Vocational tasks special education

Come check out how I organize, decorate, and utilize spaces & activities to be functional on this Adult Transition classroom tour!

When it comes to teaching students with special needs, learn how to set up vocational training in special ed to prepare for a successful transition.

Work tasks are a great way for students to practice life skills and vocational skills in the special education classroom. But what if traditional work tasks or task box activities aren’t accessible to all your students? How can you adapt work tasks to meet the needs of all your students, regardless of their level? Here you’ll find my favorite work tasks ideas and activities for special education students along with how they can be adapted to meet the needs of students of all levels.

Who is prepping more work boxes this summer? I just love getting new ideas, especially for our older life skill students! Christina Bailey, a transition life skill teacher, offered to share a bunch of her work boxes on my blog! Thank you Christina! Christina works with transition aged students (19-26 years old) with severe cognitive and/or health impairments. Her school serves students from multiple school districts within the county who learn best in an alternative placement. Are you ready?…

Check out this list of 40 jobs that your special education students can do in your classroom and their school!

Listen to this Special Ed Podcast with 15 great ideas for Functional Centers for students with Intellectual Disabilities and Autism in High School. Read more and subscribe today!

100% of proceeds from this resource go to Will's Place, a non-profit sandwich shop in Skokie, Illinois that provides meaningful employment and vocational training opportunities to adults with disabilities. Elevate your classroom with our set of 25 engaging Vocational Skills-themed work tasks, designed for special education teachers and parents of autistic students. These versatile tasks serve as both effective teaching tools and independent work activities, promoting a structured learning…

Resources, tips, and materials to help you, help children with autism

Ideas and resources for special education students to pracitce job skills during remote learning or when when you return to campus.

Using task boxes in your elementary classroom is a great way to stay organized. As a beginning teacher, you can create these task boxes and use it year after year. Task boxes in special education classroom are perfect for independent stations. My special ed students can easily go to the independent center and get out exactly what they need. My teaching them the expectation of the organization it also helps them. Task boxes activities for special ed students can be about anything!