Work system

In February I blogged for the first time about what was actually INSIDE my work boxes. My first post focused specifically on "put in" work t...

This is a great work task for students working on fine motor skills in the Special Education classroom.

Check out how to set up a successful task box system and get access to the number one reason WHY it works for all levels!

Check out how to set up a successful task box system and get access to the number one reason WHY it works for all levels!

In our classroom we use a lot of task boxes, here are some of the box ideas we use. All of the boxes I have used are shoeboxes from the container store. http://www.containerstore.com/shop/closet/shoeStorage/shelf?productId=10001753&N=154 Clothespin Match Match the colored clothespins to the same color tub. Fine motor skills to open container and pull tubs apart. I got the clothespins at the dollar store, colored them with marker and borrowed modge-podge from out art classroom. Color Wheel…

Probably pretty similarly to most of you, when I started in my classroom 6 years ago, I had no materials. I was thrown into a chaotic classroom in the middle of the year with no curriculum, school supplies, or idea of what I was supposed to do! Luckily, shortly after I started, I was moved into a classroom that had been used for an after school program. In the closet, I found a bunch of miscellaneous junk, that I used to put together some of my first work tasks. And, these are still in…

If you teach special education you should be familiar with the "next dollar" method, or "dollar over" strategy. If not, well you should. :) Basically, the student looks at the number before the decimal point, counts out those dollars and then adds one more dollar for the change. Here is a work box that I use with my students for independent practice with the dollar over strategy (I got this wonderful idea from my mentor teacher!). All the materials needed are in this box. (index cards with…

Work Tasks for Children with Autism!

Classroom strategies for special education, resources for teachers, tips for teaching to the different levels & how to get students up and learning.

Quick, easy and cheap independent work tasks to put together!

Quick, easy and cheap independent work tasks to put together!

Work Boxes in Autism Classrooms are great to help students work towards independence! This article explains more on how, why, and what you should do next!

Work tasks are a great way to give our students with autism hands-on learning opportunities for very little or no money. This is especially important for our secondary learners, being that many of these skills can transfer to a work site or job environmen

Resources, tips, and materials to help you, help children with autism