Teaching Sass
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California, United States
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I have 15 years experience in special education, with my specialty, depth of experience, and passion found in launching and developing Adult Transition programs.
Having worked with students of all ages through the years, I can truly say that my passion is working with students who are ready to take 12 years of classroom education and generalize their functional academics in a tangible forms, both in the classroom and community setting.
Before taking my own classroom, I gained invaluable experience working as a paraeducator in a special day class for four years, after which I transitioned into a role as adaptive PE assistant for three years before obtaining my degree and credentials (Education Specialist: M/M, M/S).
I also currently work as an Adjunct Faculty member of Alliant International University, working within the University's Autism Authorization Program.
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Guest Speaker Reflection (for High School and Transition Students)
A perfect, simple, distance learning friendly reflection tool for students after having a vocational guest speaker. It will spark higher-level thinking and assess the student's attention to the speaker and is a tool to keep student attention on the speaker and their own thoughts, reactions, and questions. As many students have processing disorders, this allows them to process the. information at their own speed and gives you a gauge by which to evaluate their attention to the assignment. We use
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What's My Job? A Research Project for Adult Transition & High School
Great research project to show your students what skills and education are required for the job they are interested in, as well as what they can expect to be paid in their chosen profession. I also constructed a presentation component with a peer review and a self review so students can grow in their public speaking skills! Happy Teaching! Amanda
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Interactive PDF Safety Sign Match FREEBIE!
Here is a sample Interactive PDF that helps students with safety sign identification. Ideal for distance learning, this adaptable PDF can be used on a desktop, laptop, chrome book, iPad, or smartphone. My students enjoy this product and it is helpful for Distance and independent learning settings for skill maintenance! If you like this, check out the full version of Safety Signs Interactive PDF and let me know: what interactive products would you like me to make to benefit your students? We mus
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Interactive PDF Community Safety Signs for Adult Transition
Interactive PDF that tests helps students with safety sign identification. Ideal for distance learning, this adaptable PDF can be used on a desktop, laptop, chrome book, iPad, or smartphone. This CBI life skills product includes almost 40 common safety signs seen in the community-setting, along with automated redirection if the student gets the incorrect answer and praise for the correct icon chosen! Some signs included are: men's bathroomwomen's bathroomopenno smokingescalatordo not enterhospit
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Nutrition & Food Group Worksheets (for Distance Learning)!
This packet of worksheets were developed and differentiated in my classroom. This packet contains: Nutrition Vocabulary ListResearch Worksheets on: Fiber, Protein, Carbohydrates, Sodium, and Vitamins & NutrientsVocabulary Identification and Definition WorksheetA "Favorite Fruits," "Favorite Vegetables," WorksheetsA Picture Food Search Identification Worksheet, in color and black and white 4 Food Matching Worksheets, in color and black and white These worksheets are differentiated, allowing some
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Application Abbreviations Flashcards Task box for Adult Transition Students
Hi All! Abbreviations are always one of the first things I seek to review at the beginning of a new school year. Reteaching these abbreviations activates the students' prior learning and primes our students for future application practice and functional reading skills as they take the classroom into the real world. Included in this packet are: · 36 of the most common abbreviations found on applications, such as: St., Ave, Blvd, Ct., mo., yr., SSN, wk, DOB, FT, PT, AM, PM, Req.,Avail., ASAP, E
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Social Language: Real Life Social Skills Scenarios
Social skills are a vital soft skill for students to develop. Social-emotional learning can be difficult for students with disabilities and especially students who are on the autism spectrum. For success in the classroom and community, this mini-unit allows students to model social situations and a variety of scenarios, allowing them time to process whether the words said are kind or unkind. Included are several layers of embedded differentiation in “Identifying Kind Words”: 2 pages of simple
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Community Safety Sign Flash Cards
Hello all! The Community Safety Sign Falshcards are a great refresher/introduction to the community safety signs that you will see with your students through the course of the school year. This task can also be utilized as a whole class review/game, revisiting over thirty-four of the most common safety signs your students will encounter through the course of the school year. This is a great task to be followed up with a CBI outing, allowing students the opportunity to identify and define the co
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OT Activities at Home
Distance learning is tough, and I want my students to maintain (and build upon) all the life skills they've learned throughout the year, so I compiled a detailed list of OT activities that can be achieved in the home environment, using everyday items. Included are a list of 37 activities, across 5 domains (kitchen, cooking, laundry, cleaning, gardening) that students of all ages can participate in to keep up their life skills during distance learning. Each activity has multiple occupational ther
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Digital Application Abbreviations for Adult Transition
Hi all, I finally finished the interactive PDF for application abbreviations! Abbreviations are always one of the first things I review at the beginning of a new school year. Reteaching these abbreviations activates the students' prior learning and primes our students for future application practice and functional reading skills as they take the classroom into the real world. Included in this packet are 36 of the most common abbreviations found on applications, such as: St.Ave Blvd Ct. mo. yr.
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Community Scavenger Hunts!
Hello all! Community Based Instruction (CBI) is meaningful way for the students to practice a myriad of skills. From navigating the community safely, asking for help, functional academics (dollar-over math, sales, percentage math, reading boxes, identifying items - to name a few) visual discrimination, to social exchange, an anchoring independent living skills lesson to orient students to their community are local Scavenger Hunts! In this packet, I have included several store-specific scavenger
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Differentiated Safety Sign Match-Up!
This community safety signs match-up comes with 39 safety signs, as well as the signs on individual slides so you can resize them as needed. My students need differentiation and what works for one student will be a disaster with another student. Each student has such different needs. I have developed this for students new to safety signs, or who need more repetition and practice. Students young and old can benefit from this matching task with visual reinforcements, which over time can be genera
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Teaching Humor - Interactive Activity
Hey all! Some of students struggle to understand nuance of language, not the least of which is humor. This is especially true when it comes to students on the autism spectrum. I created a fun interactive activity that can be done as a class or one-on-one to help students distinguish the nuances of language as it relates to humor. 25 one-liner jokes are included with multiple choice options to find the punchline. It is a fun way to expose students to appropriate jokes and to get students thinkin
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Life Skills Safety: Food Item Identification
This is a safety life skills product for students of all ages, learning to differentiate between food and non food items. There are several strategy worksheets to reinforce the content learned in a variety of ways. This product is provides a lot of visual aides for students who are multi-modal learners and may have difficulty reading. The activities included are fun and keep students attention, while reinforcing the content. There are two levels of differentiation: one is icon-based and the othe
PreK - 2nd
Community Checklist
Since Transition students are often out in the community on a daily/weekly basis, these forms are an easy way to prime students for community activities, as well as keep parents in the loop regarding the goings on of each day. It is a quick student inventory of what they have before the class heads out and provides opportunity for self-reflection at the end of the day. Included: · Community Checklist (Checking in with the student on logistics (ID, money, transportation, purchases made, etc.) ·
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Trivia Part I !
I have used this as a fun team-building activity for end of the day, Fridays, or summer school with my class. Students love the Trivia activities and I often use the questions as a jumping-off point for my students to do deeper research into the subject. Enjoy and let me know if there is anything else that you’d like for me to make for your class. If you and your class enjoy this, I have more coming soon! Leave a review and let me know how you implemented it in your class. Have fun with this a
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Food Item Identification (Interactive PDF for Emerging Learners)
Hello! This is an Interactive PDF focused on food identification and matching. It is a great way to capture a baseline assessment or reinforce content reviewed in class lessons and is ideal for use with emerging learners or life skills special education classes. It works with students working toward meaningfully matching icons (i.e.: matching a picture of an apple to an apple from a field of three objects [some edible, some not]). It assists students in discriminating the correct object and mat
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Digital Movie Summary or Book Report
Perfect for Distance Learning, this digital product helps students develop: sequencing, attending to a task, summarizing a plot, and more! Assign it on Google Classroom or send to your students to fill out online. It can be for a book OR a movie to engage students who may be struggling readers. I hope you enjoy it! Let me know what you think and leave a review. Happy Teaching, Amanda
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Literature, Visual Arts
Vocational Time Card Sheets
I wanted to provide this product as a free upload as it has assisted students in my class achieve greater levels of independence and I thought maybe it could do the same for yours! Since I teach a community-based adult transition program, every week our class spends time out in the community working at job sites. At first, I would track their hours and productivity, but after awhile it seemed as though it could be beneficial for them to become bigger stakeholders in the process. So, instead of
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Trivia FREEBIE!
I have used this as a fun team-building activity for end of the day, Fridays, or summer school with my class. Students love the Trivia activities and I often use the questions as a jumping-off point for my students to do deeper research into the subject. Enjoy and let me know if there is anything else that you’d like for me to make for your class. If you and your class enjoy this, check out Trivia Part I! Have fun with this and have a great summer! Happy Teaching! Sass
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About the store
Experience
I have 15 years experience in special education, with my specialty, depth of experience, and passion found in launching and developing Adult Transition programs.
Having worked with students of all ages through the years, I can truly say that my passion is working with students who are ready to take 12 years of classroom education and generalize their functional academics in a tangible forms, both in the classroom and community setting.
Before taking my own classroom, I gained invaluable experience working as a paraeducator in a special day class for four years, after which I transitioned into a role as adaptive PE assistant for three years before obtaining my degree and credentials (Education Specialist: M/M, M/S).
I also currently work as an Adjunct Faculty member of Alliant International University, working within the University's Autism Authorization Program.
Teaching style
My style is interactive and dynamic. My students are primarily visual learners and benefit from hands-on experiences, so I try to tailor my teaching to their learning styles.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Seeing students develop greater independence skills (in vocational tasks, in self-advocacy, in mobility training, etc.) over a period of time is such an honor and makes me glad that I chose this profession.
I have the honor of having incredible partners in crime: my paras, my fellow educators, my admin, and my students parents. I could not be as effective in educating my students without them!
My own education history
B.S. in Organizational Leadership - Azusa Pacific University (APU)
M/M & M/S Education Specialist clear credentials - APU
M.A. - Special Education (concentration in M/S) - APU
Additional biographical information
I love Jesus, am an avid reader, writer, and love going on adventures, whether small or large! I have an inexplicable love for the city of Los Angeles, am somewhat of a coffee connoisseur, and immensely enjoy connecting with those around me. Storytelling is a great legacy of humanity and an incredible way to connect with people across all cultures, so I continually seek to develop as an engaging storyteller.
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