If you have students in middle and high school who regularly show up without supplies, consider letting them keep a second set of materials in the classroom.

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Idea #3: Teach collaborative art

Posted on April 03, 2013 in Autism, Differentiating Instruction

One adaptation that inspires both creativity and peer connection is collaborative artwork. Murals, quilts, and large-scale paintings can all be done collaboratively, but so can smaller pieces. As an on-the-spot adaptation, this preschool teacher had her students pass their pictures around the table and asked each child to add something new to each picture.

One student with autism could not draw with markers or crayons, but she added stickers and stamps to the drawings, making her own unique contribution to each one.

Find 100 additional ideas in the book From Tutor Scripts to Talking Sticks.

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