Before we get into the details of sensory rooms, it helps if we understand why sensory rooms were invented in the first place. Children in the autistic spectrum have often been described as engaging in repetitive actions, such as hand flapping, hair twirling and skin picking, often referred to as "s [...]
#20 Two Individualize with Station Teaching There are as many ways to co-teach as there are types of students. The same is true of Station Teaching. Depending on the rapport between co-teachers and the atmosphere of the classroom, variations on Station Teaching can be used to maximize student succes [...]
#19 One to Manage Logistics — One for Safety and Questions Some classroom activities, such as experiments in physics or chemistry or maintenance activities in a computer class, involve having students work with equipment or materials that could cause harm if not used correctly. At the elementary lev [...]
#18 Two Facilitate Group Process and Collect Data Use this co-teaching implementation to ensure the success of student group work and cooperative learning activities. You’ll know which students are doing well with the material, who might need help, and how individual students are interacting within [...]
Ask any non-profit, and they will tell you — one of their biggest challenges is recruiting and retaining a dedicated team of volunteers. Between limited resources for recruitment campaigns, the time constraints of your volunteers, burnout, personality differences, and on and on… it can be hard to fi [...]