Independent tasks special education

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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.

Task Boxes are important to practice mastered skills, work independently, and gain life skills to be successful in their special education curriculum!

I was observing a little guy in preschool who had just entered school the other day. He was still working on basic skills like following directions and had limited things that he could do to engage himself independently. The teacher was working on having him do a simple put-in task of putting cards in a coffee can, but because his skills were so limited, he was completing this task repeatedly throughout his day. This wasn't the only thing he was doing and there was time in the day when he…

At the beginning of the year, I am always that hot mess teacher; HOWEVER, there is always one thing I make sure I have running smoothly by the end of September... independent work stations. Without independent work, SPED teachers would literally never get anything done. Plus, work boxes are a great way for students to

Errorless learning activities are an awesome addition to your special education classroom. Errorless work tasks are tasks that don't have a wrong answer.

Math Centers for special education. This work task practices patterns and sequencing, color identification, following directions and/or the order of a task, fine motor skills, hand dominance, grip, hand-eye coordination, and more. Learn more at Mrs. D's Corner.

Do you use task boxes in your special education classroom? If you don’t, check out this blog post for 8 ways to use task boxes for special education. You can use task boxes for one on one instruction, classroom centers or stations, with early finishers, with morning work and much more. There are so many benefits to including this special education activity into your lesson plans. Use these task boxes during independent work stations or homework today!

Here are 10 different types of activities that you can use in your independent work systems in your special education classroom.

Activities for Math Centres My Centres are the tables that my students rotate around to learn, practice and master skills. I’ve colour coordinated each table and in this post I’ve liste…