10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher #53 Social Emotional Learning for Special Needs with Puppets #spedchat
Apr 12, 2017
10:28
Karen McCallum is a special ed elementary teacher in Alberta, Canda. She has specialized in special education and behavior support programming. Today she tells a heartwarming but powerful story about how two puppets are helping transform the social emotional learning of elementary special needs kids.
Karen will share:
- How she decided to use puppets to reach a nonverbal student
- Modeling appropriate and inappropriate behaviors
- How 15 minutes a day with the puppets can transform behavior
- Calming special needs kids using puppets
- Some funny and powerful stories of using Matts and Penny to help kids learn appropriate behaviors
I am a elementary vice principal and kindergarten teacher in Okotoks Alberta. I am in my 33rd year of teaching. My entire career has been in the primary area. I have my Master's degree in Special Education and have spent half of my career working in special education and behavior support programming.