What Special Education Taught Me About Adult Wellness
Before I ever started thinking about wellness in my own life, I was learning about it in the classroom. As a special education teacher, I’ve spent years supporting children whose nervous systems require more care, flexibility, and understanding than the world often offers. In that space, regulation is never optional — it’s foundational. What I’ve come to realize is this: the principles we use to support children don’t stop being relevant when we grow up. We just stop being of
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What I Believe About Wellness
These are my 6 core beliefs about wellness, through a holistic lense.
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Explaining Neurodiversity to Staff, Students, and Families - Without the Jargon
Making Sense of What It Means, Why It Matters, and How to Celebrate It In education, we throw around a lot of terms—IEP, accommodations,...
Jun 30, 20252 min read
7 Things I Wish I Knew in My First Year of SPED
Lessons, Laughs, and a Lot of Lamination If you’re in your first year of special education, let me start with this: You’re doing better...
Jun 13, 20253 min read
From Chaos to Calm: Creating a Regulation Space that Works
Working with special education preschool, my students often express some big feelings and have trouble regulating them. It can be a daily...
May 9, 20253 min read
Engaging Activities to Help Students Learn and Remember Their Names
One thing I’ve learned as a second-year special education teacher? Names are a BIG deal! Our students light up when they see their name,...
Apr 30, 20251 min read
