Autism & ADHD

Social Play Skills for Autistic Children

For autistic children who want to connect with peers but are unsure how to start, this guide brings...

Functional Communication Strategies for...

Nonverbal and minimally verbal autistic students need reliable ways to ask for help, make choices and share...

ARFID and Autism Mealtime Support Toolkit for...

If lunchtime is the hardest part of the day for a student or your own child, this 17-page toolkit offers a...

Autism & ADHD Strategies for Special Education

What works for a student with autism may not help a student with ADHD or ODD. This resource organizes...

Autism Support Strategies Toolkit

Autism support involves many areas at once, and teachers benefit from having them in one place. This...

Supporting Siblings of Autistic Children

Siblings of autistic children have their own feelings and needs that are easy to overlook. This 12-page...

ASD Strategies - If-Then Guides for Special...

Students with ASD have a wide range of needs, and you often need an answer on the spot. This reference uses...

Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) vs. Autism

SPD and autism overlap enough that it can be hard to tell what you are seeing, especially during sensory...

Autism Classroom Support Guide

Autistic students learn best in classrooms where they feel safe, understood and able to predict what comes...

Autism Masking & People-Pleasing

The quiet student who never complains or always says yes can be the one who needs support most. This...

Autism Routine Building Guide for Daily...

Routines help autistic children build independence in daily life. This 79-page guide shows parents,...

Autism Summer Survival Guide

Summer often disrupts the routines and sensory supports autistic children depend on. These 12 strategy...

Back to School Social Communication Guide for...

Going back to school brings new social demands that can be hard for autistic students. This 101-page guide...

Back to School Transitions for Students with...

Starting a new school year is a major transition for many autistic students. This 72-page guide walks...

Classroom Structure for Autism

Autistic learners do best when they know what to do, where to go and what comes next. This 69-page...

Conflict Resolution and Friendship Skills for...

Friendship and conflict resolution are teachable skills. This practical guide breaks them down for autistic...

Dignity in Daily Care

Older autistic students who need help with toileting and hygiene deserve support that protects their...

Early Signs of Autism

Parents are often the first to notice that something feels different, but they may not know what to look...

Echolalia

Echolalia is communication, and responding to it well starts with understanding what it means. This 12-page...

Emotional Regulation Strategies for Autism

Dysregulation happens in the moment, and general advice is hard to apply under pressure. This 20-page...

End of Year Reflection Journal for Students...

Many students who learn differently finish the school year having heard more corrections than praise, and...

First Weeks of School with Autism

The first weeks of school are full of change, and autistic students do best when the day feels predictable....

First Weeks of School with Autism

Starting a new school year can be stressful for autistic students and the adults who support them. These 12...

From Obsession to Connection

Special interests, gaming and screens can become bridges to learning and connection. This 12-page toolkit...

Gestalt Language Processing (GLP)

Gestalt language processors learn language in chunks and scripts before building flexible phrases. These 12...

Growing Up, Your Way — Autism & Puberty Guide

Growing up can bring a lot of questions. This warm, practical guide helps autistic young people understand...

Helping Autistic Students Through Grief,...

Autistic students may express grief in ways adults misread as defiance or indifference. This 12-page...

High-Functioning Autism Guide

This guide explains high-functioning autism clearly, builds on the strengths that come with it and gives...

Hyperlexia

A student with hyperlexia can read fluently and still miss what the story meant. This resource helps you...

It Is Safe to Be Wrong

For some autistic students, a single mistake can lead to anxiety, shutdowns or meltdowns. This 12-page...

Masking at School

Many neurodivergent students mask their struggles at school, especially during change, and the cost shows...

OT Guide to Functional vs. Non-Functional...

Not all stimming needs the same response, and suppressing it can miss the underlying need. This 12-page...

Sensory Support Tools for Children with Autism

Sensory needs differ from child to child and from one sensory system to another. This 20-page guide...

Siblings of Autistic Children

Siblings of autistic children carry pride, love, jealousy, guilt and sometimes the sense that their needs...

Social-Emotional Learning for Students with...

General SEL lessons often need adapting for students with autism. This reference makes SEL concrete with 12...

Special Education Classroom Setup Guide for...

The physical layout of a special education or autism support classroom shapes behavior, independence and...

Structured Routines for Children with Autism

Social skills are easier to learn when they are broken into clear, repeatable steps. This 20-page toolkit...

Supporting Autistic and ARFID Eaters

Pressure at mealtimes often increases food refusal for autistic children and children with ARFID. This...

Supporting Gestalt Language Learners

Gestalt language processors learn language in chunks, and they need adults who recognize and model it. This...

The First Week of School Survival Guide for...

The first week of school can be overwhelming for neurodivergent students. This 92-page handbook helps...

The Quiet Strugglers

Some autistic students look calm and compliant while masking significant stress. This 12-page toolkit uses...

Understanding Autism in Girls

Many autistic girls are diagnosed late or missed altogether, often because they camouflage or mask their...

You Matter Too

Autism classroom staff give a great deal emotionally every day, and that load often follows them home. This...

Special Education Guides Bundle

Autism Support Toolkit

Behavior is communication, and this 50-page guide helps you understand what a child is telling you, whether...

Teaching Social Skills to Kids with Autism

Daily routines from wake-up to bedtime can be stressful for autistic children and their families. This...

Autism Back to School Survival Guide

Back to school means new routines, new people and new sensory input, which can be overwhelming for autistic...

Autism Summer Routine Handbook

Summer removes the school structure many autistic children rely on. This 47-page handbook helps parents,...

Going to the Doctor

Doctor visits pack many unpredictable moments into one appointment, and that unpredictability is often the...

ADD/ADHD in Schools

A clear walkthrough of the 1991 joint memo on serving students with ADD/ADHD. It explains how these...

ADHD Back to School Toolkit

The start of a school year puts heavy demands on attention, organization and memory for students with ADHD....

ADHD Student Success Guide

ADHD affects focus, organization and self-regulation in ways that can be hard to explain and harder to...

ADHD Summer Structure Guide

Without the school day, kids and teens with ADHD can lose structure, focus and motivation quickly. These 12...

Civil Rights of Students With ADHD

A clear summary of the 2016 OCR guidance on the civil rights of students with ADHD, focused on what schools...

Classroom Focus Tools

Students with ADHD often need small, consistent adjustments to stay on task, and teachers need those ideas...

Homework Help for ADHD

Homework time can turn into a daily struggle for kids with ADHD and the adults helping them. This 20-page...

Organization Skills Guide for ADHD

Lost materials, missed deadlines and unfinished tasks are everyday challenges for learners with ADHD and...

Sluggish Cognitive Tempo (SCT) vs ADHD

Sluggish Cognitive Tempo is often mixed up with ADHD, yet a daydreamy, slow-to-finish student needs...

Task Initiation & Focus Activities for...

Getting started and staying on task are daily struggles for many students with ADHD. This 44-page guide...

Time Blindness in ADHD Students

Students with ADHD often lose track of time, underestimate how long tasks take and rush at the last minute....

Understanding Section 504 for Students with...

A plain-language guide to the 1992 OCR memorandum on students with ADD/ADHD. It explains when a school must...

ADHD Strategies for Kids

Children with ADHD often hear the same advice without it sticking, but a character facing the same struggle...

ADHD Focusing Tips Poster

This ADHD focusing tips poster shares ten strategies that help the brain stay alert, organized, and ready...

Smooth Transitions

Transitions such as getting out the door, starting homework or getting ready for bed are often the hardest...

Summer Emotional Regulation Guide for Kids...

Summer removes the structure that helps many children with autism and ADHD stay regulated, and big feelings...

Demand Avoidance During School Transitions

Students with a PDA profile often resist transitions when they feel like demands, and traditional...

Executive Function Skills Guide for Special...

Executive function difficulties sit behind many of the struggles students show with planning, starting work...

Executive Function Routines

Executive function challenges show up most in everyday moments, like resisting bedtime or losing homework...

Rigid Thinking Interventions

Some children get stuck on one way of thinking, and change becomes a source of stress. This 50-page guide...

Organization Skills Training Worksheets

Many students need organization taught and practiced, not just expected. This 12-page printable collection...

Time Management Supports for Students

Transitions and routines are where time management challenges show up most. This 12-page printable...

Memory Strategies Toolkit - Boosting...

"Study harder" is not a strategy. This toolkit uses 20 tables that place common memory mistakes...

Back to School Executive Function Challenges

Missing assignments, lost schedules and messy workspaces are common signs of executive function challenges....

Cognitive Flexibility Training for Students

Students who think rigidly often get stuck when plans change, rules shift or a problem has more than one...

Completing Tasks Without Reminders

Some students lean so heavily on alerts and reminders that finishing a task without one feels impossible....

Decision Paralysis in Students

Some students freeze when faced with a choice, even a small one, and the delay affects their work and...

Desk and Backpack Organization Skills for...

Telling students to "clean up" rarely fixes messy desks and overflowing backpacks. This 50-page...

Executive Function Guide

A bright student stares at a blank page for twenty minutes, not because they do not understand the work,...

Executive Function Strategies for a...

Executive function skills shape how students plan, start, organize and manage their work. This 48-page...

Executive Function Strategy Tables for a...

Planning, organizing and staying focused are skills many students need to be taught directly. These 12...

Executive Functioning & Independence Building...

Breaking a task into manageable steps is a valuable skill, and this fillable sheet guides students through...

Executive Functioning Sheet

Some students know exactly what they need to do but get stuck on how to do it. This sheet walks students...

Executive Functioning Skills Checklist Sheet

Executive functioning affects almost everything a student does in class. This checklist breaks skills into...

Forgetfulness & Memory Overload in Students

Students who struggle with memory often lose instructions, leave tasks unfinished and repeat the same...

Initiation Deficits

Some students sit in front of a task and cannot begin, even when they understand it. These 12 strategy...

Mental Fatigue in Neurodivergent Students

Neurodivergent students often spend extra energy masking, processing and coping with sensory input, which...

Overwhelm & Cognitive Load

When students take in more information than they can process, they shut down, lose focus or feel exhausted....

Planning & Organization Deficits

Missed deadlines, lost papers and cluttered workspaces are common for students who struggle with planning...

Planning & Organization Deficits

Missed deadlines, lost papers and cluttered workspaces are common for students who struggle with planning...

Procrastination vs Executive Dysfunction

Not every delay is procrastination. These 12 strategy tables help students and adults separate avoidance...

Students with Severe Working Memory Deficits

Students with severe working memory deficits forget instructions, skip steps and leave tasks unfinished....

Task Avoidance & Executive Dysfunction

When a task keeps getting pushed back, the cause is not always laziness. These 12 strategy tables help...

Task Initiation Guide

Many students know what to do but cannot get started, and that stuck moment is often mistaken for laziness...

Task Switching Difficulties

Moving from one task to another is hard for many students, and every interruption costs time and focus....

Weekly To-Do List

A cluttered weekly view makes it easy to fall behind. This grid-style to-do list keeps Monday through...

Working Memory vs Processing Speed

Working memory and processing speed problems can look alike in class, but they need different support....

Executive Functioning for Daily Success

This executive functioning poster set gives students ten step-by-step guides for planning, managing time,...

Mastering Focus for Kids

Focus is easier to build once children understand how their brain works. This illustrated guide walks young...

Memory Skills for Kids

Memory is a skill children can strengthen. This guide shows kids how their brain stores information and...

Task Initiation Steps Poster

This task initiation steps poster shows students how to get started when beginning a task feels hard. Seven...

Visual Calendars & Time Management Toolkit...

Time is an abstract idea for many kids. This 50-page visual toolkit uses calendars, schedules and timers to...

Working Memory Support Poster

This working memory support poster shows eight tools that help students remember information while they...