School started back on Monday here in Eastern KY! August 1st seems early to be going back to school, but when I look out my window and see the morning fog I get the “feeling” that it’s time. My body still responds to a school schedule. For fifty five years I have either been a student, an employee, or a Mom tied to a school schedule. I suppose it is only natural that this is how I should respond.
As promised, today’s blog entry will summarize a series we did last year, so you will have easy access to its contents without having to search the archives. Here is the series we did on AAC:
http://2galsspeechproducts.blogspot.com/2010/11/aac-resources-part-1.html We highlighted Jefferson Parish Public School System In Louisiana. This site offers activities for Pre-K up through Middle/High School, as well as leisure and switch activities. GREAT site!
http://2galsspeechproducts.blogspot.com/2010/11/aac-resources-part-2.html Next we featured Polk County Public Schools in Florida. This site offers a wealth of ideas utilizing Boardmaker* but also many in a pdf format.
http://2galsspeechproducts.blogspot.com/2010/11/aac-resources-part-3.html Priory Woods School and Arts College has wonderful resources. They share interactive talking books and delightful FREE downloadable interactive software.
http://2galsspeechproducts.blogspot.com/2010/11/aac-resources-online-part-4.html We talked about the FREE things you can get from Slater Software.
http://2galsspeechproducts.blogspot.com/2010/11/aac-resources-part-5.html In this blog we showcased Visual Aids for Learning. All their products are free downloadable visual aids that you can use at home or school.
Through Twitter I have hooked up with a guy who is totally dedicated to Assistive Technology and want to feature him and his Diigo resources in another entry. Stayed tuned it will be coming soon.
As you get mentally and physically prepared for this coming year remember to add some FUN into your therapy and YOUR day!
Leah and Dean
www.2galsspeechproducts.com
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Thursday, August 4, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Autism Resources -Part 5
It’s Monday and am I excited! I am about to show you all the POT OF GOLD at the end of the rainbow! This website (http://www.practicalautismresources.com/printables) is phenomenal when it comes to ready-made printable resources for your kids within the Autism Spectrum. Just peruse their offerings and click PRINT. How easy is that? (and if you are wondering, yes, Ina Garten a.k.a. the Barefoot Contessa is my favorite chef….and where I get the saying “How easy is that?”)
They offer us FREE printables for just about any topic:
• Behavior and Emotions
• Behavior Supports
• Numbers
• Associations
• Blank templates
• Categories activities—Bingo Sets
• Clocks
• Folder Tasks—Pieces
• Food Pictures—Word Cards
• Fractions
• Nouns—Functions
Everything is very clearly described. No guessing about how it is to be used.
Now if that wasn’t wonderful in and of itself, in the left hand navigation pane, you’ll also see listings for more awesomeness, like “iPad and iPod for Autism” which tells you about some of the marvelous apps available to us.
From the navigation pane check out: Great Links, Parent Resources, Data & Planning Forms, More Printable Links, Image Search helpers, and Free Worksheet Links!
If you don’t think this website is a Pot Of Gold, then you must not work in public schools, ha ha.
Now the icing on the cake is the link at the top of the page that directs you to Mrs. Riley.com which is a subscription service where by you can make your own task cards.
I hope this website leaves you as giddy as it did me when I first looked at it! I think it's awesome. I love it when the work is ready to use and all I have to do is click and print.
Enjoy this Monday off and we'll see you next week!
Leah and Dean
http://www.2galsspeechproducts.com
They offer us FREE printables for just about any topic:
• Behavior and Emotions
• Behavior Supports
• Numbers
• Associations
• Blank templates
• Categories activities—Bingo Sets
• Clocks
• Folder Tasks—Pieces
• Food Pictures—Word Cards
• Fractions
• Nouns—Functions
Everything is very clearly described. No guessing about how it is to be used.
Now if that wasn’t wonderful in and of itself, in the left hand navigation pane, you’ll also see listings for more awesomeness, like “iPad and iPod for Autism” which tells you about some of the marvelous apps available to us.
From the navigation pane check out: Great Links, Parent Resources, Data & Planning Forms, More Printable Links, Image Search helpers, and Free Worksheet Links!
If you don’t think this website is a Pot Of Gold, then you must not work in public schools, ha ha.
Now the icing on the cake is the link at the top of the page that directs you to Mrs. Riley.com which is a subscription service where by you can make your own task cards.
I hope this website leaves you as giddy as it did me when I first looked at it! I think it's awesome. I love it when the work is ready to use and all I have to do is click and print.
Enjoy this Monday off and we'll see you next week!
Leah and Dean
http://www.2galsspeechproducts.com
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Autism Resources -Part 4
Back to reality....those lyrics float through my mind this morning as we all go back to work. All school systems are back in session after a nice long Christmas break. I always found it hard to get back into the swing of things after being out for the holidays.
My least favorite month used to be January because it seemed to drag on forever. However, now that I work for myself this has changed. I find January doesn’t hold enough days to get everything done to start the New Year. I cannot believe today is Jan 10th already. This weekend will mark the middle of the month...YIKES! Where have the days gone? Speaking of time flying by, I'd better get to the topic at hand :-)
I LOVE-LOVE-LOVE the immediate practical usage of the website we’re featuring today, http://www.positivelyautism.com/links.html They have so many practical everyday materials, ideas, and lesson plans for our use. I send a big public THANK YOU to them for their wonderful website!
Let me give you a preview of what you'll find there and then you can go explore on your own.
Work Tasks: offers file folder games; independent work; and distinguishing between pictures.
Data Sheets: data collection; discrete trial training; monthly and yearly data graphs; incidental teaching; and self recording data sheets.
Lesson Plans: literacy related
Fine Motor: cutting and tracing activities and make at home fine motor activities
Reinforcement: point and sticker cards.
Visual Aids: inexpensive picture card idea; visual supports for the classroom
Flash Cards: high frequency reading words and color word reading cards
Social Skills/Stories: (limited) previous websites I have mentioned offer more
Worksheets, Handouts, Assessments and Games
You may be able to use everything or just a few gems from here, but regardless, I think this is a tremendous asset to your Autism therapy bag!
Next week our blog will focus on a site that offers a plethora of PRINTABLES!
Until then, enjoy your therapy and your time with your kids this week!
Dean and Leah
Sunday, December 19, 2010
AUTISM RESOURCES--Part 3
Good Monday Morning Everyone!
I (Dean) love and enjoy the seasons here in KY, but have to confess that winter is my least favorite. I need lots and lots of daylight to be a happy camper, so I shall be celebrating the Winter Solstice -“Shortest Day of the Year”- not for beginning of winter and it’s short days, but for the fact that we have reached the shortest day and soon the light of day will start extending! Seriously, I watch each minute being added each day!!
Today we travel to Kansas to see what those people have to share with us for Autism.
This website http://www.kansasasd.com/ made our list of favorites if for no other reason than their wonderful list of SOCIAL NARRATIVES! If you need a social narrative, I say check here first. You have approximately 150 narratives from which to choose!
From the home page simply click on the Social Narrative button to the left of the screen to be taken to their listing. The listings are compiled by skill to be taught; special interest; age range; whether it is a social story or a power card; and the format-Powerpoint, Word, PDF, or Boardmaker (TM).
Besides all those wonderful social stories, they also offer some very useful “Visual Supports” and “Visual Tasks” which can be found by clicking on the navigation buttons on the left of your screen.
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We are taking a Christmas break from the blogging so this will be the last blog of 2010, but we’ll be back on January 3rd to share our next website on Autism!
Being Christians, Leah and I say “MERRY CHRISTMAS” and hope yours is filled with peace, joy, and love!
Leah and Dean
www.2galsspeechproducts.com
I (Dean) love and enjoy the seasons here in KY, but have to confess that winter is my least favorite. I need lots and lots of daylight to be a happy camper, so I shall be celebrating the Winter Solstice -“Shortest Day of the Year”- not for beginning of winter and it’s short days, but for the fact that we have reached the shortest day and soon the light of day will start extending! Seriously, I watch each minute being added each day!!
Today we travel to Kansas to see what those people have to share with us for Autism.
This website http://www.kansasasd.com/ made our list of favorites if for no other reason than their wonderful list of SOCIAL NARRATIVES! If you need a social narrative, I say check here first. You have approximately 150 narratives from which to choose!
From the home page simply click on the Social Narrative button to the left of the screen to be taken to their listing. The listings are compiled by skill to be taught; special interest; age range; whether it is a social story or a power card; and the format-Powerpoint, Word, PDF, or Boardmaker (TM).
Besides all those wonderful social stories, they also offer some very useful “Visual Supports” and “Visual Tasks” which can be found by clicking on the navigation buttons on the left of your screen.
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We are taking a Christmas break from the blogging so this will be the last blog of 2010, but we’ll be back on January 3rd to share our next website on Autism!
Being Christians, Leah and I say “MERRY CHRISTMAS” and hope yours is filled with peace, joy, and love!
Leah and Dean
www.2galsspeechproducts.com
Monday, December 13, 2010
AUTISM RESOURCES-Part 2
We wish we had really written about these in a more time considered manner because there are many wonderful seasonal activities for fall to be found in these sites. Oh well, at least you have them for next year!
Today we will be looking at HYPERLINK "http://www.cindysautisticsupport.com" http://www.cindysautisticsupport.com/ She is from Pennsylvania, so those of you from PA may already know about her site.
On her homepage the first thing you will see is that she offers us a monthly link from which you can access her monthly thematic page. As an example for November she offered activities from her classroom: A Turkey Poem, a Thanksgiving Poem and a Pumpkin; M&M Candy Math Worksheets (which she put up as pdfs so we can print and use them) as well as, recommended books, and links to all things Thanksgiving from other websites. You also find a few things for Veteran's Day!
Going back to the home page you’ll find approximately 33 links in boxes that will take you to her shared information. These are support and information pages and websites.
Tons of good information here. I’d like to bring to your attention the “printables from my classroom” box. (1st column 3rd row) This will take you to a page that lists all her worksheets. She has worksheets for spelling, writing, math, and counting. These worksheets are labeled by grade appropriateness, too!
Her site offers fantastic links for Autism Awareness, Classroom Management and Behavior, Communication and Speech links, Seasonal Pages, and Parent Resources.
Good information to have available as one of your resources!
We highly suggest your bookmark this site.
See you next week!
Leah and Dean
www.2galsspeechproducts.com
Today we will be looking at HYPERLINK "http://www.cindysautisticsupport.com" http://www.cindysautisticsupport.com/ She is from Pennsylvania, so those of you from PA may already know about her site.
On her homepage the first thing you will see is that she offers us a monthly link from which you can access her monthly thematic page. As an example for November she offered activities from her classroom: A Turkey Poem, a Thanksgiving Poem and a Pumpkin; M&M Candy Math Worksheets (which she put up as pdfs so we can print and use them) as well as, recommended books, and links to all things Thanksgiving from other websites. You also find a few things for Veteran's Day!
Going back to the home page you’ll find approximately 33 links in boxes that will take you to her shared information. These are support and information pages and websites.
Tons of good information here. I’d like to bring to your attention the “printables from my classroom” box. (1st column 3rd row) This will take you to a page that lists all her worksheets. She has worksheets for spelling, writing, math, and counting. These worksheets are labeled by grade appropriateness, too!
Her site offers fantastic links for Autism Awareness, Classroom Management and Behavior, Communication and Speech links, Seasonal Pages, and Parent Resources.
Good information to have available as one of your resources!
We highly suggest your bookmark this site.
See you next week!
Leah and Dean
www.2galsspeechproducts.com
Sunday, December 5, 2010
AUTISM RESOURCES-Part 1
Hello Everyone! We hope you had a good Thanksgiving and are looking forward to Christmas.
Today we begin our next series on Autism. Even though all of us are at different levels in our skills, we all work with kids on our caseloads within the Autism Spectrum. All of us can use more information in this area and we all have different questions regarding “How do I do that?” It is our hope that as we introduce you to various sites in the next six weeks you’ll find one that will become indispensable to you.
Today’s visit is to http://www.autism4teachers.com/. This site is geared for the teacher and touches on so many, many topics related to working with the child. It contains information from setting up the room, to instructional ideas and materials, to behavioral considerations, to functional data sheets and so much more! We love this site and are thankful to the gals who are responsible for it’s development.
About those four gals: (in their own words)
“In 2004, the four of us found ourselves working together at Thornebrooke Elementary School. We each had a self-contained classroom for students with autism and worked together to support our students and each other. After working together for only a short period of time, we realized that each one of us had unique and effective teaching styles/strategies that we could share with one another. Although we have gone our separate ways and work at different schools, we still share ideas and support each other professionally. We continue to work together by partnering with CARD (Center for Autism and Related Disabilities) and meeting to share new ideas and techniques.”
Leah and I have found from our years of work together that two heads are always better than one, so having four heads has to produce a tremendous wealth of knowledge. Don’t you think?
It will be well worth your time to take a look at this site. If we started talking about all the wonderful things at your fingertips on this website this would quickly become a very long blog! Knowing your time is valuable we won’t go through it all but would like to urge you to take time to go look for yourselves. Here’s a link to the page that lists all the topics:
http://www.autism4teachers.com/autism4teachers_051.htm You will find information on communication, social skills, behavior support, parent support, visual supports, and thematic units just to name a few.
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Be extra patient with your kids this week as their excitement builds for Christmas!
Leah and Dean
www.2galsspeechproducts.com
Today we begin our next series on Autism. Even though all of us are at different levels in our skills, we all work with kids on our caseloads within the Autism Spectrum. All of us can use more information in this area and we all have different questions regarding “How do I do that?” It is our hope that as we introduce you to various sites in the next six weeks you’ll find one that will become indispensable to you.
Today’s visit is to http://www.autism4teachers.com/. This site is geared for the teacher and touches on so many, many topics related to working with the child. It contains information from setting up the room, to instructional ideas and materials, to behavioral considerations, to functional data sheets and so much more! We love this site and are thankful to the gals who are responsible for it’s development.
About those four gals: (in their own words)
“In 2004, the four of us found ourselves working together at Thornebrooke Elementary School. We each had a self-contained classroom for students with autism and worked together to support our students and each other. After working together for only a short period of time, we realized that each one of us had unique and effective teaching styles/strategies that we could share with one another. Although we have gone our separate ways and work at different schools, we still share ideas and support each other professionally. We continue to work together by partnering with CARD (Center for Autism and Related Disabilities) and meeting to share new ideas and techniques.”
Leah and I have found from our years of work together that two heads are always better than one, so having four heads has to produce a tremendous wealth of knowledge. Don’t you think?
It will be well worth your time to take a look at this site. If we started talking about all the wonderful things at your fingertips on this website this would quickly become a very long blog! Knowing your time is valuable we won’t go through it all but would like to urge you to take time to go look for yourselves. Here’s a link to the page that lists all the topics:
http://www.autism4teachers.com/autism4teachers_051.htm You will find information on communication, social skills, behavior support, parent support, visual supports, and thematic units just to name a few.
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Be extra patient with your kids this week as their excitement builds for Christmas!
Leah and Dean
www.2galsspeechproducts.com
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