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.
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! |
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! 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! ๐ฅฐ 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 ๐๐๐๐๐คจ๐ฑ 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? ๐ต๏ธโ๏ธ Weโve all been thereโtrying to figure out why a student is suddenly eloping or why a usually calm afternoon turned into a series of "mystery" behaviors. When weโre in the thick of it, itโs easy to feel overwhelmed. But the secret to shifting from "extinguishing fires" to "teaching skills" lies in one thing: the function. Iโve been reflecting on a 5-Step System that has been a total game-changer in...