Classroom Setup: Early Childhood Self-Contained Special Education

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9 ай бұрын

Optimize your early childhood self-contained special education classroom setup with insights from The Autism Helper team member, Michelle! This video unveils a comprehensive guide to preparing your classroom for the upcoming school year. Gain invaluable insights into organizing independent work centers, effective direct instruction center setup, creating a calming environment, mastering circle time, and employing visual aids for toileting. Empower your teaching approach with proven techniques for a successful and nurturing learning space.
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@tnh4235 9 ай бұрын

Brilliant! As a speech therapist, I wish the classrooms I see were more like yours!

@theautismhelper 9 ай бұрын

That's so sweet of you to say! Thank you 🥰

@melanieshaw7577 9 ай бұрын

How do you run your first day/week and how do you teach them all of these centres?

@theautismhelper 9 ай бұрын

We start the routine on day one. I don’t teach my center and put something engaging like toys or iPads for at least a week so I can help with transitions and teaching students how to stay at the centers. We use a lot of visuals and reinforcements! Independent centers start with errorless tasks including errorless boom cards so that we can build behavior momentum. It’s all hands on deck that first week of school with the center rotations 😊.

@user-sc1oi9nr3w 9 ай бұрын

Hi! Can we see a break down of the independent schedules and what your class schedule looks like for the day? Sorry if you have shown this already. I am new here. Thank you

@theautismhelper 9 ай бұрын

Absolutely! Michelle will work on a new video on this to be uploaded soon! Thank you for the suggestion - we are happy you are here! ❤️

@Raquel-jg6wt 2 ай бұрын

Totally impressed and love all the visuals

@theautismhelper 2 ай бұрын

Great to hear! Hope this was helpful!

@angelazecchin8001 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!!! Some many great ideas…love the color coding and how simple you made it!! Please keep sharing…you have awesome information 😊

@theautismhelper 9 ай бұрын

SO glad to hear this was helpful! Thanks for watching!

@robinaswad2726 9 ай бұрын

Your classroom set up and your management skills are impressive. Thank you! ATEAM Robin

@theautismhelper 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@michellelindenmuth6566 9 ай бұрын

Thank you Robin!

@ely_wannadie2551 9 ай бұрын

Such an amazing space !

@theautismhelper 9 ай бұрын

Right?! She's done an amazing job!

@maggyt5605 9 ай бұрын

It looks great!! Thank you for sharing

@theautismhelper 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@tmorrow6512 4 ай бұрын

Excellent video and your classroom is so bright and inviting. I see that it's elementary. What about classroom setup for middle school?

@user-lj5sx5ez3j 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing your classroom Michelle. It is very helpful.

@theautismhelper 4 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

@jenpringle8371 12 күн бұрын

I'm exhausted by managing schedule pieces! I LOVE the schedules for your kids. Are they available on TPT? Thank you!!

@theautismhelper 10 күн бұрын

Made this custom for my class. I suggest using PowerPoint to set it up!

@ms.reyessuniqueclassroom6531 9 ай бұрын

How do you teach the students how to use the independent centers? What are the other students doing when you're explicitly teaching independent centers? Great space!

@theautismhelper 9 ай бұрын

Good question! We actually have a video all about this. How to Get Students Ready for Independent Work: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i5OBncpjrNGmoZc.html

@esrac7075 8 ай бұрын

I am a special education teacher in Turkey, I am grateful if I can find a chair where I can sit in the classroom and a chair and table for my students to sit at.

@theautismhelper 8 ай бұрын

Your students are lucky to have you! ❤️

@prxbabii 4 ай бұрын

Where can I find a the schedule you have that they carry around? I love it!!!

@theautismhelper 4 ай бұрын

Made this custom for my class. I suggest using powerpoint to set it up!

@iniyanis Ай бұрын

I wish you can help make gen ed classes like this!!

@theautismhelper Ай бұрын

Hope this is helpful! Thanks for watching!

@melissacampos7263 9 ай бұрын

Hi I love this. But what does putting the popsicle sticks in the container do for the child? And how do you know it is good for a child?

@theautismhelper 8 ай бұрын

Great question! Tasks like these are called Errorless Tasks. Errorless tasks are great for beginning learners to teach how to initiate and build independent working skills. I use these at the beginning of the school year with my students who are learning independent centers. Once they have built the independent skills and I have assessed their skills, we fade to more appropriate skills that are functional life skills. I hope that helps! 🙂

@mariluhernandez6448 8 ай бұрын

It’s also a fine motor activity

@LL-fc5fo 9 ай бұрын

Suggestions for K-5 in self contained class?

@theautismhelper 9 ай бұрын

Yes! This set up can be done with K-5. First, pair students up with similar goals so that you can easily differentiate academics (this is why I love The Autism Helper Leveled Daily Curriculum: shop.theautismhelper.com/pages/curriculum). For independent centers, you can do non-errorless independent tasks for older students if they are at that level. The Autism Helper’s Work Task System has a great way to differentiate for such a wide spectrum of students: shop.theautismhelper.com/products/work-task-system-for-a-special-ed-classroom Also, Boom Cards can be easily differentiated for independent tasks. I set up separate classrooms on the website and assign daily. It is quick and easy for me to do differentiated tasks. shop.theautismhelper.com/collections/digital-resources Instead of a play center, you could incorporate a leisure center with various sensory related items, a bean bag chair, light table, and puzzles! I hope this helps!

@lexyfox9598 4 ай бұрын

how many aides do you have? and how many students?

@lexyfox9598 4 ай бұрын

we have 12 students n 2 aides .we have the same circle time set up but our students still elope. and we dont have aides to seat behind them. then centers is a hastle too because we have 3 centers n all.kids dont seat down

@theautismhelper 4 ай бұрын

2 aides!

@theautismhelper 4 ай бұрын

Work on FBA for students that are eloping.

@mariluhernandez6448 8 ай бұрын

You are awesome, but that’s way too many kids based on chairs in your group area and your strips for independent work.

@theautismhelper 8 ай бұрын

I don't have control over the number of students that our classroom is assigned. No matter the number, my team and I do our best to make it a safe and productive learning environment for all of them. We also have more visual schedules/chairs than students to be prepared, because we often have students added to our room throughout the year. Thanks for watching!