Multiple Disabilities

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Emma Haring shares years of experience creating schedules and lessons that work in her medically fragile moderate/severe special ed class. Learn how to help students with multiple disabilities be prepared for emergencies. Get Lesson ideas and tips, and a freebie to help you create your lesson plans. #helpforspecialeducatorspodcast

When you teach in a multiple disabilities classroom there is a lot of additional equipment needed. You want to have equipment for students to practice the skills they learned during occupational therapy, speech therapy and physical therapy. Today, I am sharing special education equipment you need to help your students achieve their IEP goals including communication and academic goals. Learn more now!

When Things Go Wrong Occasionally an individual will get stuck in a specific part of the Dynamic Learning Circle. This can lead to disruptive behaviors, self-stimulation, or other problems in learning. It is important to recognize when this happens and to know what to do to help the child get back on track.Patty Obrzut Talks

How are you using task systems in your multiple disability classroom? In this blog post I go over activity rotations that you can incorporate to find independent work that fits for all of your multiple disability students. I include a list of all my special education activities such as bead bars, sensory boards, and swinging bear that are all great ways to involve sound, texture and color. Read through all of my special education ideas on implementing a structured activity rotation here.

All long time ago and very, very far away from my current location, I got my first job as an SLP. In addition to many students in the general education setting, I served two severely impaired classrooms. In one class, the students spent much of the day on side liers being tube fed and given

When we have speech therapy for children with multiple disabilities, collaboration with other service providers is the key to success.

Echo Bucket Many children who have significant disabilities may not use their voice to develop speech or develop important listening skills. These skills are often the focus of the speech therapist or teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing if the child has a hearing impairment. Goals such as discriminate between two sound sources,

Sitting Independently Independent sitting requires strong neck, shoulder, and core muscles. It also requires balance and good proprioception (feedback from joints and muscles to your brain). Vision can also play a role in developing sitting skills. A key goal for sitting is to be able to use your arms, hands, legs, feet and head while in

Documenting Progress in IEP Goals and Benchmarks Teams need to document skills in the IEP and may also track skills not specifically noted in a learner’s IEP goals. Here is what the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act says about documenting student progress on goals:Documenting student progress is a requirement of IDEA.IDEA states that each child’s