Ready to transform your classroom into an engaging and supportive learning environment?

Join us on this episode, where we explore the topic of setting up the classroom for success with Kelly Wilk-Downs.

Discover important tips and strategies to optimize the learning environment, from creating individual workspaces to mastering sound and lighting. Kelly also introduces the TEACCH method, a tool that benefits not only children with autism and ADHD but all students.

As occupational therapy practitioners, we can collaborate with teachers and administrators to implement these changes and facilitate student learning. 

Tune in to hear more about how design affects the classroom environment!

Listen now to learn the following objectives:

•  Learners will identify strategies for creating individual workspaces that meet the needs of different students. 
  
  
• Learners will identify the benefits of using visual supports, work systems, & sensory strategies within a classroom
  
  
• Learners will identify and understand the importance of classroom design in promoting structure and student success.

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