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How Do I Encourage Healthy Eating

There are so many benefits for healthy eating. Some of these benefits include; 1. Maintaining a strong immune system. 2. Preventing chronic diseases – heart disease/diabetes. 3.See more

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Autism and Brushing Teeth

WEBIndividuals with autism are more likely to be hypersensitive. They will feel things differently to those of your typical non-autistic child. This can include the sensation of having their teeth brushed. We have been chatting to many families and professionals about the experiences they have with brushing teeth.

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Teaching Social Skills to Autistic Students : Strategies for Success

WEB10 Social Skills Activities for Teaching Social Skills to Autistic Students. Role-playing. Role-playing can be an excellent way for special education students to practice social interactions and communication. Students can practice situations like introducing themselves, asking for help, or apologizing. Group games.

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How to Create a Calm Down Corner in Your Classroom

WEBHere are some steps to create a calm down corner: Choose a designated space in the classroom where students can go to when they need to calm down. This space should be away from distractions and noise. Add comfortable seating such as a bean bag chair or floor cushions. This will help students feel relaxed while they calm down.

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What is Stimming

WEBJoy; sometimes stimming is to express happiness, excitement, or pleasure. It can be used as a way for the individual to express positive emotions. Communication; stimming can also work as a form of non-verbal communication where the individual is stimming to express their needs, desires or emotions. Boredom; stimming is a great way …

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5 Benefits of a Classroom Calm Down Corner

WEBLet me share my top 5 benefits of using a classroom (or at home!) calm down corner. 1. Gives Students a Safe Space. For many of our students, providing them with a safe space to go when they’re trying to deal with their emotions can be a huge relief for them. Letting them know that there’s an area in the classroom they can go to, …

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Healthy Eating Social Story

WEBHealthy Eating Social Story. £ 1.40. This social story is a great read for students who may need some support and help maintaining a healthy diet and knowing what food choices to make. This social story will hopefully encourage readers to consider making healthy choices when choosing foods and how their food choices can affect their bodies.

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What Does EBD Stand for in Special Education

WEBAn emotional and behavioral disorder is a disability that is characterized by the following: Struggles to build or maintain interpersonal relationships with others. Difficulty learning that does not stem from anything intellectual, sensory or health. Consistent inappropriate behaviors or feelings.

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Autism and Teeth Grinding

WEBFiling a tooth down to the nerve. And these can cause long term health issues. Statistics say that between 15-33% of children grind their teeth. Children generally try to grind their teeth when they baby teeth emerge, or when their adult teeth grow through. Many children stop grinding their teeth once their adult teeth have fully grown.

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Cooking in Special Education Classroom

WEBCooking is an important life skill. The opportunity to experiment and problem-solve. Your students will have the opportunity to learn a huge new range of language. It’s a hands-on and engaging experience. The opportunity to taste new foods. Observing changes; melting butter, mixing ingredients together – and then discussing this.

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Why Does my Autistic Child Chew Everything

WEBThis is where the individual finds it difficult to take in, understand and process sensory information from outside stimuli. This can go in 2 ways – they can feel under stimulated or can they be over stimulated. The chewing might help give them a sensation that they like. But, chewing certain items can cause health risks.

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Movement Breaks in the Classroom

WEBSeptember 28, 2015. It is becoming more and more popular to use movement breaks in the classroom. And here, at Teaching Autism, we are huge fans of using movement breaks. Movement breaks provide our students with the chance to get up and move around. This will help them to feel refreshed and give them a break from work.

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Dental Health Write the Room

WEBDescription. This Dental Health themed write the room activity is a great way to have students moving around the room, hunting for the different cards, reading them and then writing down the answers onto recording sheets.. The recording sheets come in 2 different options of numbers 1-10 and 1-16 as well as in 2 different ability levels – plain boxes to …

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Getting My Period Social Story

WEBThis social story is a great read for students who may need some support and help when preparing for their period. Periods can be very frightening for many young girls and I hope that this social story will help to ease some of those worries. This social story discusses the importance of a period and how they can deal with parts of a period - stomach cramps …

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Dental Health Activities Ten Frame Task Cards

WEBEach task card comes in a dental health theme. Making this resource perfect for your back to community helper maths activities. These hands-on ten frame task cards are a fun and engaging way for your students to work on their number formation, counting and ten frame skills. The task cards included are from numbers 0-10.

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Missing Number Activity Dental Health Week

WEBAre you looking for some fun and engaging activities to use during dental health week with your students? Do your students need to work on their missing number recognition skills? If so, this missing number activity is perfect to use throughout dental health week or as part of your community helpers topic. The levels included

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