Free Halloween Social Stories
If you celebrate Halloween, a social story can be a great way to help your child know what to expect for the holiday. These short, simple...
Teach Your Child to Use a Picture Schedule with a First-Then Board
Picture schedules are a great way to help students with autism know what to expect in a class, during the school day, on a shopping trip,...
Video Modeling to Teach New Skills (And Possibly a Good Approach for Online Learning)
Hi everyone! I've been using the teaching strategy of video modeling for years and it's a great, evidence-based practice for students...
Ways Adults with Autism Cope with Stress
I recently read an interesting research article that discussed coping strategies used by adults with “high-functioning” autism. What I...
Choice-Making and Motivation
I teach a college course for special education teachers that primarily focuses on classroom and behavior management. One of the topics we...
Increasing Independence with Written Prompts
Since most of my students on the spectrum are stronger visual learners (rather than auditory learners), I've been starting to give more...
Priming: A Way to Introduce New Activities to Students with Autism
Priming is a strategy that we can use to help a student with autism prepare for upcoming activities. With priming, you're essentially...
