Functional Sight Word Comprehension and February Surprises!

Wow, there is so much going on and exciting stuff to share. First, I want to share a new set of materials with you and then I want to fill you in a special surprise for the month of February from a group of special education bloggers!

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DOs and DON'Ts for Responding to Challenging Behavior

It's been a while but I really want to try to finish up the 5 Steps to Meaningful Behavioral Support series with the final few posts on responding to challenging behavior considerations. Of course these posts will be interspersed with our Special Educator's Blog Hop coming in February for Valentine's Day and Workbasket Wednesday next week so it won't be too intense.

Oh those behaviors we can't just pretend don't happen! That kiddo who hits the kid next to him because it lights him up like a Christmas Tree that cries screams--"He hit me!" That girl who, in the middle of your instruction when you are working with another student, starts throwing your materials off the table including the scissors.

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Presenters in Autism and Special Education Worth Your Time and Money

Greetings from Vegas where I am currently attending the Applied Behavior Analysis International Autism conference and had the opportunity to attend a workshop by Linda LeBlanc on teaching receptive vocabulary skills to children with ASD. Some amazing stuff that I will share in a blog post in the future so stay tuned for that.

As promised, I am following up my last post about annual conferences that are great to attend for quality information about autism with a post about speakers that are definitely worth seeing.

In addition, we have a giveaway going on that you just might be interested in for sports. I've contributed some products you can enter to win and there will be more about that at the end of this post. More about that later.

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So Many Special Ed Conferences-So Little Time (and money): Which Are Worth It?

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Introducing Interactive Instruction for the Next Dollar Up Strategy

Many of you on Facebook have probably seen this new product that I completed and posted over the winter break. I wanted to give you a little bit more of a peek at the elements in it and why I am really excited about it. As you can see from the picture, there are a variety of activities all practicing the next dollar up strategy.
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January Workbasket Wednesday Link-up and a Freebie

It's that time again...time for Workbasket Wednesday. So get your posts ready bloggers, and readers grab a cup of your favorite beverage (keeping you warm on your cold and snow days in the north) and get ready to feed off my addiction to work tasks and the Dollar store (and pick up a freebie).

Sorry if that seemed a bit over the top. I think there are fumes in the Dollar store that rub off and stay with me for a few days. Many of you will have seen the picture below the link up icon that I posted earlier this week saying I was getting ready for this post. I went to the Dollar store and found that we are ready for Valentine's day. So, I grabbed up some stuff to make some new work baskets of all different types.

If you are a blogger, you don't need to go with any theme--any old work baskets, work boxes, or work tasks will do to link up. See the directions and the button to grab at the end of the post.
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Teaching Kids to Play With Toys: A Review of the Toybox Tools by Hasbro

Wow, I can't believe that winter break is over for most of us! Time for back to reality. I really meant to do this post well before the holiday but reality factored in a bit with a few other responsibilities. However, I wanted to make sure that folks didn't miss this amazing resource that is now available through Hasbro for teaching children (with autism as well as others who need assistance) to play with toys.

Let me be clear that Hasbro has not given or offered me anything to review their site. I happened to be present when they launched the program at the OCALICON in Ohio in November and was really excited by the idea. In looking at the site I'm even more excited by the possibilities. So, this is just a review to share with you the FREE resources available through the site and highlight some of the things I like and things I hope to see in the future from the group.
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