Are you an autism or special education professional? Are you a teacher looking for support and new ideas? Or a therapist? You may even be a parent, family member or carer. This podcast is perfect to help you find out more information, support and get some of your questions answered.
Today on the podcast is an episode that is really important to me.. Teachers, Enjoy Your Summer Break! And it’s something that I feel really passionately about. It is so easy these days to think that we need to sacrifice our summer break and keep working. Many teachers even admit to going into school to […]
Today on the podcast I’m discussing ending the school year positively. Let’s face it, the end of the school year can be tough, stressful and very overwhelming. And it’s very easy to start feeling really negative and just wishing those last few days away. But the end of the year is the perfect opportunity for […]
I am so excited today to be sharing my 5 must-do’s for the new school year. I always get asked about what my to-do list looks like for the new school year. And while I do have a list longer than 5 items – because let’s face it, who doesn’t? I do have a priority […]
I am so excited to be sharing my 5 end of year tips for special education teachers in this podcast episode. It’s really important to have a good plan in place for the end of the school year. One reason being is that it will help you to have a more relaxed summer – and […]
I think it’s safe to say we all know how hard it is keeping students engaged at the end of the year. Over the years, I’ve really tried a number of different strategies – and used a lot of trial and error – to help with this. And today I am so excited to share […]
Today on the podcast I am sharing my top 5 tips for transitioning students to a new classroom or even school. Transition can be tough – not just for the student, but for their family too. And that’s why I always like to be organized and prepared in advance for transitioning, to make it a […]
Welcome to my ‘Making Reading Fun’ mini podcast series. Today on the podcast I’m talking all about the ‘Book Creator’ app for the third and final episode in this mini series. So many of you have been reaching out to me on Instagram asking how do I get my students to love reading and story […]
Welcome to my ‘Making Reading Fun’ mini podcast series. Today on the podcast I’m talking all about sensory stories for the second episode in this mini series. So many of you have been reaching out to me on Instagram asking how do I get my students to love reading and story time so much. And […]
Welcome to my ‘Making Reading Fun’ mini podcast series. Today on the podcast I’m talking all about story sacks for the first episode in this mini series. So many of you have been reaching out to me on Instagram asking how do I get my students to love reading and story time so much. And […]
In this podcast episode today I’m talking about why you need to stop being a yes person! (Teacher edition, of course!) I don’t know about you, but I spent many years being a yes person. I feel like within the education world, it’s just in our blood. We always want do whatever we can help […]
Today on the podcast I am sharing 5 secrets to a happy classroom with you. Now it’s not all sunshine and rainbows in the classroom all day, everyday. But there are some great ways that you can ensure your classroom is a positive and welcoming place for students and staff too. I’m always asked what […]
On the podcast today I am answering a question that gets sent to me a lot.. ‘Why is early intervention important?’ Early intervention is becoming a more well known subject to talk about in the education world. But it might still be overwhelming if you are unsure about what the term is, who it’s for […]
Today on the podcast I am talking all about delegating jobs to classroom staff. This is a really important subject to cover. Because I think it’s very easy for us to feel like we have to do all of the things. But, we have some amazing staff in our teams – and we should be […]
Another ‘new’ thing that has been thrown at us this year are online meetings. And today I am so excited to share my 10 virtual IEP meeting tips with you in this podcast episode. My tips will hopefully help you to have positive, professional and stress-free virtual IEP Meetings. Whether you are doing IEP meetings […]
Today on the podcast I am talking all about why it’s ok to be angry. And that goes for our students, as well as us staff. Originally, I was going to do an episode that discussed all about feelings in general. But then recently I’ve been seeing a lot more discussions going on about anger […]
Today on the podcast I’m talking all about celebrating Chinese New Year in Special Ed. We love to celebrate Chinese New Year. And over the years, we’ve picked up lots of great ways to do it that really benefit the students. In this podcast, I’m sharing 5 ways that we celebrate with our students and […]
I’m always asked about teaching world holidays in special ed. And so in this episode today, I’m sharing my top 7 reasons why I teach about holidays around the world with my students. I’m also including some links down below for you to check out some of the different activities we do, and ways that […]
I am so excited on the podcast today to be sharing 5 self-care ideas for teachers to try. Last week I was talking all about setting personal goals. And how we need to remember that we are people too – and our professions do not define us. So, I thought it was fitting this week […]
I am so shocked by the amount of education professionals who are no longer setting personal goals for the year ahead. We get so caught up doing all the things in our professional lives, that sometimes we forget that we have personal lives too! So, although this podcast episode is a little late for the […]
I think we all share the same pain of classroom rules after break. Any break. Whether it’s winter break or summer. It seriously has an effect on our classroom rules and the expectations that we have set for our students. I’m always getting questions about why students have changed so much after a school break. […]
I am so excited to sharing my top 5 teacher planning tips with you in this podcast episode. If you follow me on social media, or even on here, you’ll know I love to plan. I’m a very over the top planner. But it honestly makes my life so much easier when I have things […]
Many of us are still virtual teaching – or we’re about to go back virtual teaching. So I thought today I would share 5 ways to take data during virtual teaching that will help make your life easier! Data is a huge part of our jobs. We need it for so many different reasons in […]
Today on the podcast I am sharing 5 parent teacher relationship breakdown tips (plus a bonus!) for you. This is a really important topic because it’s a situation that pretty much everyone may find themselves in at some point or another in their career. Maybe you will have a parent teacher relationship breaks down – […]
Have you been wondering about using virtual field trips in special education? If so, this podcast episode today is the perfect listen for you. My students love to go on field trips. And we usually go on one every week. This works well for us – it breaks up our week,. gets us outside and […]
I’m always getting asked how to use social narratives with our students – either in school or at home. So I decided to dedicate this podcast episode today to talk all about them and to share my experience with them. I have been using social narratives with my students for as long as I can […]
Today on the podcast I am sharing some tips for improving teacher mental health. This weekend was World Mental Health Day. And it was both saddening and amazing to talk to educators all around the world who have struggled with mental health, mainly because of our chosen career. Recent research and reports state that 1 […]
Lots of you have been asking for ways you can be using paraprofessionals for distance learning. In this quick episode I’m sharing different ideas and ways to use your assistants to help take some of the workload off you, and have a positive and successful year as a team. The main thing that I say […]
I am so excited today to share my autism behavior unit success with you all. I currently work part time as an autism specialist in a behavior unit in America. We have staff who specialize in different areas working together as a team with students who are deemed to have beaviors that are too challenging […]
I’m so excited today to be sharing some ideas for how you can be celebrating students birthdays online this year. I don’t know about you but every year I look forward to being able to celebrate my students birthdays with them in the classroom. But with us now being virtual, it’s a little different and […]
Today on the podcast I’m talking with Lisa Honold all about cyber safety and screen time management. Lisa is a cyber safety expert and certified parent educator who teaches parents how to stop fighting with kids over screen time so they can get back to having fun together. As the Director for the Center for […]
I am so excited to welcome Cassie from Adventures in Behavior to the podcast today to talk all about using ABA in instruction. Cassie is in her 8th year as a special education teacher and has previously been on the podcast to talk all things behavior when she was working as a behavior specialist teacher. […]
Today on the podcast I’m talking all about ways that you can keep your students active during online learning. Online learning poses a lot of challenges for us. One of these is being able to keep our students engaged and actively participating in our online lessons. We all know how hard that can be for […]
Today in this podcast episode I’m talking all about reward systems for online learning. Almost every student responds positively to having a reward system in place. And in your classroom, you may have a whole class reward system, or you may have individual reward systems, or you may even have both. My biggest tip to […]
In this podcast episode I am sharing my top 10 best tips for helping you and your students prepare for returning to the classroom after school closures. It’s safe to say that the last few months have been a little bit crazy for all of us. Schools closures and distance learning have meant that we […]
This school year is probably going to look different for all of us. But one thing I’m seeing is how anxious a lot of us are about schools re-opening. So today on the podcast I’m sharing questions to ask for schools re-opening. I sat down – over a Zoom session – to speak to a […]
One of the biggest struggles I’m hearing from autism and special education teachers right now is keeping students engaged for distance learning. And I admit, I struggled at first too. How was I going to keep them engaged and learning over a computer screen? Thankfully, after some problem solving and taking a short break, I […]
With distance learning set to continue in some shape or form, a lot of teachers I know are worried about building relationships with new students. And I know how you feel. We usually visit students in other schools if they’re moving, have taster days where they come to visit us. We have meet the teacher […]
One of the most important parts of distance learning is communicating with families of our students. For me, personally, I have found that distance learning was such a success because we had that strong, ongoing communication between us. And in this podcast episode I’m going to be sharing my best tips for communicating with families […]
Today on the podcast I am sharing my special education distance learning experience with you. If you follow me on Instagram you’ll have seen recently that I’ve been getting a bunch of questions, and while I’ve been doing my best to answer them all, I’ve also noticed that a lot of the questions are pretty […]
In today’s podcast episode I am sharing my top 5 visuals for the classroom. Whether you work in a special ed classroom, an autism classroom, or even a general ed classroom. Visuals are beneficial to everyone. The 5 visuals that I am discussing today are the ones that I have found to be the most […]
Today on the podcast, I’m talking all about why teaching fine motor skills is so important. I recently touched on this lightly over on my Instagram but I had a lot of requests to go more in depth. Which is why I’m bringing you this episode today. What Am I Talking About? In this episode, […]
Today on the podcast I’m talking all about how to use a word wall in the classroom. I see so many teachers and classrooms set up word walls, but then get lost in how to use one – and how often they should be using them. On the Podcast Today In today’s podcast episode, I […]
I’m often asked for ideas and advice for managing behaviors during recess. A lot of us assume that all of our students love being outside for playtime or recess. But, often, it’s the time where we can see most of the challenging behaviors from our students. In today’s podcast episode, I’m sharing my best tips […]
In today’s podcast episode I’m sharing my special education class schedule. This is something that’s requested from me a lot. And the main reason I don’t give it to you all exactly like I do it, is because everyone is different. All of our students, classes and school days are different. Which means there’s not […]
One of the most common questions that I get asked are for teacher resource prep tips. How to make resource prep quicker? Or easier? Over the years, I’ve pretty much tried everything you can imagine. And so today I’m sharing my top 10 best tips for how you can make resource prep a less daunting […]
There have been many occasions over the years when I’m visiting teachers, education professionals and classrooms that I have been asked ‘What are life skills?’ People often assume that these skills are just tasks like brushing your teeth or hair, or being able to feed yourself. But, there’s actually a lot more to these skills […]
I am so excited for today’s social and emotional learning podcast episode with Robin Fox from Social Eyes. Robin has 37 years of experience teaching and today is talking all about social eyes, and social and emotional learning. What Are We Talking About? Social Eyes Introduction What is social and emotional learning? Social and emotional […]
I don’t know about you, but there are so many therapies for autism and special education teachers to use now that it can get overwhelming very quickly. Which ones should we use? When should we do them? How can we fit them into our schedules? This was us a few years ago. Trying to do […]
I am beyond excited to have Barbara Fernandez from SmartyEars and SmartySymbols on the podcast today. We are talking about using symbols to communicate and build language, as well as AAC. Barbara is a speech pathologist, and she is a wealth of knowledge for using visuals, symbols, apps and different ways to communicate. This podcast […]
I know most of you will read the title of this podcast ‘Stop School Attendance Rewards’ and panic. Maybe you’re using them and you like them. And if so, you may not know how negative these rewards can be. So today, I’m going to be telling you why I think you should STOP school attendance […]
Do you know why sensory play is important for all students and children to access? Don’t worry if not. Me and Becky Lyddon, the founder of Sensory Spectacle, are going to talk to you all about it in this podcast episode. What Are We Talking About? In this podcast episode, we are talking all about; […]
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