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!
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Hi Reader! Do your students struggle to apply sensory strategies in order to calm down in the moment? Have you discovered there are certain times of day when everyone seems a bit dysregulated? Do you have students who struggle with engagement because they are overwhelmed? In my blog post featured below, I highlight several resources that I used to help students proactively learn and practice strategies so they were more successful calming in the moment and give ideas for class-wide and individual sensory strategy implementation. Click the button below to check it out.
โ One of my favorite resources for sensory regulation is my Special Interest Deep Breathing Posters which provides a visual support for teaching and practicing deep breathing featuring common special interests including trains, superheroes, racecars, unicorns, roller coasters, and fish! Want to regulate on a budget? Grab my Classroom Sensory Tools Bundle and save 20% while still providing your students with visual supports for sensory breaks, classroom yoga, and deep breathing! Until next time! โ |
โHi! 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! Animals are a common special interest in my classroom so I have taken full advantage over the years of using animals to teach a variety of skills. I have created over 70 different activities for reading, math, cooking, science, communication, games, writing, and more! For my TPT store, I divided all of my animal activities into thematic units by narrowing down the topic because I know not everyone can cover all 70 activities each year. I created units for Animals & Habitats, Animal...
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! I love the pictures, the sequence of the story, the mystery of the missing snowball, and all of the great vocabulary I can teach my students as we read. This was actually the very first Communication and Comprehension set I made for my TPT...
Hi Reader! Do you cook in your classroom? I do!๐ Cooking time each week is one of my students' absolute favorite ๐ฅฐactivities! I loved the real-world functional application of math skills and manners. And the kids loved the yummy treats! ๐ช To learn more about what cooking looks like in my classroom, check out my blog post: Cooking in the Special Education Classroom Unsure where to start? I have a classroom cookbook with Visual Recipes for the Entire Year that is full of seasonal cooking...