Teaching Autism and Special Education by Nikki

Teaching Autism and Special Education by Nikki

Hosted by: Teaching Autism

Hi, I’m Nikki —a passionate special educator, autism specialist, and founder of Teaching Autism. With over a decade of experience creating hands-on, engaging resources for educators worldwide, I’m here to make your...

Episodes

Virtual Field Trips in Special Education

Have you been wondering about using virtual field trips in special education? If so, this podcast episode today is the perfect listen for you. My students love to go on field trips. And we usually go on one every...
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How to Use Social Narratives With Your Students

I'm always getting asked how to use social narratives with our students - either in school or at home. So I decided to dedicate this podcast episode today to talk all about them and to share my experience with...
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Teacher Mental Health and Well-Being Tips

Today on the podcast I am sharing some tips for improving teacher mental health. This weekend was World Mental Health Day. And it was both saddening and amazing to talk to educators all around the world who have...
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Using Paraprofessionals for Distance Learning

Lots of you have been asking for ways you can be using paraprofessionals for distance learning. In this quick episode I'm sharing different ideas and ways to use your assistants to help take some of the workload off...
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Autism Behavior Unit Success

I am so excited today to share my autism behavior unit success with you all. I currently work part time as an autism specialist in a behavior unit in America. We have staff who specialize in different areas working...
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Celebrating Students Birthdays Online

I'm so excited today to be sharing some ideas for how you can be celebrating students birthdays online this year. I don't know about you but every year I look forward to being able to celebrate my students birthdays...
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Cyber Safety and Screen Time Management for Parents

Today on the podcast I'm talking with Lisa Honold all about cyber safety and screen time management. Lisa is a cyber safety expert  and certified parent educator who teaches parents how to stop fighting with kids over...
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Using ABA in Instruction

I am so excited to welcome Cassie from Adventures in Behavior to the podcast today to talk all about using ABA in instruction. Cassie is in her 8th year as a special education teacher and has previously been on...
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Keeping Students Active During Online Learning

Today on the podcast I’m talking all about ways that you can keep your students active during online learning.  Online learning poses a lot of challenges for us. One of these is being able to keep our students...
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Reward Systems for Online Learning

Today in this podcast episode I’m talking all about reward systems for online learning. Almost every student responds positively to having a reward system in place. And in your classroom, you may have a whole class...
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Going Back to School After Closures

In this podcast episode I am sharing my top 10 best tips for helping you and your students prepare for returning to the classroom after school closures. It's safe to say that the last few months have been a little...
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Questions to Ask for Schools Re-Opening

This school year is probably going to look different for all of us. But one thing I'm seeing is how anxious a lot of us are about schools re-opening. So today on the podcast I'm sharing questions to ask for schools...
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