Teaching Autism and Special Education by Nikki

Today on the podcast I’m talking all about autism masking and sensory processing disorder. I receive a lot of messages and emails from you all about masking or camouflaging. And I thought the best way...

Today on the podcast I’m talking about how visual resources can be used for everyone. A lot of teachers assume that visuals are only to be used in special education classrooms. But, that’s not true! E...

I’m so excited to be talking about my top Autism and Halloween tips on the podcast today. Halloween can be really exciting for our autistic students and children. But, it can also be their worst night...

Today I’m talking about echolalia. During my time where I’ve been out visiting other schools and classroom, I always find it surprising how little people knew about it. And some didn’t know anything a...

Today I’m talking all about my routine for morning work for autism and special education students. I’ve been using this routine for a few years now, and it’s always successful with my students. But b...

Welcome to another autism and special education podcast episode. Today we are talking all about special education and using task boxes in your classroom and as part of therapy sessions too! I love to...

This week on the podcast, we are going to be talking all about stimming and autism. You may be here if you’re wondering ‘What is stimming?’ or ‘What does it look like?’ If so, you’re in the right pla...

  If you’re here, it’s probably because you’re a teacher looking for special education interview questions. You may have an upcoming interview. Or, maybe you’re applying for vacancies and want to be ...

Sensory processing disorder (SPD) is said to affect 1 in 20 people in our general population. And yet, I still get asked “What is sensory processing disorder?” on an almost daily basis. So many people...

I am so excited to talk to you about autism and scripting on our podcast today. “What is scripting?” is a question that I get asked quite regularly from my followers – and from parents as well. There ...