Hi! I am Allison. I am an Intervention Specialist and Certified Autism Specialist with nearly 20 years of experience working with students with autism and low-incidence disabilities.
I taught in an elementary special education classroom where I created countless individualized supports, organizational tools, and differentiated activities for my students before transitioning to my current position on an autism and low-incidence coaching team where I have had the pleasure of meeting and helping teachers in hundreds of classrooms in the Dayton, Ohio area. I am passionate about special education and helping teachers!
Have you read The Snowy Day with your class yet? ☃️
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Hi Reader! The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats is one of my absolute favorite picture books. I love it so much that when I was pregnant I insisted my husband stop by Kohl's to grab a little stuffed Peter doll for our baby boy. It was his very first doll!
Looking for creative ways to implement the activities in this resource? Try making a game! Feeling the winter blahs?! This stretch between New Years and Spring Break can be brutal! Especially if you don't get any snow days off. 🤞 Keep plugging along and show up every day for your students. It is ok for you to not be on your A game. And it is also ok if they need things slowed down a bit too. We are all just trying to get by! 😅 Until next time! |
Hi! I am Allison. I am an Intervention Specialist and Certified Autism Specialist with nearly 20 years of experience working with students with autism and low-incidence disabilities.
I taught in an elementary special education classroom where I created countless individualized supports, organizational tools, and differentiated activities for my students before transitioning to my current position on an autism and low-incidence coaching team where I have had the pleasure of meeting and helping teachers in hundreds of classrooms in the Dayton, Ohio area. I am passionate about special education and helping teachers!
Hi Reader! Read Across America Week will be here before you know it! Does your school have a big celebration? In my classroom, a favorite book for many years was Green Eggs and Ham. I even had students who memorized the entire book they loved it so much! 🥰 Each March, I used Green Eggs and Ham to work on my student's reading IEP goals so I created lots of great communication and comprehension activities to go along with it. Plus some progress monitoring sheets so I didn't have to reinvent...
Hi Reader! After all the talk about what students love during Valentine's Day activities, I always found a natural next step in my thematic units was to focus on feelings and emotions. Some of my favorite activities to teach about emotions include: talking about emotions, what causes them, and coping strategies for what we call BIG emotions (The Way I Feel by Janan Cain is a GREAT resource for this!) making silly emoji faces 😜😉😁😋🤨😱 cooking activities with different faces such as waffles, rice...
Hi Reader! Ever have one of those days where you feel more like a detective than a teacher? 🕵️♀️ We’ve all been there—trying to figure out why a student is suddenly eloping or why a usually calm afternoon turned into a series of "mystery" behaviors. When we’re in the thick of it, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. But the secret to shifting from "extinguishing fires" to "teaching skills" lies in one thing: the function. I’ve been reflecting on a 5-Step System that has been a total game-changer in...