Teaching Autism and Special Education by Nikki

This school year is probably going to look different for all of us. But one thing I'm seeing is how anxious a lot of us are about schools re-opening. So today on the podcast I'm sharing questions to a...

One of the biggest struggles I'm hearing from autism and special education teachers right now is keeping students engaged for distance learning. And I admit, I struggled at first too. How was I going ...

With distance learning set to continue in some shape or form, a lot of teachers I know are worried about building relationships with new students. And I know how you feel. We usually visit studen...

One of the most important parts of distance learning is communicating with families of our students. For me, personally, I have found that distance learning was such a success because we had that stro...

Today on the podcast I am sharing my special education distance learning experience with you. If you follow me on Instagram you’ll have seen recently that I’ve been getting a bunch of questions, ...

In today's podcast episode I am sharing my top 5 visuals for the classroom. Whether you work in a special ed classroom, an autism classroom, or even a general ed classroom. Visuals are beneficial to e...

Today on the podcast, I'm talking all about why teaching fine motor skills is so important. I recently touched on this lightly over on my Instagram but I had a lot of requests to go more in depth. Whi...

Today on the podcast I'm talking all about how to use a word wall in the classroom. I see so many teachers and classrooms set up word walls, but then get lost in how to use one - and how often they sh...

I'm often asked for ideas and advice for managing behaviors during recess. A lot of us assume that all of our students love being outside for playtime or recess. But, often, it's the time where we can...

In today's podcast episode I'm sharing my special education class schedule. This is something that's requested from me a lot. And the main reason I don't give it to you all exactly like I do it, is be...