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Every wonder what the importance of brain breaks are? Or the definition of sensory integration? Many students that special education teachers work with have sensory needs and occupational therapy as related services. Today, we are talking to Mackenzie Earl, an occupational therapist answering questions about sensory integration, collaboration, and activities to help with students who have sensory needs.

In this episode you will learn:

• What is a school-based occupational therapist?
• What is sensory integration?
• How to incorporate sensory strategies in the classroom
• How to collaborate with related service providers to meet students needs
• Sensory integration ideas for the home and school
• The importance of brain breaks

Additional Links and Resources

Sensory Integration Freebie

HWWT Notebook Paper

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Instagram: @therapy_kids

Website: www.therapykidsnc.com (coming soon)

Email: [email protected]

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Do you feel like you are constantly pulled in a million different directions and struggle to find balance in your life?

In today's world, there are constant distractions and things deemed urgent that make us feel as if we need to do more and accomplish everything...well, now! However, that just isn't the case and doesn't have to be your normal.

In today's episode, I will be sharing with you 6 easy and practical tips that can help you ditch the feeling of overwhelm and inadequacy and add balance and structure to your life.

Ready to dive in?

In this episode you will learn:

• How to let perfectionism go
• The necessity of taking the time to unplug
• The importance of taking time to exercise
• How to set priorities for each day
• The importance of focusing on one thing at a time

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If you are loving the podcast, I would be really grateful if you left me a review over on iTunes, too. Those reviews help other teachers find my podcast and I love hearing what you think about the podcast as well. Just click here to review, select "Ratings and Reviews" and "Write a Review" and let me know what part of the podcast you found to be the most helpful!

Have you heard about Boom Cards, but have no idea what they really are or how to use them? If that sounds like you, this episode is one you don't want to miss. Hallie Sherman from Speech Time Fun has joined me today and is sharing all of her expertise on Boom cards and how you can start using them in your classroom today.

For those of you who don't know Hallie, Hallie is a licensed speech-language pathologist who has worked with children from preschool to high school, in both schools and home-based agencies. She's been at her current New York public school district for almost a decade, handling a caseload of 65+ fifth and sixth graders every year. She's also the creator of Speech Time Fun providing teachers all over the world with resources they can use in their classroom.

In this episode you will learn:

• What Boom Cards are and how they can benefit you and your students
• How you can get started with Boom Cards in your classroom or with distance learning
• How to integrate Boom Cards with Google Classroom
• How you can stay motivated during distance learning
• About Hallie's self-care regimen and how she shows up for herself each day

Additional Links and Resources

Boom Learning: https://wow.boomlearning.com

YouTube video about Google Classroom: https://youtu.be/2T-TlEL8FnY

Connect with Hallie

Boom Resources: http://bit.ly/STF-boomcardscategoryTPT

Boom Freebie: http://bit.ly/STF-contextcluesboomfreebie

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instagram.com/speechtimefun

facebook.com/speechtimefun

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If you are loving the podcast, I would be really grateful if you left me a review over on iTunes, too. Those reviews help other teachers find my podcast and I love hearing what you think about the podcast as well. Just click here to review, select "Ratings and Reviews" and "Write a Review" and let me know what part of the podcast you found to be the most helpful!

Are you having a hard time adjusting to this whole work at home thing like I am? It can totally affect your mindset and the adjustment to the new routine can be taxing. Though, it is important we make sense of this new normal and work with our circumstances instead of against them. Not sure where to start? Well, listen closely friend because I am going to be sharing with you 6 easy steps you can implement this week to be more active mentally and physically during this challenging time.

In this episode you will learn:

• The importance of checking in with friends and family members
• To take the time out of your day to spend time in nature
• About the importance of connecting with people through Facebook groups and within your neighborhood
• How you can start implementing the hobbies you never had time for
• The ways you can finetune a craft that you have been wanting to master
• How to build a routine to keep your space clutter-free and organized

Additional Resources

Free Distance Learning Guide For Special Ed Teachers

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If you are loving the podcast, I would be really grateful if you left me a review over on iTunes, too. Those reviews help other teachers find my podcast and I love hearing what you think about the podcast as well. Just click here to review, select "Ratings and Reviews" and "Write a Review" and let me know what part of the podcast you found to be the most helpful!

Are you at a loss about where to begin when it comes to distance learning? Trust me, you are not alone. Recently we've made a huge leap into distance learning and this has been a major adjustment for teachers especially if you have no idea where to begin.

My good friend Melissa Campbell from The Campbell Connection will be with us today and sharing how to get started with Google Classroom as well as other digital tools you can use during this time.

In this episode you will learn:

• The benefits of Google Classroom and how you can use it to your advantage
• How to adapt Google Classroom for students who are nonverbal or have trouble writing complete sentences
• How to create quizzes, assign work and monitor student progress, and how to communicate with students in real-time in Google Classroom
• About Seesaw, another digital platform you can use in addition to or instead of Google Classroom
• Platforms to use to meet virtually with students

Links and Resources mentioned in the episode:

Google Classroom Setup in 3 Easy Steps Blog Post

Seesaw

Zoom

Google Meet

Online Voice Recorder

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Connect with Melissa

Campbell Connection IG

Campbell Connection BLOG

Campbell Connection TPT

Connect with Dawn

My Digital Products

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If you have or work with children you know they can become anxious especially amidst the COVID19 pandemic. Dr. Josh Whitman has the practical and common sense advice you need to have conversations about coronovirus with kids.

Communication is good - and you are the expert that your kids want to hear from on this stuff.

Download this Free Checklist to help you have the conservation with kids and help them talk through what they are feeling.

Dr. Joshua Whitman is a former school administrator and also has a background in crisis management among many other accomplishments.

To educate yourself more about this topic check out these links:

Medium Article was written by Dr. Whitman

Podcast with Same Harris

John Hopkins Info Center

Free Resources for kids to learn about COVID 19

COVID Social Narrative

COVID Vocabulary

Activities for Students with Special Needs

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Being a resource teacher... No two days are the same. There is always a surprise from a student just around the corner. It could be learning a new skill or it could be a new behavior that needs to be redirected. You never know.

There are several important aspects of being a resource room teacher. Today, I would like to share with you some of the ones I find most important when working with my students.

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In this episode, guest Kristi DeRoche is talk all about classroom organization, strategies to have the best day ever, and benefits of a digital planner.

Want to set up your day for success? Or learn about strategies to keep your classroom organizers? Want to keep track of all you do in a digital format?

Find Kristi DeRoche's Blog, IG and TPT here!

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In this episode, Ronnie from A Teacher's Wonderland, discusses how to include general education teachers in the IEP process, ways to protect yourself from due process, and STEM activities that any teacher can use in their classroom.

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