Category: Social and Life Skills

Preschool child pointing at a mobile while a teacher and classmate follow his gaze, one of the joint attention examples

Joint Attention Examples, Milestones and How to Teach It at School

Responding and initiating joint attention examples, CDC milestones, classroom activities, imitation and turn taking, IEP goal examples and progress data.
Kindergarten students passing a ball in a circle on the classroom rug during social skills activities

Social Skills Activities by Age: Classroom Examples and Evidence

Classroom social skills activities by age, each tied to one skill, with the evidence-based practices behind them, a lesson format and progress data.
Elementary students playing a beanbag picture card game during articulation activities with their speech-language pathologist

Articulation Activities by Level and Age: A Guide for Schools

Articulation activities by level and age, how teachers and families support carryover, how many practice trials research uses, and data.
Two middle school students practicing conversation skills during lunch, one talking while the other listens

Conversation Skills: How to Teach Them to K-12 Students

How to teach conversation skills at school: initiating, turn taking, topic, repair and ending, with activities by grade, a checklist and IEP goals.
Preschool student copying a classmate's raised arms during a motor imitation game in class

Motor Imitation: Types, Teaching Sequence and IEP Goal Examples

What motor imitation is, why it matters, its link to joint attention, how to teach it at school, target lists, a tracking sheet and IEP goals.
Elementary students passing a talking object in a morning feelings check-in during social emotional learning activities in their classroom

Social Emotional Learning Activities: CASEL 5 Ideas by Grade

Classroom SEL activities for all five CASEL competencies, from preschool to high school, with adaptations for students with IEPs and ways to measure progress.
Kindergartners following a two-step direction from their teacher, placing colored blocks in a basket on the classroom rug

Following Directions Activities by Grade Band, With Supports

Original following directions activities by grade band, a quick check before teaching, supports that work, prompt fading, data and three IEP goals.
Middle school student sorting utensils into a divided tray at an independent work station with task boxes in a special education classroom

Task Boxes for Special Education: Setup, 24 Ideas and IEP Goals

How to set up task boxes and a work system, 24 task box ideas from fine motor to vocational, how to fade prompts and what data to collect.
Speech-language pathologist listening as a third grader explains picture cards of children playing during a pragmatic language assessment

Pragmatic Language Assessment: Tests, Observation and IEP Use

How SLPs assess pragmatic language at school: IDEA rules, a table of formal tests, informal measures, fairness and an example summary of findings.
High school students practicing a purchase at a classroom store during life skills activities in a special education classroom

Life Skills Activities: Classroom and Community Ideas by Age

Self-care, home, money, time, community, safety and vocational life skills activities, how to teach them in the community and how to set up the classroom.