"What to Do When Someone Is Bothering You" Lesson Plan

A lesson plan teaches students how to respond appropriately to being annoyed, pestered, or intimidated by another student. Use these seven steps to guide you through teaching students self-advocacy skills.

http://www.tooloftheweek.org/2013/01/self-advocacy-what-to-do-when-someone-is-bothering-you.html

Sensory Idea: Weighted Stuffed Animal

A fun sensory idea from Autism Inspiration: http://www.autisminspiration.com/public/258.cfm

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ABA Online Tutorial

Learn the basics of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) at your own pace with Positively Autism's free online ABA tutorial! It covers effective strategies for teaching new skills and reducing problem behaviors and is helpful for both families and educators. http://www.positivelyautism.com/aba/

Emergency Information Form For Your Car

This is a form for parents, caregivers and schools to use for someone with autism. It gives complete details including where to find a lost autistic child or adult if they were to wander.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Emergency-Form-for-Car

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Autism Alert Zipper Pull Safety Button

45 Ideas For Classroom Friendly Fidget Toys

A great guide on using fidget toys in the classroom. These items can make great rewards/sensory tools for students wtih autism. http://media.becoakley.com/45%20Ideas%20For%20Classroom%20Friendly%20Fidget%20Toys.pdf

Social Skills and Autism Spectrum Disorders App List

Check out this extensive list on social skill apps for children with autism. A great resource! http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Social-Skills-and-Autism-Spectrum-Disorders-Application-List

Positively Autism also has a list of Apps here: http://www.positivelyautism.com/apps.html

Teaching Children to Understand and Respond to Feelings

A tipsheet from Sandbox Learning with some very helpful ideas!

http://www.sandbox-learning.com/FileLib/Teaching_Feelings.pdf

More Teaching Tools for Emotions:

Emotions Learning Cards

"Saying Hello to People" Social Skill Story

"Saying Hello to People" Social Skill Story Available Format: Adobe PDF

More Social Stories:

The New Social Story Book, Revised and Expanded 10th Anniversary Edition: Over 150 Social Stories that Teach Everyday Social Skills to Children with Autism or Asperger's Syndrome, and their Peers

Matching and Identifying Days and Months

This product can be used for students in early childhood classrooms or students with autism to aid in learning days of the week and months. This is good for students who can match words, pictures, or who struggle with writing. (Days of the week can be colored as well if a student can not yet match words). Students match the days/months and then respond to the statements "Today is____" and "The month is____." This can be used in a morning circle time or as an independent work task. Students can each be given their own copy of this to follow along (and keep little hands busy!) and/or it can be completed as a group activity.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Matching-and-Identifying-Days-and-Month-for-Kids-with-Autism

Musical Instruments PECS-type Images

Music teachers for schools are increasingly tasked with providing support to a variety of students but don’t always have the resources to provide supports for individuals with special needs. This set of visuals can also be used by early childhood caregivers to integrate music activities with communication opportunities as well as parents interacting with musical activities and their children. They are also great for teachers who include music activities in their classrooms. This set of visuals can be used as a point board or cut apart to use in an exchange system to make choices or requests for musical instruments.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Music-Visuals-for-Autism-Choices

Sensory Idea: Flour Balloon Fidget

A fun sensory idea from Autism Inspiration. http://www.autisminspiration.com/public/259.cfm

Note: please watch out for any small parts with younger children.

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Black History Month Bingo

Game can be used for speech articulation, fluency, and recall for older elementary and secondary students.

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Valentine Cards for Your Children or Students

Hand these caring notes out to your class on Valentine’s Day or save them for individual students in need of some kind words.

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/teacher-valentines

Positively Autism has FREE Valentine's Day social skill stories and activities! http://www.positivelyautism.com/free/valentineunit.html

Birthday Party Social Stories, Activities, and Visual Schedule

Help prepare your child for his/her own birthday party or another child's party with social stories, a visual schedule you can customize, and vocabulary activities. http://www.positivelyautism.com/free/unit_birthday.html

"Expected Behavior at the Playground for Students with Autism" Story

A picture story for positive behavior at a park or school playground. http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Expected-Behavior-at-the-Playground-for-Students-with-Autism


More social skills activities and resources are FREE from Positively Autism! http://www.positivelyautism.com/free/1free_social.html

Yes and No Questions Practice

Practice responding to yes/no questions with picture prompts. http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Yes-and-No-Questions-practice-for-Autism

"What to Expect on Valentine's Day" Social Skill Story

A social story about school Valentine's Day parties and giving valentine cards to others. http://www.positivelyautism.com/downloads/SocialStoryValentinesDay.pdf

Positively Autism has more Valentine's Day activities and Social Stories here: http://www.positivelyautism.com/free/valentineunit.html


For a fun Valentine Theme activity, check out Positively Autism's addition hearts file folder game!

Valentine's Day Vocabulary

A set of computer-based flashcards for common words associated with Valentine's Day. I show these to my students on at a time on a computer or tablet screen, and they really enjoy viewing them in this format. http://www.positivelyautism.com/free/ValentineUnit_Vocabulary.pdf

Find all of Positively Autism's Valentine's Day Social Stories and activities here: http://www.positivelyautism.com/free/valentineunit.html

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Thomas in Town: Valentine's Day in Vicarstown