzle, and then find what happens next and connect them together to make a cause and effect puzzle. InstructionsPrint the puzzles.Cut out and laminate each of the individ
PreK - 1st
English Language Arts
Also included in: 149 Task Boxes for Special Education | Year Long Autism Work Box Bundle
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
Life Skills Activities for Special Education | Functional Daily Living Skills
Are you looking for functional, hands-on life skills activities that help students build real-world independence? This Life Skills Activities Bundle for Special Education includes engaging, differentiated activities that target money skills, shopping, daily living routines, and community-based learning. Perfect for autism classrooms, life skills programs, and special education settings, this bundle supports meaningful, functional skill development that students can apply in everyday life. What’
K - 3rd
Other (ELA), Reading, Vocabulary
Fine Motor Skills Task Cards | Fine Motor Task Box for Special Education
Do your students need to work on their fine motor and pre-handwriting skills? If so, these fine motor skill task cards are perfect to use with your students. With 161 task cards included, your students will have plenty of opportunities to work on their pre-handwriting skills. These task cards feature a variety of images that students can trace over or within the lines, providing a fun and interactive way to develop essential motor skills. Developing fine motor skills is crucial for our stud
PreK - 1st
Big and Small Sorting | Task Boxes for Special Education
Are you looking for hands-on and engaging work task boxes for your special education students? Do you want your students to work on their big and small sorting skills? If so, this task box is perfect for your students. Students need to identify what size the images are on the task card, and then match the symbol (big or small) onto it. InstructionsPrint the task cards and symbols.Cut out and laminate each of the individual cards and symbols.Students need to match the symbol sizes onto the ta
PreK - 1st
English Language Arts
Also included in: 149 Task Boxes for Special Education | Year Long Autism Work Box Bundle
Birthday Math Activity Counting Work Task Box for Special Education
Are you looking for hands-on and engaging work task boxes for your autism and special education students? Do you want your students to love working on their counting, color recognition and fine motor skills? Or are you looking for a sensory and hands-on activity to add to your math centers? If you say yes to any of those questions - this birthday math activity is the perfect addition to your task boxes. Your students will love working on their number, instruction, counting and f
PreK - K
Math
CCSS
K.CC.B.4
Shark Number Recognition 0-50 | Math Shark Week Activities
This shark themed number game is a great way for students to work on their instructional skills, listening skills, and number recognition skills. This shark game will be a great way for you to celebrate shark week in your setting. Instructions:Print out the pages that you wish to useCut out the mouth of the shark and laminate the shark page so students can post through his mouth. Or cut out the shark on his own, cut out his mouth and then put onto a box so that students post the number throu
PreK - K
Math, Numbers
Dinosaur Play Dough Mats
Do your students need to work on their fine motor and instructions skills? Are you looking for engaging resources to add to your dinosaur activities? If so, these play dough mats are the perfect addition to your dinosaur activities. What's Included?11 dinosaur play dough mats.Dinosaurs Includedallosaurusankylosaurusbrachiosaurusplesiosaursaurolophus stegosauruspterodactyl triceratopstyrannosaurus rexvelociraptor ichthyosaurus InstructionsPrint out the play dough mats.Laminate each of the pla
PreK - 1st
Play Dough Skills | Fine Motor Task Box
Do your students need to work on their fine motor skills? Do they love to use play dough? Are you looking for engaging activities to add to your fine motor task boxes? If so, this play dough task box is the perfect addition to your classroom. What's Included?Cover for task box.10 play dough skill task cards.InstructionsPrint out all of the task cards.Cut out and laminate each of the task cards.Students use play dough to form the different shapes on each of the task cards.Click below to find:
PreK - K
Simplified Bible Stories Bundle | Bible Stories for Kids & Special Education
Introduce key Bible stories in a clear, engaging, and accessible way with this Simplified Bible Stories Bundle. These Bible stories for kids have been carefully adapted to support students who benefit from simplified language, visual structure, and step-by-step storytelling. This resource is ideal for special education classrooms, early childhood classrooms, and Religious Education lessons, helping students understand important stories while building listening, reading, and comprehension sk
PreK - 1st
Reading, Religion, Short Stories
Camping Theme Activities, Counting Marshmallows Math Activity
Are you looking for hands-on and engaging camping theme activities for your classroom? Or are you looking for some fun counting work task boxes for your preschool, autism and special education students? Do you want your students to love working on their counting and fine motor skills? Or are you looking for a sensory and hands-on activity to add to your math centers? If you say yes to any of those questions - this camping theme math activity is the perfect addition to your task bo
PreK - K
Math
CCSS
K.CC.B.4
Also included in: Camping Task Boxes for Special Education | Summer Camping Centers
Free 2D Shape Sorting Cut and Paste Worksheets | Cut and Paste Activities
Are you looking for free cut and stick activities? Do your students need to work on identifying 2D shapes, especially in the world around them? If so, these free 2D shape cut and stick worksheets are the perfect addition to your math centers. These 2D shape worksheets are perfect for students who love to cut and paste. By using these worksheets with your students, you'll be providing them with the opportunity to explore real-life examples of geometric shapes, enhancing their ability to identify
PreK - K
Geometry, Math
CCSS
K.G.A.2
Errorless Learning Task Boxes | Task Boxes for Special Education
Are you looking for errorless learning task boxes? Do you need more errorless activities to use with your students? If so, these errorless learning task boxes are perfect to use with your students! What's Included?16 errorless learning task boxes; Animals in the OceanBuild a PizzaCandles on the CakeCounting BearsDonuts in the BoxFeeding the Cookie MonsterFill the Dog BowlThe Gingerbread Man's HomeIce-Cream ScoopsItems in the BathroomPutting Laundry in the Washing MachinePutting Money in the P
PreK - K
Vocabulary
WH Questions for Speech Therapy | Home Scenes | WHO WHAT WHERE | Special Ed
Looking for WH questions for speech therapy that keep students engaged while building question answering and comprehension skills? These home scene WH question activities are designed specifically for special education, autism support, and speech therapy sessions. Using clear, engaging household scenes, students answer who, what, and where questions with visual support to encourage understanding and independence. This resource is ideal for students who benefit from structured visuals, repea
PreK - 1st
Other (ELA), Vocabulary
Communication Book with Symbols for Autism and Special Education
Are you looking for a communication book with symbols to help your students communicate with you? Communication books are a great way to allow your non verbal or lower level verbal students to successfully communicate with you and those around them. This communication book will help give your students the opportunity to communicate their needs and wants. There are a variety of different symbols included in this resource for you to use with your communication book. You can also add a photo
Not Specific
Also included in: How to Set Up Your Autism Classroom | Autism Classroom Resources
Going to the Library Social Narrative Story
Do your students need some support understanding about going to the library? Are you looking for a resource to teach your students about what to expect during their visit to the library.. And also appropriate behaviors? If so, this ' Going to the Library' social narrative is the perfect visual story for you to use with your autistic and special education students. This story is great to help your students understand and process what their visit to the library will look like.. As well as how
Not Specific
Also included in: 100+ Social Narrative Stories Bundle for Autism & Special Education
What to Wear Task Box | Life Skills Special Education Activities
Are you looking for engaging activities to add to your life skills lessons? Do your students need to work on understanding appropriate clothing and what to wear in different situations and to different places? If so, this task box is the perfect addition to your life skills lessons. What's Included?Cover for task box.20 task cards to work on what to wear.20 symbols to match to the task card.InstructionsPrint out all of the task cards and symbols.Cut out and laminate each of the task cards a
K - 1st
Greater Than Less Than Math Shark Activities
Are your students struggling with their more than, equal to and less than skills? If so, this fun and hands-on shark activity is going to be perfect for your students to work on these important math skills. Your students will love working on each of the task cards and recognizing which shark they need to use; more than, equal to and less than.What's Included?24 Task Cards. (Numbers up to 10)Sharks in the form of; greater than, equal to and less than.How to UseStudents use their sharks to
PreK - K
Math
CCSS
K.CC.C.6
No Toys From Home Social Narrative
Do your students need some support understanding that they should keep their toys at home and not fetch them to school? If so, this ' No Toys from Home' social narrative is the perfect visual story for you to use with your autism and special education students. This story is great to help your students understand why they should keep their toys at home. It helps your students understand what may happen to their toys if they fetch them to school and how that can make them feel. Many stu
PreK - 1st
Also included in: 100+ Social Narrative Stories Bundle for Autism & Special Education
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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.'
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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