Navigating for Independence

This sequence prepares 10th-grade students for the transition to community and vocational life by mastering the navigation of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices. Students progress from identifying context-specific vocabulary to navigating complex, multi-folder social and professional interactions.

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An 8-session intensive behavioral intervention sequence for students in grades K-2 targeting vocal noises, humming, or calling out during independent work. It teaches playful replacement behaviors: holding a quiet, puffy 'Bubble Breath' (like a balloon) or a firm 'Lip Press' (making a flat, silent mouth) to settle urges and maintain classroom focus.

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Club Celebration

Reviews all skills, celebrates student progress with graduation ceremonies, and sets up maintenance plans for classroom reintegration.

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Club Celebration Lesson Plan

A highly detailed 1-page teacher lesson plan for Session 8, focusing on program review, graduation ceremony execution, and maintenance transitions in Grades K-2.

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All Brains Belong

A comprehensive educational unit celebrating neurodiversity, acceptance, and inclusive communication across elementary grades. It equips educators with slide presentations and reflection tools tailored for K-2 and 3-5 students to cultivate empathetic classrooms.

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All Day Practice

Focuses on generalizing the replacement behavior to other school settings like recess, the cafeteria, and the art room using visual tracker guides.

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A graduation certificate celebrating the student's entry into the Quiet Mouth Squad as a certified master in Grades K-2.

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Grocery Sorting Mastery

A progressive life-skills curriculum designed to teach students how to identify, categorize, and sort grocery items. Starts with kitchen storage sorting (fridge, freezer, pantry) and advances to sorting by major retail grocery store departments.

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Eyes and Voice

Refines communication skills by training students to read classmate faces and use simple, quiet signals when they need help.

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A highly detailed 1-page teacher lesson plan for Session 7, focusing on generalizing the replacement behaviors across various school settings like recess, cafeteria, and art in Grades K-2.

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Workplace Readiness Academy

A comprehensive, highly visual curriculum sequence designed to prepare high school special needs students for employment. It covers critical social-emotional and practical work skills, starting with the job interview process and continuing with key on-the-job expectations, workplace etiquette, and self-advocacy.

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Handling the Urge

Teaches emotional self-regulation and visual strategies for coping with internal urges to make noises during quiet classroom work blocks.

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A school-wide practice tracker document enabling teachers and specialists to monitor and reinforce the 'Can I...' script across various environments in Grades K-2.

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