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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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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
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
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
Spring WH Questions for Speech Therapy | Spring Picture Scenes
Are you looking for engaging Spring WH questions for speech therapy that keep your students motivated and excited to learn? This Spring WH Questions resource is the perfect way to bring seasonal fun into your speech therapy sessions while targeting essential language and comprehension skills. With 10 different spring-themed picture scenes, this pack gives you structured, visually supported WH question practice that works beautifully in speech therapy, autism classrooms, early intervention, and
PreK - 1st
Other (ELA), Vocabulary
CVC Words Word to Picture Matching Activities | Phonics & Reading Centers
Make learning CVC words fun, hands-on, and engaging with these interactive CVC Words Word to Picture Matching Activities! These activities help students strengthen their early reading, vocabulary, picture recognition, and phonics skills while building confidence with CVC words. Students match CVC words to the correct pictures, helping them connect written words with real meaning and visual understanding. This is especially helpful for beginning readers, non-verbal students, autistic learners,
PreK - 1st
English Language Arts, Reading, Vocabulary
Identifying Prepositions Boom Cards | Speech Therapy Distance Learning
Do your students need to work on identifying prepositions? Do they need to work on their fine motor and mouse skills? Are you looking for an online resource to get your speech therapy students working on their prepositions skills during distance learning?If so, this identifying prepositions words boom cards resource is perfect for you to use with your students. There are 28 Boom Cards / preposition tasks included in this resource. How to UseStudents need to look at the 2 images on each pag
K - 1st
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
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
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
Rooms of a House Sorting Task Boxes Life Skills Categorizing Activity Special Ed
Are you looking for hands-on life skills activities to teach students about rooms of the house? Do your students need structured practice with categorizing and functional vocabulary? These Rooms of a House Sorting Task Cards help students identify everyday household items and sort them into the correct room, building real-world awareness and independence skills. Perfect for autism classrooms, life skills programs, and special education settings. What Students Practice: Categorizing skillsIdenti
PreK - 1st
For All Subjects, Other (ELA), Reading
Also included in: 149 Task Boxes for Special Education | Year Long Autism Work Box Bundle
Autism Morning Work Binder | Daily Living Skills, Calendar Time & Special Ed
Create a calm, structured, and meaningful morning routine with this Autism Morning Work Binder! This differentiated adapted work book is designed to help students build independence, daily living skills, communication, emotional awareness, and routine through interactive hands-on activities. Perfect for autism classrooms, special education classrooms, life skills programs, early intervention, preschool, kindergarten, self-contained classrooms, and students with additional learning needs, this mo
PreK - 2nd
For All Subjects, Other (ELA), 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
Farm Fine Motor Skill Task Box | Build a Fence for the Farm Animals
Are your students struggling with their fine motor and instruction skills? Or are you looking for a fun and engaging farm themed activity to add to your fine motor centers? If so, this farm themed fine motor task box is perfect for your students. With 12 different task cards included, your students will have plenty of opportunity to work on their fine motor, counting and instruction skills. Your students will love working on their fine motor skills with these fun and engaging task car
PreK - K
English Language Arts
Also included in: Farm Task Boxes for Special Education | Bundle of Task Boxes
Body Parts Matching | Boom Cards for Special Education
Are you looking for a digital resource for your students to work on identifying parts of their body? Do your students need to work on their symbol recognition skills? Are you looking for online resources to use with your special education students? If so, this identifying body parts themed Boom deck is perfect to use with your students. How to UseEach page of the Boom deck contains a question, an image and 3 possible answers.Students read - or be read - the question, "What body part is it?"Th
PreK - 1st
Science
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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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