Social Safety Signals

A comprehensive 10th-grade transition planning sequence focused on developing independent living skills through community navigation and transportation mastery. Students progress from basic map reading and app usage to planning complex trips and identifying essential community resources.

A highly supportive, adapted literature study of Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery.' This lesson contains a simplified, guided text with margin prompts, interactive slide deck, heavy vocabulary scaffolding cards, leveled task cards, a structured assessment, and a comprehensive teacher guide.

An interactive slide deck featuring visual supports, structured prompt slides, and scaffolded discussion questions for teaching 'The Lottery'.

A 4-week social-emotional learning sequence designed for a transition-age student with significant cognitive and social-emotional disabilities. Focuses on body awareness, concrete physical calming, non-verbal functional communication, and highly simplified problem-solving.

A research-based challenge to locate essential community services and create a personal resource map.

An accommodated, high-contrast, structured comprehension assessment featuring vocabulary matching, simplified multiple-choice questions, and scaffolded sentence frames.

A library orientation and digital systems training program with two distinct pathways: a full-length collaborative workshop and a 4-part asynchronous self-paced track, utilizing identical physical and digital materials.

Students plan a complete journey to a specific destination, managing time, transfers, and costs.

Hands-on scaffolded task cards grouped into 4 distinct cognitive levels (Recall, Explain, Analyze, and Connect) to guide comprehension.

A comprehensive multi-day vocational transition unit designed for high school SPED students to differentiate between short-term jobs and long-term careers. The unit integrates scaffolded instruction, scenario analysis, and self-advocacy goal-setting aligned with IEP transition planning.

Explores alternative transportation like Uber and Lyft with a heavy focus on safety features and personal security.

Scaffolded vocabulary cards for 'The Lottery' containing definitions, visual symbols, and practice sentences designed for IEP students.