Building Strong Routines with Orderly Transitions in Preschool

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Positive Behavioral Supports for PreK Classrooms

As I began working on a new Visual Schedule project for pre-K, I did a little digging into research-based practices to support positive behaviors in preschool classrooms. What did I find?

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How to Make & Use Gel Bags

Video Instructions

How to Make Visual Supports for Positive Behaviors

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Using Play-Based Activities to Overcome Oral Defensiveness, Food Aversions & Texture Sensitivities

 Come and meet David, Emily, and Alex! 

Occupational Therapy: Using Visuals to Improve Effectiveness of Treatment

Visual Systems for Occupational Therapy 

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Improving participation and constructive use of time for:

Therapeutic Activities, Schedules, Routines, and Classroom Self-Regulation! 

Autism & Learning to Use a Public Restroom: Tips for Parents and Teachers

How to make the process of using new bathrooms fun, interesting, and successful!

Teaching Self-Regulation Skills to Elementary Age Children

Finally!  A systematic method to teach self-regulation skills to children with sensory, emotional, and behavioral needs.  Color coded task cards give students managed choices to learn specific skills that meet their sensory needs and also calm them down, so that they can perform their academic classroom tasks. 

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The Waiting Wall

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Check out this great idea for helping kids wait in line!   

Have Fun Learning NAMES: Kindergarten & Preschool

We all know that building classroom community is HUGE, and that the time we invest from the beginning will pay off -big time.  Learning to identify names, write names, and say classmate’s names is essential for classroom community in preschool and kindergarten.  Here are some cool ways to get started!


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Occupational Therapy & use of iPad

Click here for the page to see all about the apps I use in therapy and read about these super guys in action! 

An InLinkz Link-up

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Introducing Capitals First! Blogging about Handwriting Instruction.

Welcome to any soul who is interested in handwriting instruction!  Driven by my passion to help teachers teach handwriting, I decided to offer Print Path to a worldwide teacher audience in August 2013.  This same passion sent me to graduate school two years ago so that I could investigate existing research regarding handwriting, to conduct my own action research, and most importantly to use research-based best practices to polish the classroom curriculum that I have been developing these past 12 years. 

It all just keeps getting better and better. As my own school district’s Handwriting Instruction Specialist, it is my job to to direct and deploy Print Path to over 270 classrooms, bringing quality handwriting instruction to 4500 children every school year.  I am truly blessed to be able to use my experience as a therapist, classroom instructor, and researcher to help so many children obtain legible and automatic handwriting while they are laying down life-long motor pathways.   

Capitals First! blog features ideas for implementing research-based best practices to improve instruction, highlight ways to use my products, and discuss recurring issues.  If you have any comments, or would like to see me discuss your questions please drop me an email, info@printpath.org.

Thanks for tuning in!  Thia