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.
A lesson designed for two first-graders to learn how to replace screaming and eloping with verbal communication using a feelings chart. Through role-play and visual aids, students practice identifying their emotions and stating their needs.
Final Squad Graduation! Students create their 'Power Badge' showing which Body Friend they use best. Celebration of being a Super Listener.
Meet Heart and Lungs! The Battery helps the squad stay powered up. Focuses on breathing and 'caring' about our friends to stay happy while listening.
Meet the Quiet Guard! Addresses physical stillness in a friendly way. Mouth, Hands, and Feet learn to be quiet so the Captain can hear.
Meet Scout Eye and Scout Ear! These body friends help us find the signal. Focuses on looking at the person and letting the words in.
Meet Captain Brain! Introduces the brain as the leader of the squad. Focuses on 'thinking about the friend' as the first step to listening.
A comprehensive toolkit of data collection sheets for tracking various types of IEP goals, including frequency, duration, and trial-based skill acquisition.
A comprehensive lesson on identifying and matching essential safety signs from community, household, road, and workplace environments. This lesson focuses on visual discrimination and functional literacy through picture-to-picture matching tasks.