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Episode 374: Paraprofessionals Are the Most Underutilized Resource in Your Classroom
Season 1 Episode 374
Most paras spend their days doing proximity support - hovering at a student's elbow - and research is pretty clear that this actually works against i…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 373: IEP Goals Are Often Written to Be Achieved, Not to Be Meaningful
Season 1 Episode 373
If your student hit every IEP goal this year but still can't ask for help, order food, or navigate a transition independently - did the goals do thei…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 372: Sensory Bins and Sensory Diets Are Wildly Misunderstood
Season 1 Episode 372
Sensory break has become a catch-all phrase we use when we're not sure what else to do - and that's a problem. In this episode, we're separating sens…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Episode 371: Parent Communication is Broken in Most Special Ed Programs
Season 1 Episode 371
Think about the last five things you communicated to a parent. Were any of them good news? In this episode, we're talking about why home-school commu…
3 months ago
Episode 370: We Spend Too Much Time on Behavior Plans and Not Enough on Skill Building
Season 1 Episode 370
A behavior plan without a strong skill-building component isn't a plan - it's a patch. In this episode, we talk about why so many BIPs are heavy on c…
3 months, 1 week ago
Episode 369: Inclusion Isn't Always the Most Appropriate Placement - And That's Okay
Season 1 Episode 369
Inclusion is one of the most important values in special education - and one of the most misunderstood placement decisions. In this episode, we're un…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 368: Token Economies Are Not One-Size-Fits-All
Season 1 Episode 368
Token boards are everywhere in autism classrooms - but how many of them are actually working? In this episode, we're getting into what makes a token …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 367: We're Over-Prompting and It's Hurting Our Students' Independence
Season 1 Episode 367
Prompting is one of the most powerful tools we have - and one of the easiest to misuse. In this episode, we're talking about prompt dependency: what …
4 months ago
Episode 366: Visual Schedules Aren't Just for Students — Teachers Need Them Too
Season 1 Episode 366
We spend hours building visual systems for our students and almost no time building them for ourselves. In this episode, we're talking about the iron…
4 months, 1 week ago
Episode 365: Discrete Trial Teaching is Overused
Season 1 Episode 365
DTT is one of the most well-researched strategies in our toolkit - and we might be leaning on it too hard. In this episode, we're making the case tha…
4 months, 2 weeks ago