Communication is the cornerstone of literacy, developing friendships, being independent, and so much more. Strive to make your classroom as communication friendly as possible. Work towards giving your students as many opportunities to practice building communication skills as possible.   

4 Ways to Create a Communication Friendly Classroom:

1. Give everyone a voice. 

2. Embed and support communication opportunities throughout the day. 

3. Setup engaging and high interest activities.  

4. Make it a team endeavor.

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The Autism Helper Professional Development Membership is open for enrollment from 9/8 - 9/14. Join the community of hundreds of educators, clinician, and parents all dedicated to creating the best learning environment for their students. In this episode, I share some behind the scenes on why I created the membership and how the membership has evolved in the last two years. I also share how current members are utilizing the membership for staff training, collaboration, and more!   

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Independent work is an essential component to any classroom. It teaches students the important life skill of working on their own while allowing maintenance on previously mastered skills. It also allows the teacher to work one on one with other students, train staff, or run small groups.

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The start of the year is overwhelming and it may feel tempting to try to create a detailed and thorough data system right away. Instead focus on establishing rapport and relationships with your students. Data will come! In this episode, I share the 4 pillars for setting up your data systems in the start of the year. These are simple decisions and action steps to take that will allow you to focus on the start of the year rapport while getting your data systems pointed in the right direction.

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Three members of the Professional Development Membership group share actionable tips and strategies to bring into your classroom. Parent, Vidya Banerjee gives us 3 ways that teachers can support parents and families. Special Education Teacher, Jamie Palmer shares why not to be a yes person and what to do when asked to do all of the things. Finally, Special Education Teacher, Siera Miller discusses 3 ways to embed communication.

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In this episode, I chat with special education teacher, Jacqueline Asbury, a member of The Autism Helper Professional Development Membership. Jacqueline shares some of the silver linings of distance learning and what she will be bringing back to the classroom this school year.

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Last school year was extremely tough for educators and student. There have been countless changes to routines and unexpected transitions. Returning to school this fall, it’s important to think about how to make this return as smooth as possible. In this episode, I share my best practices for the back to school season and why these principles are more important now than ever.

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Most of my years in teaching embraced the philosophy of - just ask. If you ask nicely and politely, there is no risk. You may get told no, but you may get told yes. This philosophy sent me to great trainings, gave me the chance to set up a life skills room, and helped me spend less of my own money on my classroom.

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Working with other adults is sometimes the hardest part of the job. As a teacher you need to collaborate effectively with other clinicians. I have been lucky to be able to work with some amazing clinicians over the years. This made the process of collaboration so much smoother. But I’ve also had some struggles with different clinicians throughout the years as well. In this episode, I dive into the good and difficult experiences of collaborating and talking about my experience collaborating with other clinicians as a BCBA.

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Listener request for me to share some of my funniest moments teaching! While sharing some funny stories, I realized that all of these moments are times when my students were uniquely themselves and refreshingly honest. I love all of these little moments when my students’ personalities would really shine through.

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