Hi, I’m Nikki —a passionate special educator, autism specialist, and founder of Teaching Autism. With over a decade of experience creating hands-on, engaging resources for educators worldwide, I’m here to make your teaching journey easier, more effective, and a lot more fun!
With each episode, I’ll bring you practical tips, creative strategies, and inspiring insights to help you thrive in your autism and special education classroom. From tackling behavior challenges to creating meaningful lesson plans, we’ll dive deep into what works—and what doesn’t—in the world of special education.
You’ll find:
✅ Real-world strategies you can use tomorrow.
✅ Expert advice for creating inclusive, student-centered classrooms.
✅ Honest conversations about the joys and challenges of teaching.
✅ Plenty of laughs, relatable moments, and inspiration to keep you going.
Whether you’re a seasoned educator, new to special education, or simply looking to level up your teaching game, this podcast is your go-to resource for empowering yourself and your students.
Join me on this journey, and let’s build better classrooms together!
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I am so excited to have Brandie Rosen on the podcast today. She is offering IEP help for teachers and parents. Brandie is a special education consultant and an IEP coach. She has worked with families to help them navigate through the maze of special education and help with the process. Along with this, she provides training for schools and teachers to help them run effective IEP’s and to build school/parent relationships. Brandie has been in the field for nearly 25 years. And she is sharing a hu...
Today on the podcast I’m discussing classroom staff management. Within the field of special education and autism classrooms, we often have to work closely, in larger teams than usual classrooms. And sometimes, we’re all human, and we find it difficult to get along. Or, you may have a team of paraprofessionals who are new to this area of speciality and need some help and guidance. You may have a great team, but you want to find ways to help guide your teaching assistants and paraprofessionals to ...
Today I’m so excited to bring you my Forbrain auditory headset review and interview. Forbrain is an auditory feedback headset, and I have been so lucky to try one out recently. And today, on the podcast, I’m interviewing Caroline. Caroline works for Forbrain and she’s here to answer our questions. We’re even able to offer you a 10% saving when you purchase through our aff. link here . You can also read all about my experience trying out Forbrain and my thoughts in my recent blog post here . For ...
Are you ready for an exciting podcast with an autism nutrition and diet specialist? I am SO excited to have Jenny Friedman on the podcast today. Jenny is a registered dietitian who specialises in nutrition for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Today is Jenny is talking all about different ways to encourage your children to try new foods. She also gives us an insight into how to help expand your child’s diet. Along with what barriers they may be facing. Jenny even answered questions from so...
On the podcast today I’m talking about how you can be preparing for the end of the year. Many of our autism and special education students find it very difficult at this time of year. The summer holidays can be an anxious time for many of our students. Some of our students may be excited for all that time off. But for others, it’s a period of uncertainty. Their routine is being taken from them. And that can result in behaviours too. Are you looking for ways to help prepare your students for the ...
I am so excited to have Cassie from Adventures in Behavior on the show today. Cassie is a behavior specialist teacher. Today, she’s sharing her tips and some advice with us. We also get a peek into the way Cassie runs her classroom. Cassie is also sharing her knowledge of autism, and gives us an insight to the way that ABA has helped her run her classroom. If you want to learn more about behavior and pick up some new ideas to use in your classroom. Then this podcast episode is the perfect listen...
One of the common questions I get is ‘What is errorless learning?’ Errorless learning is on the rise. It’s becoming more and more popular within classrooms, therapy sessions and in homeschool environments. Today I’m going to answer your question and tell you more about this way of learning. Including how and why I use it in my classroom. What the benefits of this type of learning are. And how you can take and use data from these learning activities. Do you use errorless activities? Have you had ...
Are you looking for ways to make story time for fun your special education and autism students? Do they lose interest? Or are they struggling to pay attention to you while you’re reading a story? Maybe you’re lost. You want your students to love reading and listening to stories. But, you don’t know how to do it or where to get started. In this episode today on my teaching autism and special education community podcast, I’m discussing all of these. I’m going to discuss and help you to make story ...
On today’s episode we’re talking all about autism homeschooling. But we’re also sharing how our guest helped prepare her autistic son for the arrival of their new baby. Our guest, Nicole, has tried numerous times for her son to attend school. But, unfortunately, the school setting has not worked out well for her son. Nicole is opening up and letting us in to her autism homeschooling life. She discusses the positive and negative effects it has had. And what her homeschooling day looks like. She’s...
I am so excited to share with you all some transition tips for special education today on the podcast. We’ll be discussing transition itself, and how transition can make our children feel. On top of this, I’ll be sharing with you some easy and cost-effective ways that you can help your students prepare for transition and how to support it in the classroom and at home. From visual schedules to using PVC table cloths – yep, I’m serious. We’re sharing it all in today’s episode. I’ll even take you o...
Welcome to my first episode on our ‘Teaching Autism and Special Education Community’ podcast. I am so excited to share this podcasting journey with you all. This podcast is perfect for; teachers, education professionals, therapists, families, parents, carers, and anyone who wants to learn more about autism and special education. Episode #1 I’m giving you a brief introduction to me and Teaching Autism, followed by a short session on burnout and self-care. Self-care is huge right now. Especially w...
