Verbal modulation, body language interpretation, and turn-taking strategies for effective social interaction. Addresses social problem identification, help-seeking, and the comprehension of figurative language across varied contexts.
A foundational lesson for non-verbal students with autism to learn and practice three greeting methods: waving, high-fives, and using an AAC device. Includes a social narrative, choice boards, and individual communication cards.
A comprehensive 3-hour lesson designed for students with autism to understand the importance of social skills across various life stages, culminating in practical scripts for recess success.
A comprehensive morning meeting routine designed for students with autism, focusing on communication, predictability, and visual support. The lesson includes a high-contrast interactive slide deck and supporting materials for classroom roles and student engagement.
A comprehensive lesson on identifying and predicting patterns across visual, vocational, and social contexts to build critical thinking and life skills.
A cumulative review where students practice applying various social norms across multiple simulated environments.
Focusing on specific expectations within the classroom and school environment to support learning and peer inclusion.
Applying social norms to home and community settings, including greetings, personal space, and public etiquette.
Exploring the purpose behind social norms, focusing on how our actions affect the feelings and comfort of others.
Introduction to the concept of social norms as 'unspoken rules' that help everyone feel comfortable and safe.
A deep-dive lesson into the Purple Circle (Self), focusing on body autonomy, private vs. public spaces, and personal boundaries. Designed for a 45-minute instructional session.
Explores the Orange (Community/Professional) and Red (Stranger) circles, emphasizing safety, professional boundaries, and interacting with people in the community.
Covers the Green (Friends) and Yellow (Acquaintances) circles, teaching the difference between close friendship and casual social connections.
Introduces the Purple (Self) and Blue (Private/Family) circles, focusing on personal space, body autonomy, and the closest intimate relationships.
An interactive speech therapy lesson for 5th graders focused on /sh/ and vocalic /r/ sounds using a restaurant role-play theme. Students practice articulation through character descriptions and narrative-based ordering.
A set of resources designed to help high school students master self-advocacy and communication skills essential for post-secondary success. Includes a student-facing self-assessment and a teacher-facing progress rubric.
A comprehensive lesson for high school students with autism on navigating verbal communication in social, emotional, and community contexts. Focuses on 'Social Navigator' strategies for self-expression and interaction.
Focuses on distinguishing between public and private information, and identifying appropriate conversation topics for peer interactions.
A comprehensive transition support package for 8th-grade students with autism moving to high school. It includes a personalized social story field guide, instructional slides for group or individual discussion, and a teacher/parent facilitation guide focusing on environmental navigation and social nuances.
Introduces essential cleaning and maintenance tasks with a focus on follow-through and completion.
Explores office-based tasks including paper shredding, folding flyers, and simple mail sorting.
A social skills lesson focused on personal boundaries and frustration tolerance for students with severe intellectual disabilities, using the concrete concept of a 'Personal Bubble'.
A series of high-impact infographic handouts designed for high school lunch table booths to promote disability awareness and acceptance through myth-busting.
A comprehensive lesson focusing on hygiene, sensory alternatives, and social expectations regarding bathroom behavior for middle school students, emphasizing dignity and clear communication.
A foundational ABA program focused on teaching a student to respond to their name in a controlled 1:1 environment. Includes a detailed protocol, data collection sheet, and visual supports.
A set of resources designed to help a 4th-grade student with ASD understand the appropriate use of 911 and respect the privacy of school and staff phones.
A comprehensive set of materials designed for a 10th-grade student with Autism to master identifying social intent and unspoken rules in complex, gray-area scenarios involving sarcasm, white lies, hidden cues, and dating nuances.
A collection of structured documents designed to support a student's social-emotional growth and behavioral regulation in the classroom.
A lesson focused on self-advocacy strategies for high school life skills students when encountering unexpected behaviors from others. It introduces three primary responses: asking to stop, moving away, and telling a trusted adult.
Focuses on data management and synthesis, teaching students how to move annotations from source texts into a structured research matrix.
Students learn to turn static text into rich resources by hyperlinking to external evidence, definitions, and multimedia.
A collaborative lesson where students use shared documents to debate and analyze text in real-time using only digital annotation tools.
Using the analogy of social media threads, students learn to use digital comments as marginalia to record their internal dialogue and questions.
Students explore the technical toolsets of digital annotation, including highlighting palettes and comment features, while navigating the ergonomic differences of screen reading.
Instruction on thinning reinforcement schedules from continuous to intermittent while avoiding ratio strain and maintaining behavioral gains.
Covers the logistical management of the reinforcement exchange process, turning logistics into teachable moments for social and academic skills.
Teaches students how to graph raw behavioral data and perform visual analysis to make informed decisions about intervention effectiveness.
Explores methods for monitoring treatment integrity across different implementers and providing effective performance feedback to maintain system consistency.
Focuses on the precise timing and delivery of tokens paired with behavior-specific praise to ensure temporal contiguity and instructional fluency.
Students take turns leading a small group in a simple activity by giving single-step directions. This mastery-level activity requires them to formulate, hold, and articulate discrete steps, reinforcing their understanding of how tasks are broken down.
Students draft and test their own single-step instructions for everyday tasks. They analyze peer performance to identify where multi-step commands cause confusion and refine their instructions for maximum clarity.
A high-focus origami workshop where students follow strictly paced, single-fold instructions. This lesson reinforces patience and the necessity of completing one step fully before moving to the next.
A simulation of a factory environment where students are responsible for a single part of a process. This lesson explores how individual focus on a single step contributes to the success of a larger collaborative goal.
Students act as 'programmers' to move a 'human robot' through a maze using only rigid, single-step commands. This lesson illustrates the 'logic error' of combining steps and the importance of precise, isolated language.
Students practice giving and following single-step verbal instructions in a blind building challenge. This lesson emphasizes the need for isolated commands to ensure the 'Builder' can accurately process and execute tasks without visual feedback.
A structured version of the classic game where a single-step instruction is passed down a line of 3-4 students. The final student performs the action. The class analyzes where the memory breakdown occurred if the action is incorrect.
Using building blocks (like LEGOs), students work in pairs where one has the instructions and the other has the bricks. The instruction holder must give one single-step assembly direction at a time. The builder must retain the information to place the brick correctly.
Students synthesize their skills into a personal disclosure script for use in interviews, IEP meetings, or workplace settings.
Students master the 'read-back' method to verify instructions and slow down information delivery.
A comprehensive set of resources for middle school students to master the vocalic /IRE/ sound in all word positions and syllable lengths, featuring a word vault, flashcards, and interactive discussion prompts.
A detective-themed lesson designed to help students with social pragmatics delays practice perspective-taking, reading non-verbal cues, and conflict resolution through 'social cases'.
A social story and supporting materials designed to encourage first graders to use their AAC devices to comment and interact during shared reading activities.
A 30-minute instructional session focused on active listening and turn-taking strategies to improve peer interactions and impulse control.
A dual-track 90-minute activity sequence on pattern recognition, offering a professional development seminar for workplace efficiency and a supportive, scaffolded module for adults with IDD.
A collection of nine decodable Readers Theater scripts designed for below-level 3rd graders. Each script targets a specific phonics pattern (digraphs, VCe, vowel teams, R-controlled vowels, diphthongs, consonant blends, long I, compound words, or silent letters) to build reading fluency. Includes scripts for both 3 and 4 students.
A collection of targeted tools for a 4th-grade student to manage ADHD symptoms, focusing on impulse control and independent work stamina through a 'Mission Control' theme.
Focuses on retail support tasks like shelf facing and product sorting using visual matching skills.
Introduction to repetitive food service tasks such as sorting, bagging, and simple assembly with a focus on hygiene and consistency.
Identifies the four seasons and different types of weather, focusing on choosing appropriate clothing and sensory weather observations.
Explores where animals live (ocean, forest, desert) and matches animals to their correct homes using visual sorting tools.
Culminating project where students design a 'User Manual' for their brain, documenting their specific tech needs and preferences to share with future educators.
Focuses on building confidence when explaining assistive technology to peers. Students learn strategies to respond to curiosity or criticism with poise and clarity.
Students develop and practice verbal scripts to respectfully request TTS access from various adults, including substitutes. Role-playing builds the executive function and communication skills needed for self-advocacy.
Learners analyze their school day to identify high-need reading tasks that benefit from Text-to-Speech. Using a 'Red Light, Green Light' framework, they create a personal usage map for their technology.
Students explore the concept of fairness versus sameness using the Band-Aid activity to understand that everyone needs different tools to succeed. They define assistive technology as an essential accommodation for access rather than an unfair advantage.
Teaches students the routine of ending a break and transitioning back to the classroom group, using positive rituals to reduce re-entry anxiety.
Focuses on identifying 'in-the-moment' signs of dysregulation during classroom activities and using the break card with adult prompting and reinforcement.
Teachers and students practice the sequence of recognizing frustration or high energy and using the break card in a controlled, low-stress role-play environment.
Introduces the physical 'Break Card' as a communication tool. Students learn the basic mechanic of exchanging the card for immediate reinforcement (access to a sensory break).
Students learn to identify internal physical sensations by comparing 'fast' and 'slow' body energy using animal analogies. This foundational lesson focuses on labeling high-energy states as a precursor to requesting breaks.
Students solidify their ability to categorize classroom barriers by playing a Bingo game with scenarios and images representing missing items, noise, and confusion.
Students play games with gibberish or impossible instructions to practice identifying when a lack of information is the obstacle. They learn specific signals for 'I don't understand.'
Students become 'focus detectives' to recognize sensory barriers like noise or bright lights. They practice stacking blocks during simulated distractions to identify how environment impacts focus.
Students identify missing tools as a specific barrier to task completion through a scavenger hunt where items are deliberately missing. They co-create a visual menu of common classroom supplies.
Students learn to identify the physical and emotional sensations of stopping abruptly through a freeze-dance activity. They are introduced to visual 'roadblock' cards to signal when they encounter a planned impossibility.
Students practice using their new Help Menus during a controlled independent work session. The teacher circulates, prompting students to point to their menu or use their script when they encounter difficulty.
A cumulative activity where pairs apply all previous skills to rescue a class mascot from a complex block-and-barrier obstacle course.
Teaches simple negotiation strategies for when partners have different ideas for solving a problem. focus on "My Turn, Your Turn".
Introduces distinct roles in a shared task (e.g., pouring vs. holding) to solve a problem together. focus on joint attention and role differentiation.
Focuses on using verbal and non-verbal cues to help a partner navigate obstacles or find hidden items. reinforces social reciprocity.
A comprehensive lesson designed for adults with mild intellectual disabilities to improve social communication, manage frustration, and build healthy physical habits for diabetes prevention. This lesson provides practical tools for daily self-regulation and wellness tracking.
Review all letters, complex line cutting, CVC word sorting, subtraction within 20, and a celebration of 'quiet voice' mastery.
Focus on the letter 'h', shape cutting, 'ap/op' family building, addition within 20, and self-monitoring the 'quiet voice'.
Focus on the letter 'r', curved line cutting, 'an' family CVC words, mixed math within 10, and maintaining a 'quiet voice'.
Focus on the letter 'a', zigzag line cutting, 'at' family building, subtraction within 10, and practicing the 'quiet voice'.
Focus on the letter 's', straight line cutting, 'at' family CVC words, and addition within 10 using visual supports.
A behavioral tracking system designed to help students manage work completion and social interactions across subjects using daily point sheets and reflections.
A cumulative review of all four emotions through a matching game. Focuses on generalization across different faces and contexts.
Explores 'Angry' and 'Scared' using clear visual indicators like furrowed brows and wide eyes. Provides slides, teacher support, and a sorting activity mat.
Focuses on identifying 'Happy' and 'Sad' through facial expressions and situational cues. Includes visual slides, a facilitator guide for non-verbal communication, and printable matching cards.
Students explore how personal hygiene and grooming habits impact the 'Zones' of their coworkers and supervisors in a professional environment.
A social-emotional learning lesson focused on identifying emotions and taking perspectives through a charades-style role-play game. Designed specifically with visual supports for 5th grade students on the autism spectrum.
A social emotional learning lesson designed for students with autism to understand the consequences of physical aggression, explore legal boundaries, and develop positive communication strategies when angry.
A set of visual communication tools designed for students who struggle with verbalizing emotions and needs, using a cartoon-inspired theme to make communication engaging and accessible.
A comprehensive speech-language therapy lesson for 7th-8th graders focused on auditory comprehension, word-finding strategies, and interpreting abstract language through the lens of St. Patrick's Day folklore and traditions.
A 45-minute targeted lesson focusing on the mechanics of conversation: starting, maintaining, and ending interactions, along with body language and non-verbal cues.
A festive St. Patrick's Day writing and communication activity where students identify things they are 'lucky' to have using AAC-style visual icons. This lesson supports students with diverse communication needs in participating in seasonal writing crafts.
A 4-week historical narrative writing project focused on Australian migration, specifically designed to scaffold imagination and structure for students with ASD.
A set of resources designed to gather teacher insights and provide initial social support strategies for a student newly diagnosed with autism.
A social-emotional learning lesson using Uno cards to help students distinguish between friends, frenemies, and bullies through game-based scenarios and discussion.
A focused lesson on Mary Oliver's 'The Journey' adapted for a 300 Lexile level, focusing on figurative language and self-discovery for 9th grade SPED students.
A comprehensive board game package designed for 5th-grade students on the autism spectrum to practice social skills in a fun, structured environment. The lesson includes a printable game board, scenario cards covering four key social areas, and a clear rulebook for students and facilitators.
A lesson designed for 5th-grade special education students to identify, understand, and appropriately respond to sarcasm using social cues and context.
A culminating project where students reflect on the 8-week journey and create a 'Value Vault' for themselves or Gregor.
Analyzes the end of the novella, Gregor's death, and the family's disturbing relief and new-found 'value'.
Focuses on Part III, the arrival of the boarders, and Gregor becoming a 'nuisance' in his own home.
Analyzes the climax of Part II, the father's return to work, and the symbolic 'apple' attack on Gregor.
Explores the changing relationship between Gregor and Grete, the moving of the furniture, and the concept of 'pity' vs 'value'.
Covers the transition to Part II, focusing on Gregor's physical changes, his new diet, and the loss of his human voice.
A focus on Part I of the novella, exploring the theme of work as identity and the manager's visit as a symbol of surveillance.
A targeted intervention lesson designed to help students with autism replace swearing and threats with functional communication and self-regulation strategies. This lesson focuses on identifying triggers like redirection and provides concrete 'Power Words' to use instead.
A comprehensive lesson for high school special education students covering texting etiquette, cyberbullying, privacy, and safety from strangers and scams.
A functional travel training lesson focused on using Google Maps to plan a trip and practicing safety and etiquette on the MBTA. Students will navigate a step-by-step planning process and evaluate safe vs. unsafe behaviors in transit environments.
A lesson focused on teaching students the appropriate boundaries for using staff phones and understanding the correct procedures for emergency calls. Students learn why staff phones are off-limits and how to seek help effectively during emergencies.
A collection of essential communication icons and tools designed for home-based instruction and daily routines.
An individual 25-minute functional communication lesson for kindergarteners focused on using 2-3 word phrases to request items, ask for help, and use break cards as a coping strategy.
A comprehensive social story and supporting tools designed for an academically advanced 2nd grader to manage non-preferred tasks, transitions, and big emotions using verbal communication and solution-seeking strategies instead of screaming or eloping.
A collection of visual supports and communication cards designed for home-based kindergarten programs, focusing on basic communication, routine management, and early academic concepts.
Covers number recognition and the concept of 'more' versus 'less' using visual 'greater than' alligator symbols and hands-on counting tasks.
Introduces letter identification, pre-writing strokes, and foundational CVC word blending using tactile and visual puzzles.
Focuses on identifying basic emotions (happy, sad, angry, surprised) and practicing simple social interactions through visual stories and matching activities.
A focused activity using a graphic organizer to break down complex social interactions and plan professional reactions.
Practical application of identifying emotions and choosing professional responses through illustrated workplace scenarios.
Students learn to observe non-verbal cues and environmental signals to identify which 'Zone' a supervisor or coworker might be in.
