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New Special Ed Teacher Questions
Help for Special Educators - August 02, 2019 06:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsToday’s interview is inspiring and helped me remember why I went into teaching in the first place! I spoke with Kaylene Durbin, a college student who wants to teach both special ed and general ed. She shares how her college professor not only helped her decide on special education, but how to ha...
Teaching Math in a Special Ed Classroom
Help for Special Educators - June 29, 2019 08:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsToday I talk about beginning math concepts, specifically how to help your special ed kiddos who have a hard time moving from counting objects to beginning addition. I talk about how to introduce adding by counting pictures on dots, with lots of hands-on activities and supplemental lessons before...
Co-Teaching and Inclusion Strategies
Help for Special Educators - June 15, 2019 07:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsIn episode 11, I talk to Jenn Hunter about co-teaching and inclusion strategies in a resource setting. Jenn explains six approaches/models for co-teaching to better serve students and shares how to get off to a great start with your co-teacher. We get into the differences between accommodations ...
Schedules and Lesson Planning
Help for Special Educators - June 01, 2019 08:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsPart 3 of the Series: Self-Contained Schedules Today we are going to finish our Self-Contained Schedule series with part 3, which is about schedules and lesson planning. I continue the discussion from last week on station rotations by extending it to a new schedule/lesson plan overview I use for...
Small Group Rotation Schedule Ideas
Help for Special Educators - May 25, 2019 08:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsIn this episode, which is Part 2 of the Self-Contained Schedule Series, I am excited to really go deep on how to set up small group stations in your self-contained special ed class. Over the years I found that teaching with small groups was the most effective way to maximize time with my student...
Eight Tips to Create a Daily Schedule in a Special Ed Class
Help for Special Educators - May 18, 2019 07:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis episode is the first in a series all about schedules. Lisa Goodell gives eight tips to help you create a daily schedule for your self-contained special ed classroom. She discusses how to plan everything out and what information is helpful to gather ahead of time. She touches on inclusion/ma...
Talk Data to Me: Data Collection in a Kindergarten Special Ed Class
Help for Special Educators - May 11, 2019 07:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsHost Lisa Goodell interviews Marisa Iannaccone, a special ed teacher in Portland. We talk about how Marisa collects data in her self contained classroom with all kindergarteners on both behavior and progress monitoring for IEP goals and how it has changed from her first year to her second as a s...
Tools to Improve Parent Communication
Help for Special Educators - May 04, 2019 07:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsIn Episode 6, learn about a number of tools you can use to improve parent communication in your classroom. Newsletters, communication booklets, check-off lists, phone calls, emails, and apps are all discussed in Lisa Goodell's interview with Petra Albaza, a middle school special ed teacher. Go t...
How to Support Students with Behavior Plans
Help for Special Educators - April 27, 2019 07:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsI had a fascinating conversation with Cassie Leutenegger, a behavior support teacher, regarding how she works with students with behavior plans and their general ed teachers. She teaches students in K-5, and works with students who have ADHD, emotional behavior disorder (EBD) or Autism in a spec...
Six Steps to Build an Inclusive School Garden
Help for Special Educators - April 20, 2019 07:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsDawn Ellis of Cultivating Exceptional Minds has developed a school garden that is inclusive of all types of disabilities. Hear about many ways the garden is used to provide real-life learning activities for the whole school, in all subject areas. Moreover, students are more engaged during lesso...
Ideas for Teaching Autism
Help for Special Educators - April 14, 2019 07:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsIn podcast episode #3, I chat with Nikki Robertson, who is an autism teacher in Wales, UK. She teaches 3-7 year olds at an autism school (with students aged 3-19 years old). She gives many tips and ideas to use in an autism classroom with almost all students who are nonverbal. She shares what a ...
Tips for Creating Your Own Curriculum
Help for Special Educators - April 06, 2019 07:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsIn this episode I have a conversation with Ashley Lutz, who has been a middle school self-contained special ed teacher for 7 years, working with students with intellectual disabilities. We talk about how she didn’t have any curriculum in her first year and how she creates and differentiates mate...
How to Start your own Autism Support Group and Community Autism Event (and Podcast Introduction)
Help for Special Educators - April 01, 2019 07:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsWelcome to the first episode!! I am publishing this on the first of April and April is Autism month. So to kick the month off, I had a conversation with Tiffany Manha, a speech teacher, and autism mom, about how she started an Autism Family Support Group in our town about 8 years ago, which is ...
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