Special education assessments

Data, data, data! When most people think of teachers, they don't think of data. Yet, the reality is, we are overwhelmed with data throughout the year. When gathered properly, and used correctly, data is SO

If you are a special education teacher, then you know assessments are an important part of our jobs. I love these assessments when I have move-in, evaluations, or annuals. They help me write the perfect IEP goals!

Special educators need a pretty large toolbox of strategies and resources to support our learners. So often, our students can have significantly diverse needs and levels. On any given day, special education teachers might need to take student reading data, modify a math assessment, teach science wit

Are you utilizing preference assessments with your special education students to help figure out what students like and dislike? This blog post gives you everything you need to know on how to give preference assessments for special education. See these 5 special education tips, including getting parent input by sending home a parent survey and creating a hierarchy of reinforcement. You can even grab my preference assessment forms here to use in your special ed classroom.

The Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills- Revised (ABLLS-R) is a criterion referenced assessment used to assess the strengths and deficits of children with language delays. Today on the blog, I am sharing all about ABLLS-R and the four sub-assessments that make up this special education assessment. This assessment focuses on academic skills like reading and writing skills, along with self-help skills, and fine motor and gross motor skills. Learn about ABLLS-R materials and more!

Managing and tracking student IEP goals in the special education classroom.

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As I mentioned on my post here, Google Drive is a beautiful thing for special educators and regular ed teachers alike! If you need some help setting it up, check out this post. For those of us that are blessed to have Ipads, it gets even better. Google Drive has its own app to download

As special education teachers, we often focus on what we should do or say at an IEP meeting, but there are some things you should NEVER say at an IEP meeting. Here you will find phrases you should never say to special education parents or the IEP team at an IEP meeting. By avoiding these phrases, you make parents and students feel more comfortable and help your IEP meeting run smoothly. Learn these phrases here.