I’m crying. I am going to be teaching students with Autism in a self contained class and been looking everywhere for ideas or to even see what teachers do in their class (for self contained and not gen Ed) and I FOUND YOU. I’m so happy. You have no idea how much I appreciate you making this video

Glad to see a video about what is going on in the room rather than focusing on the cute decorations😀

As a future SPED teacher, you inspire me!

My professor assigned us this video to watch because schools are not open for observations because of covid and this was really helpful. I learned a lot! I think I am starting to consider being a SPED teacher. Thank you!

As a mom of a special needs child I can attest that teachers are heroes!! With all the therapy, psychiatrist, psychologist and behavioral specialist it is teachers who give me hope in humanity. Supporting our children is supporting the entire family. Also, eventhough inclusion is the goal and most parents fear their kids being separated from their peers- a self-contained classroom has benefited my son tremendously. Observable progress after stalling in general education years before. Teachers like this are gifts to society!

Your classroom is beautiful. I love the simplicity, not being so overwhelmingly cluttered. I’m sure the children appreciate that.

I'm in a master's program for special education and your channel has BY FAR been the most helpful and informative to me! I literally cannot describe how much I appreciate you lol. So helpful, clear, articulate, solid tips and focusing on the real stuff.

“I’m not going to show you the decor and tell you where I bought it.” Me: YES THANK YOU

WOW it is so rare for a newbie to go from "desks and chairs" to your level of success and functionality. The field just bleeds personnel. You are a breath of fresh air! So nice not seeing an educator floundering, kicked down, and burned out. You should be an instructional/behavior coach one day!

As a Special Ed. Teacher, I can relate to the amount of effort you have put in to get to such a level. I really wish more educators would understand how hard we have to work for the learners to be comfortable and accommodated. I applaud you

I am about to be a Special Education Assistant in an Elementary School and I would like to say this video helped me from an expectancy standpoint. Thank You

I wish my son had u for his teacher You energy is contagious.

I have a special needs child who is non verbal and medical needs.I wish more teachers were as detailed as you are.😊

We're watching this as apart of my survey of special education teaching class in college and this has been the most helpful video yet!

Girl, you got me hooked the first five minutes of talking about what really matters in the classroom❤❤❤❤❤❤

at the beginning of ur vid u talked about being fresh out of college and not being able to find videos. I just graduated and I was on here looking for videos. I just want to say thank you because this was extremely helpful!! Coming from a future teacher who wants to teach in your exact type of classroom this was really insightful and i'm excited to check out more of ur vids!

🗣I’M SO GLAD I FOUND YOU! I left the classroom after 13 years and stayed away for a year. I’m working as a para this year to acclimate myself with the SPED world before I get my own self contained class in the fall. Thank you, thank you, thank you… relevant, practical information. Subscribed and following!!!!!!!

I'm studying to be a special education teacher. I LOVE the stamp/rewards system. Such a good idea to give them choices on their incentive. I especially love that every student gets a choice on an incentive even if a student didn't have the best day. I'm in a classroom management class and I need to create a classroom management plan. I am definitely adding your rewards system. I also love the dividers. I got so many great ideas from this video. Thank you.

As a retired special educator, -- WOW you are awesome -- great explanations -- also loved your comment about when you started -- i also had nothing -- I had to share my room! My favorite saying was "They didn't teach about that in teacher school".... you learn by the baptism of fire!!

I’m a Sped teacher for grades 4-6 and going into my 3rd year. I’m so glad I stumbled upon your page! So helpful, and you have sparked some many ideas for my class. Thank you!

I like the idea of personalized behaviour modification. I have seen many classes with a behavior chart (with attached tokens for good behaviour) for all kids - displayed in front of the whole class. Some have many tokens, some have few. I like your way better.

I can’t wait until I’m certified ! Although I’m going at a slower rate, I’m getting closer and closer each day.

This is my 1st time watching you and I am a "regular" teacher and I must say that I think your approaches are very helpful and basic. Which in my opinion is...awesome!!! I will be subscribing because I think I can learn alot from you. I am all about simplicity and effectiveness. Keep up the great work! Your are SO right about being thrown into classrooms and expected to perform miracles. We just want functionality as opposed to Pinterest decor.

This video was REALLY helpful!! I’m a first year special education teacher in an Intensive Resource Room that is being run as a self contained room for the remainder of the year!

As a preschool SPED teacher I'm loving these visuals!😍 so happy I found you!

Omg this intro 😭 you moving through the classroom hahah I love it

I’m a mom of a special needs child and I am also studying the praxis 0435 functional skills k-12. It’s also a position open at my school. I am so grateful I found your channel ❤️

Ok I'm 2:06 minutes in and realize how much I've needed this exact information. I'm the director of our special needs department at our church for the last 20 years. We getting ready to move to a new hall, new rooms and I have a beautiful mix of kids from 4 to 20 (not together lol) in two classrooms. Because I use volunteers, and the kids come and go...whew! there is constant change and training. I can say I'm thankful to have found your page!

I am a special education student and I am in high school and sometimes I wish we had a calming space in our classroom like you have created. I do not have autism but cerebral palsy and a couple other disabilities and my dream is to become a special education teacher in the future and I just love your channel it inspires me

This was a fun and inspiring video to watch. I am doing an assignment on this video for my Psychology of Students with Special Needs class for teacher licensure. I don't know if you were aware, but your videos are being used as teacher training tools. I'm pursuing high school level but I believe that the overall theme of your classroom management system is appropriate for all ages. Great job from a future educator. You just earned a new subscriber.

You are awesome!!! I am the Assistant Director for Special Education for a district in Oklahoma. I am going to share your videos with my teachers. Keep up the great work!!!

OMG. You are what I have been looking for. Was feeling so lost and overwhelmed but you have given me hope and courage to prepare for the beginning of this CRAZY year. Thank you

As a Direct support worker in a day program I truly appreciate you- thank you 😊 for taking the time to make this video

Hi! I'm from Spain and I'm working as a student support assistant and I reeeally LOVE watching your videos because I can learn a lot of specific vocabulary, so keep uploading videos, pleeease!!! 🙏 Thank you and greetings 😊

I love how you utilize every part of the classroom for learning. Talk about a universal design! I am totally subscribed now 😊

Learning to be a teacher without observing has been difficult. I’m a visual learner and this video was super helpful, thanks!

Thank you! I’ve been SEARCHING for someone who is so specific and explicit about the small amount pieces that make a classroom function. You did a fantastic job of showing everything without going off on a tangent

This has been SO helpful and it’s only the first video of yours I have seen. I have subscribed and can’t wait to dig in to what else you’re doing with your kiddos. I’ve taught life skills/sped for about 3 years now but am changing grade leveled (high school to elementary) and it’s been overwhelming to think about. Thanks again so much for putting these resources together.

I graduate in 2021 to be a special education teacher and your video has inspired me! You have such a great practical classroom, a positive attitude, and amazing energy! So glad I came across your channel. Thank you!

I love your channel and your videos. I’m a gen ed teacher, but special education is near and dear to my heart. I love all the routines and systems you have in place.

Thank you for this video! I'm an SLP but I work with toddlers and preschoolers on a 1 on 1 basis and even though I worked as an ABA therapist for years including accompanying some students at school, I have no idea how I would even begin to set a classroom up so working with kids in a group or classroom setting again is so completely different from working with 1 child on a 1 on 1 basis! Thank you for your behavior management in special education videos! Love, Abby

You are as good as it gets!!! Wonderful ideas, your kids are so lucky. Thank you for all you do--all the love you put into your work really shows through!!

Thank you for sharing! I loved your video and found so many pieces of your classroom extremely helpful. I can't imagine how much work, effort, and thought went into everything. You are an amazing teacher! I love your energy and passion. Keep it up!

Struggling during this unprecedented start to the school year..... I have been assisting with substitute teaching in my self-contained classroom (half the week spent as my para position) I am so inspired to utilize so many of your wonderful strategies to make our classroom environment successful. And to incorporate your amazing style into my own classroom when I graduate with my SPED Teaching Degree next year! Thank you for making your videos! So happy to have found your channel and subscribe !!!!

This is AMAZING. Thank you SO much for going through your classroom step by step. I am going from ESE inclusion to teaching self contained, and have been looking for ideas about how to set things up and your whole channel is such an amazing resource. THANK YOU!!

Thank you! I work in self-contained classroom for 5th and 6th grade. I had a hard time with the lack of resources and appropriate amount of physical space last year. This video helped me brainstorm so much for the upcoming year! I don't know what is in store, but I'm trying to prepare for all scenarios! Thank you for making this channel!

I’m so happy I came across your channel! I’m an intervention specialist for grades K-3 in a self-contained room as well. I’ve been searching for channels that can give me ideas I can use in my classroom, and this is the best one I’ve come across!

I had not even finished watching this video, and it had already solved many unanswered questions for me! Thank you so much and always remember that you are imparting in the lives of many!

Oh thank you so much!!!!! I just submitted my application for the moderate/severe special education credential today. I love your ideas for classroom behavioral management. I like the idea of having the student practice the correct behavior later in the day without having an argument match with the student. I just subscribed. Thank you once again.

I love the practice cards - this works better than trying to power struggle or coerce compliance in the middle of an outburst, and it is all about neurology. Being non-reactive when they are emotional, and later on having a moment to practice the skill means later on they are calm, collected and can access higher level cognitive functions. In the middle of an emotional upset the student can't access their reasoning/logical cognitive part of the brain. It's important to recognize that and not meet them in that emotional space and potentially escalate things. What a great channel, thanks for sharing!

This was very helpful, I appreciate you. I also appreciate your editing out your eye-rolling, that can be misconstrued by parents or guardians who have children who exhibit the behavior that you are describing when roll your eyes. And lastly I appreciate your confidence and pride in your natural hair styles. You & your hair are beautiful, let the haters hate, keep doing you. You are leading by example, I love it!!

You are awesome and an inspiration!! Thank you so much for sharing all of your strategies and systems set in place, they are wonderful! So happy and lucky to have found your channel!

Thank you for sharing your classroom. Everything was so purposeful, making maneuvering around the class simple for the kids and making things easier for you too.

Thanks for sharing your classroom. I am a teacher educator and just discovered your channel. Since my students can't be in classrooms for fieldwork experiences now due to COVID-19, I've been looking for other ways they can learn from SPED teachers. I just showed this clip to my class and students made connections to their reading. You are terrific! Thanks for all that you do!

You are simply amazing! I have so much respect for your methods! We recently began homeschooling our kiddos because one has ASD and both are extremely gifted. I will definitely be binge-watching your channel to get inspiration and some amazing ideas. Thank you for supporting our extra special kiddos!!

You are an angel from heaven. I found you recently and I have no words to thank you. its very hard when a person is just starting in special education i might be doing a self contained classroom. so the more ideas that i get the better .

Thank you Your a such dedicated teacher Love all your ideas. The world is a better place because of people like you

Oh my goodness! Thank you so much for sharing how you set up your classroom and plan behavior management--you are so organized and clever...you are amazing! I am taking a Foundations of Special Ed class and will be checking out more of your videos to meet my assignment demands. Big kudos to you for all that you do!!

JUST CAME ACROSS YOUR VLOG. GREAT ADVICE. I LOVE YOUR ROOM SETUP. VERY ORGANIZED AND FUNCTIONS. HAVE A BLESSED WEEK.

I’m currently a Para in a self contained classroom, for 9 years and am on my way to becoming a SPED elementary teacher! I love your video and am so glad I found you.

I have been a Paraeducator for 22 years and 2 years ago started college to become a Special Education teacher. I love this video and will be watching more real soon. You have some great tips, and I might even introduce some ideas to the teacher I work with now. She is great, but it is always good to have more tools in your toolbox. Anyhow, I am glad I found your channel.

I’m a parent, I live everything about your classroom. The first, then method works very well for my son. He too needs an individual visual schedule. Thanks for sharing!

Individualized learning & supports, behavior modification plan & practices, visual instructions, timers, routines, redundancy, equity. Genius classroom management! Thank you!!

Came across this video as I am fulfilling my observation hours during Covid for my SPED class in college. You are very thorough and organized I love it! I wish I could observe your classroom in real time!

That name card with the tabs is the most brilliant thing I've ever seen!

Thank you for these videos. I’m starting from scratch grades k-5 ESE and with little to no material and equipment. Your videos bless so many!

This is really great work Brae! Every teacher should learn this stuff. I come across so many teachers, who like you, get out of college with almost no knowledge on how to manage challenging children. You're an awesome resource!

You are naturally brilliant, talented and full of life. Your ideas are pure genius and I truly appreciate what I've learned here. I'll be watching your other videos now. New subscriber! Thank you!

I’m a first year Resource Room K-2 teacher and LOVED the idea of putting student work into a bin to do later if they are not wanting to do it. This is something I think I can easily adapt to work for their gen teachers to do as well. Power struggles have been REAL this year.

I'm so happy that I found this channel. I'm going to student teach fall of 2021 and so I have been looking for special educators that are on KZfaq and it has been so hard. I have worked in an Autism program, resource program, and SSN program so I'm hoping to get placed in a behavior room so this was so helpful to see how you organize your room for functionality and not for looks.

I am so glad I found this channel. I was a resource teacher in California for a year, but have just recently moved to North Carolina and accepted a job as a self contained teacher for grades 3-5. My first day of work is Friday and I have been obsessively scavenging the internet for anything I can find in regards to teaching a self-contained class. I think what scares me the most is going from a small group teacher, to being in charge of a whole class all at once. I want my classroom to run smoothly and this video was very helpful!

Amazing!! I love how every area is organized for a specific purpose. That obviously took so much thought and care. Thanks for sharing.

You are inspiring and such an amazing teacher! Your students are so lucky to have you. Thank you for sharing this! 😍

As one in Grad school late in life for Special Ed....I love your ideas! I took notes...LOL. Thanks for the videos to a newbie.

This was so amazing! I am starting a Pre-K to year 2 classroom and this helped me so much to get some ideas. You seem like such an amazing teacher!

Hello, I'm really glad for this video. I just started being a paraprofessional for kindergarten 3 weeks ago. I am having a hard time because I'm not getting the support I need to learn how to deal with children with emotional behaviors the best beneficial way. The teacher is good but she is out alot and most of the children has some sort of issues. I have been becoming overwhelmed with this situation because I want to do a good job. I want to help the kids learn and connect. I know its not going to be like that all the time. I love your ideas. I love that you're a black woman who is smart creative kind organized and willing to help the children. Thank you for this video to inspire me but so many others! Happy holidays! 😊

Love it! Thank you so much. I will be starting my first year as a Life Skills teacher and this was very helpful. I'm looking forward to watching your other videos.

This is great I needed a visual aide to see classroom behavior management in action. I’m still in school but getting less nervous to teach because of videos like these so thank you for showing your setup. :)

I thought I would watch this as my son is non verbal and we need ideas to help him communicate with us. He's 3 and still uses baby babble. We have started a communication wall (thanks to his nursery) laminated pictures of things he wants to do, like nappy change or wash hands, things he loves to play with, that are out of reach for whatever reason. We started doing Makaton signs but they really don't help him as he's not a watcher lol. You have definitely given me some more ideas to implement in our home, like the daily schedule. He's very outdoorsy, he will happily go on a couple mile walk and still cry when it's home time and doesn't understand when we can't go because the weather is bad. So the feelings chart will also come in handy when he gets used to using it. Thank you so much ❤️

Love love the practice and unfinished work cubbies! Great ideas. I’ve been a sped para for 8 years, about to graduate from an occupational therapy program

Tomorrow is my first day of SPED Assissntant….this video is truly inspiring

Thank you for being honest. Your room is set up so nicely and functional. Thank you for the great work and your video.

Wow, you are damn good at what you do. I can tell without even seeing the students. Thanks for sharing! This is so motivational for me continuing my career in education!

Thank you sharing this! I work with the BIS team in my school and this is such a beautiful set up for your room.

I think you're fantastic. I love how you show lots of love for not only your students individually but also your craft. I love listening to you as well. I think you're just beautiful. Thank you so much.

So wonderful, you allowed new ideas to flow. As a Special Educator in training, thank you.

I had to watch this video for an assignment for my credentialing program and I have book marked this video and subscribed to your channel. Thank you. This was amazing.

SO glad I found your videos. Starting to teach (after a career change) and slightly freaking out! This was amazing.

Thank you so much for sharing! I may be working in a self contained room next year and this is so helpful!

I change something in my classroom every day. I have 10 students, 9 of which are in my classroom probably 80% of the day. I have no idea how teachers do it when you have such a full classroom. We can't have nice things in my classroom, lol. I started out this year with a cozy calm down corner and reading nook, but I have some kiddos that love to destroy things, tear things down, climb on things, throw things. I'm always so impressed when I see other classroom tours and see that some MSD teachers can actually have things out.

This is an absolutely awesome piece! Special education is truthfully a journey of the heart, and this completely presentation completely embodies that. Within this you can clearly see how everything can help you manage a SPED class. It is absolutely incredible how you use even basic decorations to provide essential cues to your children as constant reminders. Thank you for some of the tips, I hope to be able to implement some of these inside of an inclusive classroom next year.

This room is functional, and fashionable!

Thank you for creating this video! This has helped me out so, so much and has given me ideas on how to set up my classroom! ❤

I love how you use different scheduling boards for different kiddos! Awesome video! ⭐️⭐️

I loved this video so much, such creative ideas. As someone who is studying special education, I sure have learned a lot. I loved seeing your classroom and can’t wait to watch more of your videos.

As a fellow special education teacher, I really enjoyed being able to peek into your room! You have some great routines going on. This next year will be my first year working K-2 severe/profound and I found your video very helpful! I took notes!! I have done severe/profound high school, but I am much happier at the elementary level for SPED. I have worked Resource/Inclusion for a few years and look forward to a new challenge!

This is phenomenal! I start as a special Ed aide tomorrow… Thanks for all you do 🙏

I really am amazed at the organization reasons behind your being so organized. and I can see how very effective it is. Keep up the Good work !!!!

I am so glad I found you!!!! I am a new teacher K-5 ESE self contained. I am literally panicking. This helps so much!!!

Hello from Micronesia. This is the first time I've watched your videos and it's amazing and at the same time, at least for me, mind boggling--only because I've never done or seen anything so cool like this. I'm a sped teacher as well, and I've never seen so much stuff happening in a classroom. I'd like to learn a lot of the things that you mentioned here which you said you showed in your previous videos. Again thank you very much.