The Behavior buzz
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Zionsville, Indiana, United States
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I have 20 years of experience working with children with behavioral diagnoses. I have helped develop classrooms for children with autism spectrum disorders in both a local school system and a local private school, and was involved in all aspects from designing the optimal layout for the classroom, to helping coordinate child and staff schedules, to creating behavior plans and training staff in the use of those plans. I then provided ongoing consultation and support to classroom staff for multiple years. I have worked with multiple school districts and private schools to provide consultation services in special education classrooms, been hired to attend numerous IEP meetings for children throughout the state, and have conducted many special educator trainings.
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Visual Rules for 8 Very Common Games!!
Whether you use games to teach skills, or simply to keep everyone happy during inside recess, your students likely play games. If any of your students struggle to play games, either because they need extra support understanding the rules or because of their language skills, visual rules can help! These visual supports are especially helpful for students with disabilities. This packet includes supports for 8 games, including the rules for Go Fish, Twister, Tic-Tac-Toe, Old Maid, Kerplunk, Perfect
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Also included in:Â Leisure Time Bundle Pack - teach a variety of play skills!!
Complete Set of Lego Playbooks
This packet contains 5 different step-by-step Lego playbooks. Students who struggle to play appropriately with toys often are more successful when using a playbook to show them what to do, one step at a time. This packet includes playbooks to show students who to build a 4-piece structure, 8-piece structure, 14-piece structure, 15-piece structure, and 16-piece structure. Each playbook has a final page that visually lets the student know they're done. The longer playbooks can easily be modified,
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Also included in:Â Leisure Time Bundle Pack - teach a variety of play skills!!
Sign Speak - Level One Baby Sign/Sign Language Cards
Sign Speak is the Sign Language starter kit you've been looking for! Includes 15 simple signs, pictures of the signs in use by a real child, ideas for simplifying the signs for children who need modifications, and ideas for simple ways to teach the skills in every day activities!!
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Sign Speak - Level 2 Baby Sign/Sign Language Cards
A second set of 15 signs to teach children how to communicate through signs. As in Level 1, each card includes a picture of an actual child using the sign, a description of how to do the sign, ways to modify the sign to make it easier for children who require modification, and activities for teaching the sign. Includes popular words like Please, Train, Music, Ball, and much more!!
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Sign Speak - Animals Baby Sign/Sign Language Cards
A great resource for teaching sign language to children! This packet includes signs for 15 common animals, including Cat, Dog, Cow, Tiger, and many more! Each card has a photograph of a real child using the sign, instructions on how to make the sign, ideas for simplifying the sign for children who require modification, and practical strategies for teaching the signs!
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Sign Speak: Food Baby Sign/Sign Language Cards
This packet has 13 different food related signs that will be helpful for teaching young children or children with language delays. Each card has a photograph of a child using the sign, a description of the sign, ways to simplify the sign for children requiring modifications, and ideas for easy ways to teach the sign. The packet includes common kid-friendly foods, such as Hot Dog, Cookie, Applesauce, and many more!
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Sign Speak: People Baby Sign/Sign Language Cards
This packet includes 15 signs to label the people children commonly want to talk about. Each card includes a picture of a child using the sign, a description of how to make the sign, ideas for simplifying the sign, and strategies for teaching the sign to children. Signs include: Teacher, Mother, Father, Brother, and many more!
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Billy Butterfly’s Busy Day: An Interactive Good Choices Story
Making good choices can be hard for many children, this story is a fun way to help children think through common situations and identify good choices. In this story, the children follow along with Billy Butterfly. Billy encounters 4 different scenarios when flying around the garden. In each situation, Billy asks the reader for help deciding between 2 possible choices. Children can tell Billy which choice is the best choice to help the story continue. Choice pages are great places for teachers an
PreK - 1st
The Behavior Buzz Clip-art: Common Words
A gigantic pack of over 90 words in full color images! Includes clothing, tools, art supplies, toys, household items and MORE! All images are transparent and ready to past into your own project or resource!
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Also included in:Â The Behavior Buzz Clip-Art: Complete Set
Math Adding Strips - Lego Math
These Math Adding Strips are the perfect way to help children learn their basic addition facts. The strips are designed for children to use Lego to model each math fact, ensuring the children understand the concepts rather than simply memorize meaningless facts. These strips also work really well with blocks, pegs, or many other manipulatives. The set includes 20 pre-made cards and 20 cards you can personalize with any addition facts you want to help students learn.
PreK - 1st
Math
Also included in:Â The EVERYTHING early learner pack
The Incredible Reward Sheet Packet - WITH EDITABLE FEATURES!!
Help get children back on track with simple, motivating reward systems. Rewards can be a super effective way to help students be successful. They help children understand expectations and motivate them to complete non-preferred tasks. Because the most appropriate reward board may vary depending on the child, the skill, and the reward, a wide variety of options have been included in this packet. Each board is presented twice - once with helpful hints and notes, and a second time as a blank, print
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School Counseling
Dagwood the Dog Makes Friends: An Interactive Social Skills Story
Help children learn about making friends and social skills through an interactive story. Dagwood the Dog encounters 4 different scenarios when going out to play. In each situation, Dagwood the Dog asks the reader for help and offers 3 possible choices. Children can tell Dagwood which choice is the best choice to help him earn a dog treat and make the story continue. Choice pages are great places for teachers and therapists to stop the story and talk with children about similar situations they ma
PreK - 1st
School Counseling
The Behavior Buzz Clip-Art: Food and Kitchen Supplies
A giant pack filled with lots of food and kitchen supplies. Perfect for any cooking unit, whether you're adding images to a worksheet or creating a visual recipe, you'll love the huge array of full-color images included!
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Also included in:Â The Behavior Buzz Clip-Art: Complete Set
Pattern Strips
Build patterning skills in students with a huge set of fun patterning boards. This giant set of pattern strips includes 45 different pattern strips. The strips include 5 unit themes: Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring & Geometric Shapes. The introductory pages includes multiple ideas for use, including photographs of materials set up in multiple ways to find the options that best meet your students' needs. These strips are a fantastic way to build patterning in children!
PreK - 1st
Math
Also included in:Â The EVERYTHING early learner pack
The Behavior Buzz Clip-Art: Places, School, and Toileting
A huge packet filled with lots of images of school and other common places. Additionally, includes multiple pictures to help with toileting - perfect for schedules, social stories, reward charts, and more!
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Also included in:Â The Behavior Buzz Clip-Art: Complete Set
The Behavior Buzz Clip-Art: Descriptors and Shapes
Over 60 words to help describe a huge range of things. This pack is especially useful for the creation of social stories for children with special needs or for early childhood worksheets to work on common words and opposite pairs (e.g., open/closed, hot/cold/ up/down). A fantastic resource for your classroom!!
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Also included in:Â The Behavior Buzz Clip-Art: Complete Set
The Behavior Buzz Clip-Art: Animals, People, Emotions, Bodies
The clip-art pack you won't want to miss! Over 80 images of popular animals, common emotions, body parts, and people. Every image has a transparent background, allowing you to use it in any product or resource!
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Also included in:Â The Behavior Buzz Clip-Art: Complete Set
Power Playtime! Play SMARTER!
This packet is filled with easy to use cards that provide dozens of ideas for creative ways to use the toys you already have to teach a wide range of important early learning skills. The cards focus on ideas for nesting/stacking cups, rainbow xylophones, picture books, and alphabet blocks. On the back of each card, you'll find information on the exact skills the activity is developing. Skills range from very basic skills to higher level thinking for young children.
PreK - K
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About the store
Experience
I have 20 years of experience working with children with behavioral diagnoses. I have helped develop classrooms for children with autism spectrum disorders in both a local school system and a local private school, and was involved in all aspects from designing the optimal layout for the classroom, to helping coordinate child and staff schedules, to creating behavior plans and training staff in the use of those plans. I then provided ongoing consultation and support to classroom staff for multiple years. I have worked with multiple school districts and private schools to provide consultation services in special education classrooms, been hired to attend numerous IEP meetings for children throughout the state, and have conducted many special educator trainings.
My own education history
I graduated with distinction and high honors from the University of Michigan with a B.A. in Psychology. During my college training, I also completed a practicum in a special education preschool. I graduated from Vanderbilt University with a masters in Clinical Psychology. I then became licensed as a mental health counselor.
Additional biographical information
I've worked in two top children's hospitals and as part of my state's early intervention program as a Developmental Therapist. I work with individuals with a variety of diagnoses, including ADHD, anxiety, Autism Spectrum Disorder, speech delay, Down syndrome, and developmental delay. I have been published multiple times and have presented extensively throughout the country.
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