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Model Me Kids™ Teaching Videos are designed to help teach social skills to children with Autism, Asperger Syndrome, PDD-NOS, Nonverbal Learning Disorders, social anxiety, learning disabilities, and delays. Click "Free Teaching Tools" on the left for free printables to use with the videos.
I have "Time for School", "Time for a Playdate", and "I Can Do It!". I think they are great! My students just loved them! Special thanks to Sue in Maryland!
Lots of free, printable Boardmaker activities. Click the links on the left for more activities. You need the Boardmaker CD in order to view some of the printables.
A fantastic site by Cindy Golden. Cindy was formerly a school psychologist and is currently a special education administrator. Her site has wonderful ideas, pictures, and freebies! Worth taking the time to explore!
ZAC is the first web browser developed specifically for children with autism, and autism spectrum disorders such as Asperger syndrome, pervasive developmental disorders (PDD), and PDD-NOS. We have made this browser for the children - for their enjoyment, enrichment, and freedom. Children touch it, use it, play it, interact with it, and experience independence through ZAC.
Special thanks to my father, Thomas Glew for sending in this site.
Create A Graph
Make many different types of graphs. Add your own data to track behaviors or IEP goals.
Positively Autism
Free resources, lesson plans, teaching materials, and more!
Touch Math
Some free printables. I have used Touch Math with my students since I started teaching. I think it's fantastic.
Autism4Teachers
Created by a group of behavior specialists and teachers of students with autism. Lots of downloads and helpful information.
Special thanks to Laura Haratine in Orlando, Florida for sharing this site.
Completing the Puzzle
Strategies and Lessons for the Autistic Support Teacher
Special thanks to Devon for sharing this site.
Classroom Supports & Strategies
Contains information on ways to structure the environment to enhance communication and maximize independence in educational, home and community settings.
The Children's Society "Askability"
A symbol website with news, games, books, jokes and more!
Special thanks to Trevor from the U.K. for sharing this site.
CARD-USF Learning Curve
The CARD Learning Curve is an online resource that provides interesting and interactive stories, ideas, resources and materials for teachers of students with autism or a related disability.
F.A.C.E.S.
A Functional Academic Curriculum for Exceptional Students.
Autism Classroom
Includes information on setting up a classroom, a parent's page, an educator's page, information for paraprofessionals and lots of free printables.
Adapted books you can print!
Wow! Lots of printable books made with Boardmaker and Writing With Symbols from the New York City Department of Education.
Communication Materials
More printables made with Boardmaker and Writing With Symbols from the New York City Department of Education.
Teacher Resource Room (Boardmaker Page)
Click the links on the right side below "Color Picture Communication Boards and Symbols" for some helpful, printable boards and projects.
PictureSET
Lots of useful, free printable picture cards for use in school, home and community.
ABA Resources
Free downloadable materials. Special thanks to Liza Delgado in McAllen, Texas for sharing this site.
Children with Special Needs
Includes some free downloads as well as other useful information and links. Special thanks to Liza Delgado in McAllen, Texas for sharing this site.
Building Blox
Specialized Teaching Tools. Includes pictures of task ideas and some free downloads. I have not tried any yet, but this site also has products for purchase. Special thanks to Joana in Dallas, Texas for sharing this site.
Augmentative/Alternative Communication
"Engineering the Classroom" contains a photo gallery of ideas for the classroom and printable, premade communication boards for classroom or home use. Very nice site!
Assistive Technology
From The Baltimore City Public School System. A wonderful, huge library of Boardmaker Templates for books! Choose a book, download the pictures that go with it, print & adapt your classroom books or use with classroom reading activities (you need to have the Boardmaker program to open the files).
Widgit Ready to Use Resources
Free, printable symbol supported learning materials, symbol stories and support for communication and language.
News-2-You
This page has some free samples, but you have to subscribe for a fee to access the other stuff. Has printable weekly newspapers with related activities adapted to different functional levels. I think it's great. Worth taking a look at.
Symbol World
Ready made pages using symbols. This is a nice site to print from or use as a springboard for your own ideas. Includes jokes, news, recipes, social stories, history, science and nature, literacy and so much more, all using symbols!
Untangle Autism IEP Goals
Contains Suggestions for IEP goals for students with Autism Spectrum Disorders
SEN TeacherResources
Lots of wonderful printables! You can add customized details to them too! Includes printable word & number cards, certificate maker, telling time, graphs, numbers, shapes, multiplication tables and so much more!
TEACCH Work Jobs
Lots of picture examples of work tasks you can make for your student's independent work areas. Really nice site!
TEACH AU
This site contains many picture examples! Has unit plan, communication and classroom management examples. Worth taking the time to explore!
Pics4Learning
This site lets you search for pictures to print & use in the classroom.
Speaking of Speech Materials Exchange
Lots of free printables for use in the classroom made with Boardmaker! Click "Materials Exchange" on the left hand side.
Autism Hand in Hand
An educational portal with printables & lots of great information.
Autism Teaching Tools
A source for practical information and teaching tips for working with our special learners. They have indexed over 200 books, songs, games and toys.
Room 5 Autism Page
Really nice page. Created by a teacher of autistic students. She has lots of ideas and information.
Tinsnips
This is one of my favorite websites. It contains many printable materials suited for an autistic support classroom as well as great information!
Do 2 Learn Another excellent site. It contains printable materials, an emotions online game as well as a wealth of information.
Polyxo.com Teaching Children with Autism. Contains printable data collecting sheets, social stories,and other useful information.
Beyond Autism This page contains lots of free PECs cards you can print (scroll all the way down to the bottom for the PECs).
Social Stories Contains printable social stories to use with your students.
Social Stories From The Gray Center. This page contains information on writing social stories for your students.
Picture Recipes This page contains many printable picture recipes for teachers who do cooking activities with their students. It's a great site!
Math Worksheets
Wonderful site! You can create your own math worksheets depending on the needs of your students! Includes addition & subtraction with or without regrouping, multiplication, division, telling time & more! This is great for teachers who provide individualized instruction!
Special Education Services
Autism: Interventions and Strategies for Success! Contains some great articles, information & ideas.
Checklists for making modifications
Contains checklists for modifying material and environment. This is helpful for behavior plans and the "modifications" section of student's IEPs.