Notre Dame Classroom Story

A compassionate, gradual sequence designed for autistic learners to build handwriting tolerance without anxiety, using micro-intervals, sensory regulation, and radical student agency.

Expands gentle stamina up to 3 to 5 minutes by introducing collaborative phrase writing, interest-led prompts, and self-advocacy check-ins.

A visual progress tracker celebrating calm regulation, autonomy, and self-advocacy across 20 gentle stepping stones with milestone sensory rewards.

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.

Focuses on establishing a calm sensory baseline, reducing writing anxiety, and achieving micro-successes with 1-2 word choices within low-demand 2-minute intervals.

An interest-driven choice sheet for Stage 2 featuring three flexible 2-3 word prompts with collaborative buddy-writing spaces and a mid-task pause checkpoint.

A structured communication sequence designed for neurodivergent learners navigating social language in public settings. Students build concrete skills for filtering private thoughts, making polite requests, advocating for sensory needs, and holding community conversations.

A comprehensive speech-language pathology unit targeting mixed /l/ articulation, narrative recall, WH-question comprehension, and grammatical sentence generation for 2nd and 3rd grade students.

An advanced parent coaching guide detailing how to bridge from single words to short phrases using buddy writing, special interests, and sensory pacing ladders.

An elementary small group SEL sequence designed for students with cognitive disabilities. Focuses on emotion recognition, self-regulation, safe hands and safe body habits, and positive peer communication.

A visual and structured executive function unit tailored for students with autism and lower cognitive demands, emphasizing starting tasks with First-Then sequences, following short multi-step directions, organizing materials, and practicing flexible thinking when routines change.

A gentle, low-demand practice sheet featuring three micro-choice options where the learner picks just one 1-2 word task to complete in two minutes.