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Sequences

Bus Rules Anchor Chart

Bus Rider Behavior Chart

Bus Safety Visual Cards

Bus Rules Teacher Guide

Safe Body Superstars

A comprehensive visual support and behavior management sequence designed for K-1 SPED students to teach, reinforce, and track physical safety, self-regulation, and safe body boundaries across different school settings.

Shaylin Arnold

Two Minute Connection Slides

Two Minute Connection Facilitator Guide

Two Minute Connection Strategy Card

Regulated Classrooms Weekly Newsletter Hub

Regulated Classrooms PD Summary Document

Regulated Classrooms PD Summary Document

Regulated Classrooms

A comprehensive nine-week professional development sequence for middle school staff, delivering 10-15 minute training sessions on relationship-building, mindfulness, and de-escalation strategies. Includes interactive slides, facilitator guides, teacher reference cards, and digital newsletter templates.

Kayle Jordan

Mission Control Manual

Power Up Cards

Strategy Star Map

Mission Control Social Manual

Social Power Up Cards

Social Strategy Star Map

Navigator Kit

A comprehensive regulation system for a 4th-grade student with autism, focused on academic frustration, motivation, and communication support using the Zones of Regulation framework. Includes strategies for both classroom and home environments.

Carla Burley

Weekly Curriculum Overview Teacher Guide

Tower Time Facilitation Card

Daily Routine Handout 9-1 Handout

Weekly Lesson Matrix Breakdown

Building Beats and Books Handout

Weekly Center Invitations Guide

Toddler Theme Weeks

A collection of comprehensive week-long curricula for toddlers aged 17-18 months. Each themed week focuses on developmental play, sensory exploration, and fine motor skills for a group of 5 students with zero water play.

Susan Nowlin

Bridge Support Plan Guide

System Status Log Tool

Sensory Bridge Slides

Transition Data Pulse Sheet

PDA Bridge Framework Guide

PDA System Dashboard Log

PDA Bridge Slides

PDA Support Audit Tracker

IEP Goal Blueprint PDA

Neuro Navigator Plans

A collection of specialized support frameworks for high-achieving neurodivergent students, focusing on balancing academic rigor with sensory regulation.

cwalsh

Mission Control Transition Tools

Mission Specialist Teacher Guide

Power Boost Choice Board

Systems Check Visual Poster

Science Squad Support

A collection of science-themed behavioral interventions and transition supports designed for a first-grade student with ADHD and high support needs. The sequence focuses on using special interests to increase engagement and provide structured, predictable routines.

BROOK.WESSEL-BURKE

Body Sense Guidebook

Heavy Work Fridge Sheet

Sensory Toolbox Series

A collection of parent-facing resources for supporting sensory processing and proprioception at home for students across all age ranges, from elementary to high school.

Andrew Casini

Bridge Starters Toolbelt Cards

Communication Builders

A 6-week functional communication intervention for a 1st-grade student with autism, focusing on reducing task avoidance and elopement through visual supports and expressive language scaffolding.

taylor.cozart

Mission Control Guide Teacher Resource

Daily Space Flight Visual Schedule

Galaxy Growth Behavior Tracker

Communication Command Visual Cards

Star Navigator Support Kit

A comprehensive set of visual supports, behavioral tracking, and teacher guidance for a 1st grade non-verbal student with autism. The resources are designed with a cohesive 'Star Navigator' space theme to make the visual environment engaging and structured.

Kemone Hedge

Sensory Systems Parent Guide

Regulation Station Worksheet

Calm Down Cards Visual Aid

Pediatric OT Toolbox

A comprehensive library of Pediatric Occupational Therapy resources designed for clinicians to share with families and use in sessions. It covers sensory processing, motor development, executive functioning, and daily living skills.

Rachel Fields

Body Control Facilitation Guide

Action Academy Visual Cards

Mission Progress Log Tracker

Motion Missions

A 3-week intensive program designed for active 1st-grade students with autism to improve whole-body listening, motor direction following, and safe transitions through structured 'Motion Missions'. Each week builds on physical self-regulation skills using visual cues and play-based movement.

Gyzzelle Zepeda

Gravity Lab Slides

Heavy Feet Challenge Handout

Toe Walking Tactics Teacher Guide

Motor Mastery Foundations

A collection of specialized pediatric therapy lessons focusing on motor development and sensory integration for early elementary students.

Inna Kaplun

Materials

Stilian Rotation Schedule Cards page 1

Stilian Rotation Schedule Cards

A visual schedule sheet featuring 16 customizable and pre-made 1.5-inch square rotation cards (4x4 grid) with corresponding sensory icons and visual pictures to help students transition through scheduled activities.

Heather Frugoli

Stilian Class Rotation Schedule page 1

Stilian Class Rotation Schedule

A chronological list-format visual schedule for the Stilian Class Rotation, specifically designed with clear sensory labels including high energy, loud volume, and water involvement flags to help students prepare for sensory changes.

Heather Frugoli

Stilian Class Rotation Schedule page 1

Stilian Class Rotation Schedule

A chronological list-format visual schedule for the Stilian Class Rotation, specifically designed with clear sensory labels including high energy, loud volume, and water involvement flags to help students prepare for sensory changes.

R Silva

Field Day Games Slides

Field Day Games Slides

A visually engaging, high-readability 16:9 slide deck designed to accompany the Field Day Games Visual Guide. Specifically designed for classroom instruction before Field Day, featuring oversized text (minimum 24px), friendly icons, and clear sensory indicators.

R Silva

Field Day Games Visual Guide page 1

Field Day Games Visual Guide

An 8.5x11 printable social story visual guide (4 pages) explaining each Field Day game for students with intellectual disabilities and AAC users. Features simple sentence structures, highlighted AAC core vocabulary, sensory cues, and high-readability visual blocks for each of the 13 games.

R Silva

Stilian Class Social Story Booklet page 1

Stilian Class Social Story Booklet

An 8.5x11 printable social story booklet (4 pages) tailored for the Stilian class and sensory-sensitive students. It covers fast 10-minute transitions, loud whistles, coping with wet clothes, and emotional self-regulation, featuring visual checklists and calm-down strategies.

R Silva

Stilian Class Schedule Poster page 1

Stilian Class Schedule Poster

An 8.5x11 visual rotation schedule poster (Stilian Class Rotation) designed with calming sage-green tones. Features a chronological timeline, sensory icons, and self-regulation keys (Water, Loud, High Energy, Calm) to support transitions for the Stilian class.

R Silva

Field Day Schedule Poster page 1

Field Day Schedule Poster

An 8.5x11 visual rotation schedule poster (Daneau Class Rotation) designed with calming sage-green tones. Features a chronological timeline, sensory icons, and self-regulation keys (Water, Loud, High Energy, Calm) to help neurodivergent students manage transitions.

R Silva

Field Day Social Story Booklet page 1

Field Day Social Story Booklet

An 8.5x11 printable social story booklet (4 pages) tailored for upper elementary and sensory-sensitive students. It covers fast 10-minute transitions, loud whistles, coping with wet clothes, and emotional self-regulation, featuring visual checklists and calm-down strategies.

R Silva

Classroom Safe Body Teacher Guide page 1

Classroom Safe Body Teacher Guide

A teacher facilitation and lesson delivery guide outlining sensory modeling, visual prompting, calming breaks, and school-home coordination.

Shaylin Arnold

Classroom Safe Body Visual Cards page 1

Classroom Safe Body Visual Cards

A sheet of 6 printable visual safety cue cards for teachers, paraprofessionals, and parents to cut, laminate, and use for real-time behavioral reminders in the classroom.

Shaylin Arnold

Classroom Safe Body Token Board page 1

Classroom Safe Body Token Board

A printable behavior tracking token board and weekly sticker chart for K-1 SPED students to maintain physical self-regulation in the classroom.

Shaylin Arnold

Lessons

Stilian Class Rotation Schedule

Stilian Rotation Schedule Cards

Stilian Class Rotation

A sensory-friendly class rotation framework containing visual schedules and portable schedule cards to help students navigate activity transitions with confidence.

Heather Frugoli

Field Day Social Story Booklet

Field Day Schedule Poster

Stilian Class Schedule Poster

Stilian Class Social Story Booklet

Field Day Games Visual Guide

Field Day Games Slides

Khaknejad Class Schedule Poster

Noel Class Schedule Poster

Vieira Class Schedule Poster

Zorbas Class Schedule Poster

Field Day Triumph

A comprehensive preparation resource set for Field Day, designed for upper elementary and sensory-sensitive students. It includes a structured, coping-strategy-focused social story booklet and a beautifully organized, visual rotation schedule poster to support seamless transitions.

R Silva

Classroom Safe Body Anchor Chart

Classroom Safe Body Token Board

Classroom Safe Body Visual Cards

Classroom Safe Body Teacher Guide

Classroom Safe Body

A visual support and behavior management lesson designed for Kindergarten and 1st Grade SPED students to teach, model, and reinforce physical boundaries and self-regulation in the classroom environment.

Shaylin Arnold

Bus Rules Anchor Chart

Bus Rider Behavior Chart

Bus Safety Visual Cards

Bus Rules Teacher Guide

Bus Safety Success

A visual support and behavior management lesson designed for Kindergarten and 1st Grade SPED students, focusing on essential bus safety rules, active modeling, and positive reinforcement tracking.

Shaylin Arnold

Safe Body Powers Booklet

Safe Body Teacher Guide

Safe Body Superpowers

A supportive social story and teacher facilitation kit designed to help kindergarteners develop self-regulation, stay with their class, maintain a safe body, and choose safe physical outlets instead of eloping, hitting, or climbing.

Deborah Carvalho

Field Day Champions Slides

Field Day Readiness Teacher Guide

Field Day Champion Plan Worksheet

Field Day Ready

A lesson package focused on preparing elementary students for the unique social, emotional, and sensory challenges of Field Day, featuring a projectable social story slide deck.

hsullivan

Two Minute Connection Slides

Two Minute Connection Facilitator Guide

Two Minute Connection Strategy Card

Regulated Classrooms Weekly Newsletter Hub

Regulated Classrooms PD Summary Document

Regulated Classrooms PD Summary Document

Two Minute Connection

Week 1 of the Regulated Classrooms PD. Teachers learn the '2x10 strategy'—spending two minutes a day for ten consecutive days talking to a struggling student about non-academic interests to build a relationship foundation.

Kayle Jordan

Finish Line Slides

Finish Line Focus

A supportive and professional development lesson designed for educators to reinforce SPED accommodations during the chaotic final weeks of the school year. Focuses on visual schedules, sensory breaks, and behavior support plans.

Pam Roderick

Somatic Grounding Lesson Plan

Somatic Grounding Slide Deck

Somatic Grounding Cards

Somatic Grounding Journal

Somatic Grounding Stations

A sensory-based regulation system lesson designed to establish quick, silent coping zones in classrooms during high-energy periods, facilitating collaboration between teachers and behavior interventionists.

Oluwatobiloba Fadipe

Pond Life Toddler Observation Tracker Log

Pond Rescue Facilitation Card

Pond Life Week Parent Update Handout

Pond Rescue Mission

Challenges fine motor strength as toddlers 'rescue' pond animals from painter's tape 'reeds.'

Susan Nowlin

Dragonfly Dance Facilitation Card

Dragonfly Dance Movement

Explores rhythmic movement and pattern-making through dragonfly-themed silk play and wing stamping.

Susan Nowlin

Duckling Hide & Search Facilitation Card

Duckling Hide & Search

A dry sensory experience searching for ducklings hidden among soft 'bubble' pom-poms or cotton balls.

Susan Nowlin