Special Education

Why special education

Starting at a young age, I was introduced to special education, which started my wonder about how I could help people with special needs. After learning about special education through personal experience I have wanted to help. When applying to college I knew my minor was going to be special education. Throughout my time at Rider, I have fallen in love with learning how to help individuals whether it is in my classroom or just in the world.  I have a desire to teach special education, and my field experience has helped foster this love.

How Every Child Can Thrive by Five

Molly Wright is a seven-year-old girl who spoke at a TED Talk. In this TED Talk, she speaks about the basic concept of the first five years of a child's life and how important it is. Within the video, she talks about the science behind this idea.

Eden School in Princeton New Jersey

This past fall I was an intern at the Eden School inside of the Middle Childhood Classroom. I was able to see numberus discrete trials and other applied behavior analyzes styles of teaching. Within my time there I created two lessons I would have done if I was in-person.

Sample Lessons

Autism Spectrum Disorder High Functioning Lesson Plan.docx

Here is a sample lesson plan I created for a high functioning student with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The lesson is about how to run a handwriting program. This is a larger version of the worksheet I made for the student.

Autism Spectruim Disorder Low Functioning Lesson Plan.docx

This is another sample lesson I created. This one is based on a lower functioning student with Autism Spectrum Disorder. This is a lesson to run a matching letters program. Below is the powerpoint I made to create the flashcards for the student.

Matching letter lesson plan.pptx