At our last class we took a tour at Madison EC 205 to see all the structured teaching supports that are in place (so cool!) Then we created and shared our own structured teaching supports with each other! 🙌@HNoncek Thanks for coteaching this course with me!🙂#autism #d205course

We had a great morning at Custom Education Solutions planning and preparing for next school by choosing core vocabulary books, shared reading books and self-selected books for our MN/ABC classrooms! @dottiej70 @HNoncek Colleen Cook @AT4D205 #literacyforALL

A student struggling with oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) can be disruptive to the class, but these strategies can help. 💗

Self-awareness and self-management: calm down areas help students practice identifying feelings and emotions to better manage stress, self-regulate and control their impulses. Love this teachers calming area. Posted rules for appropriate use! #calmingcorner #selfregulation

Join @HNoncek and I starting September 12th to learn about the structured teaching approach to support ASD students in our classrooms. Register on PDExpress now! #autism #structuredteaching

Spent a great afternoon with some of our Elmhurst CUSD 205 mentors/mentees and Maureen Schroeder talking all about IEPs and high leverage instructional practices! #IEPs #SpEd #UDL

Loved our conversations around structured teaching tonight. Thinking about what supports will increase #studentindependence and #reduceanxiety. Can’t wait to see what everyone creates! @HNoncek #visualschedules #spedchat #structuredteaching #SADN #taskorganizer #AutismAcceptance

Our instructional program teachers were busy aligning their ELA instructional resources and practices with grade level standards and W & W themes for our students that require some extra support. #dreamteam #spedchat #studentsfirst #SpecialEducation Colleen Cook @HNoncek

Check out the Fall 2022 SpEd Scoop! #IEPRubrics #spedchat smore.com/46t23-sped-sco…

Check out December's SpEd Scoop! #ELA #Math #spedchat @HNoncek (via smore.com) smore.com/7t4we-sped-sco…

Great morning with our PSRPs discussing executive functioning strategies to support students planning, working memory and metacognition! Colleen Cook #postits #checklists #snap&read #firstthen #RWD #graphicorganizers

UDL breaks barriers, opens doors wider and creates expert learners. @PaulaKluth thanks for all the great reminders and ideas that I can share out! #virtualcalmingcorners #captions #doodleaway #coloringnotes #choices #AACforall #UDL

Love how all the teachers in Katie Swiniuch class are supporting students decoding, encoding & comprehension skills during small group instruction utilizing #fundations and #Geodes! #ELA Colleen Cook Ms. Collins

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Emmett’s plunging in the 2023 Chicago Polar Plunge! Donate to his team here! secure.qgiv.com/event/2023cppp… #specialolympics #freezinforareason #donatetoourteam

Our PSRPs are the best! Happy teacher appreciation week to the ones we can not teach without! #paraprofessionals #TeacherApprecationWeek #SEL

Emmett helped honor his 93 year old great grandpa tonight at the cubs game 🇺🇸💙 Chicago Cubs We Honor Veterans U.S. Army

Parents of kids with ASD, check out this Back to School Timeline from Have Dreams! Visit our "Back to School" page under the Parents Tab on our home page to download more great resources. havedreams.org/back-to-school

Emmett is taking the plunge at the 2024 Chicago Polar Plunge presented by Jackson secure.qgiv.com/event/2024cpp/… Consider donating to his page! TIA!

It was such a great week being a coach at the Have Dreams® structured teaching training. #enviromentalsupports #schedules #todolists #activities #SpecialEducation #Autism