Speak Up Stand Strong

A multi-day structured feeding sequence designed to gradually build student mealtime independence, transitioning from guided food-to-mouth initiation to sustained chewing, swallowing, and solo lunch completion. Includes visual cue supports, progressive reward charts, clinical tracking logs, and paraprofessional guidance protocols.

Consolidates bringing food to mouth, chewing, and swallowing across the entire mealtime session with natural reinforcement and self-monitoring. Features a weekly lunch mastery reward board and clinical fading protocol for staff.

A practical implementation guide and protocol for paraprofessionals and teachers outlining least-to-most prompting hierarchies, fading schedules, swallowing safety checks, and behavior-specific praise scripts.

A collection of structured, highly visual math and money resources designed specifically for students with autism to promote independence and conceptual understanding.

Builds on bringing food to mouth by reinforcing bite pacing, thorough chewing, and safe swallowing before the next bite is taken. Incorporates a 10-bite paced placemat tracker and comprehensive staff data collection.

A cheerful, picture-rich weekly lunch mastery chart with playful typography, colorful weekday picture badges, and celebration milestone coupons for students achieving complete mealtime independence.

A transition and functional life skills sequence designed for special education students. It covers grocery department navigation, budgeting with the next-dollar up strategy, and practicing community checkout social routines.

Focuses on the foundational step of self-feeding by targeting utensil or finger grasp and independently bringing food up to the mouth. Students use visual cards and an introductory bite token chart with staff using least-to-most physical fading.

A clinical trial-by-trial data tracking sheet for special education teachers, therapists, and paraprofessionals to record prompt levels, food-to-mouth initiations, chewing pacing, and safe swallowing during lunch.

A comprehensive, highly visual four-part curriculum designed to teach essential independent living skills in the kitchen. Focused on kitchen safety, correct food storage, safe food preparation techniques, and preventing foodborne illness using simple text, environmental print, and real-world safety signs.

A 60-minute Tier 2 professional development session designed to equip K–12 teachers with research-based de-escalation strategies. Participants engage in interactive instruction, targeted role-plays, and concise action planning to manage challenging student behaviors effectively.

A vibrant, picture-rich ten-bite placemat reward chart designed like a fun lunchtime trail. Features playful rounded fonts, cartoon food picture checkpoints, and dual check-boxes for food-to-mouth delivery and complete swallowing.