A teacher-facing resource outlining the best practices for timing, feedback, and thread safety when developing switch-accessible games for visually impaired students.
A comprehensive guide for teachers and parents including learning objectives, prep instructions, gameplay rules, and differentiation strategies. Revised to fit on a single page.
A set of 24 colorful, 2x2 inch printable cards (12 pairs) featuring unique pony characters with distinct symbols for a visual matching memory game. Optimized for perfect 2x2 inch physical dimensions and clear page separation.
A comprehensive 10-page practice pack for high school ELs, providing dedicated nonsense word mapping, decoding, and fluency activities for every session in the 5-week intervention cycle.
A dedicated student-facing material for biweekly progress monitoring of nonsense word fluency, featuring focused word lists for Week 2 and Week 4 assessments on a single page.
A professional guidance document for teachers and aides providing behavioral strategies, pre-transition tips, and a tracking log for the student's progress.
A high-visibility visual reminder poster showing positive, safe alternatives for hand placement when a student feels frustrated.
A First/Then visual support board and set of task icons to provide structure and predictability during the transition from art to learning.
A simple social narrative with large icons and minimal text designed for students with limited verbal communication to understand transitions and physical safety.
A biweekly progress monitoring and data tracking sheet for nonsense word fluency, including interpretation guides for instructional adjustments.
A consolidated one-page cross-reference sheet identifying phonetic challenges for speakers of Spanish, Swahili, Burmese, and Vietnamese.
A concise 5-week teacher-facing intervention guide for high school ELs, detailing session routines and weekly objectives.
The fully corrected Python source code for the Nancy Drew Mystery Game, featuring a robust SpeechManager class and improved transition timing for switch accessibility.
An explanation of why the original Nancy Drew mystery game code was failing to read menu options and a summary of the technical fixes required for reliable switch accessibility.
A guide for teachers providing pedagogical strategies, implementation tips, and environmental setup advice for managing student behavior. Includes an expanded observation log for tracking student progress.
Communication cards for a lanyard or desk, providing non-verbal cues for a student to express anger, request a break, or ask for help. Updated layout to fit on a single page.
An interactive sorting worksheet where students distinguish between 'Calm Choices' and 'Sad Choices' to reinforce positive behavior and self-regulation skills. All cards are neutral-colored to ensure active cognitive processing.
A printable social story book designed to help young students understand their emotions and learn alternative behaviors to aggression, such as using a calm-down corner or requesting a break.
A condensed one-page professional guide for school IEP and CST teams outlining the 5-step process for transitioning students to a less restrictive environment, optimized for single-page printing with Uncommon Schools branding.
A comprehensive facilitation guide for teachers to lead discussions on the IEP stigma. It includes critical discussion prompts, teaching notes on the specific figures (like Maya Angelou and Daymond John), and a 'stigma-busting' vocabulary guide to reframe behavioral challenges as strengths.
A reflective worksheet for students to process the 'Mind over Myths' presentation. It includes space to connect with famous figures, reframe behavioral labels into positive superpowers, and identify their own unique strengths.
A bold, modern slide deck dismantling the 'IEP = not smart' stigma by showcasing successful African Americans like Whoopi Goldberg, Maya Angelou, and Daymond John. It reframes emotional dysregulation and learning differences as unique ways of processing rather than deficits in intelligence.
A comprehensive teacher resource for implementing visual transition supports. Includes best practices, a 3-step signaling method, and troubleshooting tips for diverse classroom needs, with a focus on concrete visual strategies.
A student-facing tracking tool featuring concrete emoji visuals to support self-monitoring during daily transitions. Includes reflection space for students to evaluate their own performance and "Smooth Move" success.
An instructional presentation to introduce the concept of transitions and the use of visual support cards. It features clear emoji-based representations to mimic real-life scenarios and high-impact text for student orientation.
A set of high-contrast visual support cards featuring realistic emoji representations to support concrete learners. Each card includes a clear, multi-color visual and concise instructional text to promote student independence during classroom and location changes.
A structured weekly progress tracker for students to record their 'tiny steps' and 'ignition times', encouraging self-monitoring and goal achievement.
A set of printable visual aids for student desks, including step-by-step 'Cockpit Checklists' and a visual 'Ignition Button' to support task initiation.
An engaging 5-slide presentation using a space-launch theme to teach students the '3-2-1' task initiation strategy, including examples of 'tiny steps' and an introduction to progress tracking.
A comprehensive teacher-facing guide outlining a 4-week intervention plan for improving student task initiation, featuring a SMART goal, strategy breakdowns, and implementation phases.
High-contrast student drill sheet Version E for 9th-grade special education, focusing on suffix accuracy and visual discrimination of look-alike word pairs like dinner/diner.
High-contrast student drill sheet Version D for 9th-grade special education, focusing on suffix accuracy and visual discrimination of look-alike word pairs like person/prison.
High-contrast student drill sheet Version C for 9th-grade special education, focusing on suffix accuracy and visual discrimination of look-alike word pairs like bottle/battle.
High-contrast student drill sheet Version B for 9th-grade special education, focusing on suffix accuracy and visual discrimination of look-alike word pairs like batter/better.
A high-contrast student drill sheet for 9th-grade special education, focusing on suffix accuracy and visual discrimination of look-alike word pairs like party/parties and pottery.
A simplified one-page teacher implementation guide for 9th-grade special education reading fluency drills, focusing on suffix accuracy and visual discrimination strategies.
A final unit assessment designed for accessibility. It features large, clear fonts, simplified multiple-choice options with identical styling to prevent cues, and a creative drawing area for students to demonstrate their favorite concept from the unit.
A fun, interactive trivia-style slide deck to review unit concepts. It poses multiple-choice questions about the Sun, Earth's cycles, and the planets with high-contrast, visually supportive layouts to encourage student participation and confidence before the final assessment.
A teacher guide for the final lesson of the unit. It includes a structured review plan, an assessment guide for the Space Master Quiz, and a simple rubric for evaluating student progress without requiring stickers or prizes.
A worksheet helping students identify the tools and experiences of an astronaut. It features a categorization task (what is needed in space), simple Yes/No comprehension questions about space travel, and a personal reflection prompt about being an explorer.
An instructional slide deck about space exploration. Features clear visuals of telescopes and rockets, explains the concept of zero gravity with relatable examples, and includes an embedded video tour of the International Space Station to show how astronauts live in space.
A teacher guide for the Space Explorers lesson, covering astronauts, rockets, and telescopes. Includes interesting facts about daily life in space with focus on visual and video instruction, without requiring physical props.
A matching worksheet focusing on key planets. Students match Earth, Saturn, Mars, and Jupiter to their defining characteristics using a clear, large-print layout suitable for students with diverse learning needs.
An engaging slide deck that tours the eight planets of the solar system. It categorizes planets into rocky inner worlds and gaseous outer giants, highlights iconic features (like Saturn's rings), and teaches a mnemonic device for remembering the order of the planets.
A teacher guide for the Planetary Neighbors lesson. It covers the eight planets, differentiating between inner rocky planets and outer gas giants. Includes a mnemonic for memory and quick-fact summaries without physical models.