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Jake Dorr

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Social Skills Lesson Plan

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Social Skills Ice Breaker: T-shirt Design

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Life Skills Grading Rubric

By Jake Dorr

This simple, 1-4 scale grading rubric was developed uniquely for life skills classes. It is easy to follow and can be applied across all subjects and ability levels. It also conveniently calculates to 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% brackets. Whether it's an

Subjects:

Special Education, EFL - ESL - ELD, Life Skills

Grades:

Staff

Types:

Assessment, Homework, Rubrics

$3.00

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Social Skills Lesson Plan

By Jake Dorr

A great template to help you build a social skills lesson for students in small groups. Could be tailored for any subject but this one is especially useful in helping you to remember those simple steps of building a lesson that is memorable,

Subjects:

Special Education, Life Skills, For All Subjects

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Outlines, Lesson

$2.00

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Public Transportation - Planning a Trip

By Jake Dorr

Do you have students who are learning how to navigate public transit? This form takes the uncertainty and stress out of planning--literally walking you through point A to point B in a logical flow. Before heading out on a field trip, job shadow or

Subjects:

Special Education, Life Skills, Vocational Education

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Adult Education

Types:

Activities, Scripts, Simulations

$2.00

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Speech Bubbles for Social Communication - Think It or Say It

By Jake Dorr

This simple one-pager is both a lesson in how to navigate conversation and a plan for students to make their own role-playing tools. The descriptions help students with developmental delays to understand why veering off-topic or interrupting can be

Subjects:

Special Education, Oral Communication, Speech Therapy

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Handouts, Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

SL.2.1b, SL.2.3, SL.3.1b

$2.00

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Student Observation Form

By Jake Dorr

This is a super simple tally form! It's a great resource for observing a student to assess their behavior - recommended for 30 to 60 minute observations. The form is set up using my own "seesaw method" so that classroom teachers, counselors,

Subjects:

Special Education, Classroom Management, Character Education

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Assessment, Classroom Forms, For Principals & Administrators

$2.00

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Personal Finance: Basic Spending Account with Credit, Debit and Balance

By Jake Dorr

This personal finance worksheet was especially designed for special education. The terminology is kept simple, teaching only the most basic parts of an account ledger. The first page has instructions, then continues on to two more pages so that the

Subjects:

Math, Special Education, Career and Technical Education

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Activities, Independent Work Packet, Centers

$3.00

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Safe Handwashing Instructions - Step by Step Poster

By Jake Dorr

A poster for school or home... simply print out, laminate and post near the sink area. Bonus: Includes individual, enlarged full page copies for those who wish to increase visual impact of every step! Can be fixed to the wall in any grid

Subjects:

Environment, Special Education, Health

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Printables, School Nurse Documents, Posters

$5.00

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Social Skills Ice Breaker: T-shirt Design

By Jake Dorr

This handout is for students to simply create a visual depiction of their personal identity. Assuming that everything they would want the world to know about them could be portrayed within the clothes they wear, it's the "I want the world to know"

Subjects:

Visual Arts, Special Education, Back to School

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts

$2.00

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Mini Social Skills Lesson - Before You Interrupt

By Jake Dorr

This single-sheet lesson provides a way to help explain the hidden rules of conversation and even gives a step by step script, for students who struggle with interrupting. The top half of the page walks a student through two basic steps in knowing

Subjects:

Special Education, Classroom Management, Problem Solving

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Scripts, Task Cards, Lesson

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Social Skills - Do Not Touch Signs - Permission or Prohibit

By Jake Dorr

It can be difficult for children on the autism spectrum or with severe impulsive behaviors (such as ADHD or Down syndrome) to discern which sorts of objects around the school are theirs to touch, and which objects are off limits due to unwritten

Subjects:

Special Education, Life Skills, Classroom Community

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Printables, Posters, Task Cards

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Social Skills Ice Breaker: All About Me

By Jake Dorr

This handout--called a "friendship file" because it is used to build a profile about others--is great for promoting self-expression in learners who are underserved in the area of conversation, reciprocal play, or basic social interaction skills.

Subjects:

Special Education, Character Education, Classroom Community

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Printables

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Mini Social Skills Lesson - Think It, Say It, Do It

By Jake Dorr

This is a simple one-page lesson for small groups working on self-regulation strategies. Special Education teachers, counselors, speech pathologists, instructional assistants or other staff can use this lesson to help the student work through their

Subjects:

Special Education, School Counseling, Speech Therapy

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

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Place Value in Money

By Jake Dorr

This mini lesson about Place Value is presented in a compelling 2-page handout: The first page is a great visual lesson about the value of each digit and their relationships to the whole (this can also be projected via document camera or slides).

Subjects:

Special Education, Decimals, Place Value

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

1.NBT.B.2, 3.NBT.A.1

$3.00

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Organization: How To Clean Your Desk

By Jake Dorr

For any students who struggle with executive functioning skills, organization or just general adolescent neglect! This is a great cover-all topic for classroom tidying of desks and it scaffolds each layer of the organizational process into

Subjects:

Classroom Management, Back to School, For All Subjects

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Staff

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Scripts

$2.00

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Number Olympics - Number Sense and Place Value 1-20

By Jake Dorr

This one-page wonder can become a daily math exercise to help students become familiar with basic numeracy skills and comprehension of place value. By practicing how to make sense of the numbers 1-20 in multiple ways, students will develop a kind of

Subjects:

Numbers, Special Education, Place Value

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Handouts, Graphic Organizers, Centers

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Special Education - New Student Profile

By Jake Dorr

Have you ever wished that when a new student was added to your caseload that you had a basic profile that could travel with them? This Get To Know Me form takes care of that. It's also really great for passing along info to a sub or other staff who

Subjects:

Special Education, Classroom Management, School Counseling

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Staff

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Professional Documents, Classroom Forms, For Principals & Administrators

$2.00

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Mini Social Skills Lesson - Think Before You Speak - Pocket Script

By Jake Dorr

These pocket-sized cards are great for situations in which students with social-cognitive impairments need to have a literal script in order to carefully think through their actions and words. For students on the autism spectrum, conversation with

Subjects:

Special Education, Character Education, Classroom Community

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Flash Cards, Scripts, Task Cards

$2.00

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AVID Name Cards with Discussion Prompts

By Jake Dorr

These name cards can be used over and over to elevate classroom conversations to the next level. Just fold in half length-wise, students add their names and you're set! These cards serve a dual purpose: They are great for getting to know a room

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, Government

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Scripts, Graphic Organizers, Literature Circles

CCSS:

SL.9-10.1, SL.9-10.1c, CCRA.SL.1, CCRA.SL.3, CCRA.SL.4, CCRA.SL.6, RH.9-10.8

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Classroom Signs for a Safe Reopening - Graphics for Covid Safety

By Jake Dorr

I hope these visuals help students to thrive as schools reopen and educators reimagine how shared spaces will function. These signs have been created for general use around classrooms, common spaces, health areas and hallways. Print them out, cut

Subjects:

Public Health, Classroom Management, Back to School

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Printables, Posters, For Principals & Administrators

$5.00

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Inspirational Cards for Special Education Teachers - "Renaissance IEP"

By Jake Dorr

This set of inspirational, all-occasion cards will humor and delight your coworkers and friends. Give them out for birthdays, staff appreciation, professional development, or simply to brighten someone's day. These cards are both comical and

Subjects:

Special Education, Back to School, End of Year

Grades:

Staff

Types:

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have had a decade of experience in a variety of capacities including Educational Assistant, Social Coach, Behavior Consultant, Special Education Teacher and Digital Learning Specialist with iPads.

MY TEACHING STYLE

I believe that learning should be engaging and fun and that there is virtually no limit to using the special interests of a child to capture their enthusiasm and unique social-cognitive functioning in a way that improves outcomes.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Yet to be added

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Masters of Science in Education, Special Education focus, Western Oregon University.

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Jake lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife and two children.