Strengthen your students’ inference skills with these workbooks and flashcards! We’ve got all the tools you need to teach and develop students’ logical thinking and problem solving skills in the classroom or at home. This week only, save 20% on your purchase of these select inferen…

Teaching language skills is one of the most frequent needs for children with autism, but also one of the most misunderstood skillsets amongst both parents and practitioners. The desire to hear your learner speak in full sentences can be overwhelming, making it especially difficult to take a step bac…

Help your students practice answering who, what, where, when, and why questions with our favorite selection of  Wh-Question Flashcards! Each deck features vivid imagery and guided activity instructions. This week only, save 20% on your purchase of these select Wh-Question Flashcard Decks by using …

  By now, you must have seen or heard about this new steady spoon/ utensil that lets people with hand tremors eat without spilling and dropping their food. Liftware Level, a new motorized spoon, is designed for people who have limited hand and arm mobility because of Cerebral Palsy, Huntington&…

On more than one occasion, I’ve been in the situation that a student will only demonstrate a skill in my presence. And I’ve heard from other colleagues that they have had similar experiences. This is highly problematic. When it happens with one of my students, there is only one person I can blame: m…

Augmented reality for navigation is a hot topic in assistive technology.  In our analysis, we found that more than 600 articles on AR and assistive technology have been published since 2000, many within the past 5 years.  Why is that? What’s the big deal with AR, anyway?  In this article, we’ll take…

To know how to address a problem behavior in the classroom, you have to know the function driving the behavior. We’ve got books, guides and assessments to help you identity the ‘why’, so you can apply the ‘how’. Just use code FUNCTION20 at checkout, and get 20% off thes…

Though I typically work with elementary-aged children, I’m consistently thinking about what skills the child needs in order to be independent and ready to transition out of the school setting as an adult.  Sometimes, it may seem that it is too early to be thinking about adulthood when the child…

For people with motor neuron diseases like ALS, eye movement may become the only way to communicate with others. Of course, there are many eye tracking solutions available that can be used in such situations, however, those solution can be quite expensive and not many people can afford it. They also…

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A 32 year old woman in India, whose tuberculosis manifested in her spine, ended up with a curved posture that obstructed her spinal cord, resulting in progressive weakness in her limbs. The disease caused so much damage to her spine in 10 different vertebrae that there was no support between her sku…

Teaching can be incredibly overwhelming, especially in a special education classroom. Between paperwork, lesson planning, updating bulletin boards, and actually teaching, the day can get pretty hairy. Sometimes, that stress leads to a short temper, which can lead to a punitive classroom environment.…

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Parents of children with autism are faced with a wide range of choices when it comes to the education and support of their children. The most important question of all is who’s most qualified to work with your child? Although a great deal of research supports Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) as…