A comprehensive guide to co-teaching models and professional partnerships designed for graduate students entering the special education field. This lesson covers defining characteristics, collaborative planning, communication strategies, and the six primary models of instructional delivery.

A comprehensive 5-day morning routine designed for high school special needs students to master counting mixed coins using the Touch-Point method and sorting strategies.

Encourage joint attention and exploration through the core words Open and Look.

Develop social interaction skills and transition management using Mine, You, Finished, and Turn.

Focus on expressing preferences and seeking assistance using core words Like, Don't Like, and Help.

Introduce the primary 'power words' (Go, Stop, More, Want) to establish basic requesting and agency in play-based settings.

A comprehensive transition planning toolset focused on identifying community-based vocational interests and functional skills through student input and teacher observation.

A culminating activity rotating through communication stations to demonstrate mastery of all skills.

Focusing on social pragmatics including 'Hello', 'Goodbye', and 'Thank You' on TouchChat.

Using Yes/No responses to identify or guess items in a tactile mystery box.

Refining choice-making by presenting less obvious preferences and increasing complexity.

Integrating learned communication symbols into daily 1st-grade classroom routines.

Establishing basic Yes and No responses using visual aids and AAC buttons.

Introducing the 'Help' symbol for navigating obstacles and requesting assistance.

Modeling and prompting the 'More' symbol during sensory and high-engagement tasks.

Using the 'Go' symbol on TouchChat to initiate movement and play activities.

Introduction to making a choice between two highly preferred items using TouchChat and physical indicators.

A specialized writing intervention lesson using Roblox themes to help students master basic sentence structure, capitalization, and punctuation through sentence frames and word banks.