Teach, Task Box, Inspire: The Podcast (A Show for Special Educators)
Teach, Task Box, Inspire: The Podcast is your go-to educational podcast dedicated to making your job as a special education teacher easier and more enjoyable. Your host, Lisa Hollady, is a veteran special education teacher with a passion for helping teachers like you make a real difference in the lives of your students.
In your demanding roles, you’re constantly juggling various responsibilities, from differentiated instruction and Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) to data collection, and, of course, teaching. That’s where task boxes come in.
Task boxes aren’t just teaching tools. They’re the key to unlocking student independence, student engagement, and personalized learning. Through this podcast, you’ll uncover the incredible task box benefits for your special needs students and practical implemention tips that you can take to your classroom.
Tune in each Monday for a new episode that will equip you with essential strategies and motivation to approach your week with confidence and enthusiasm. Topics will include task box activities, social and emotional development, adaptive teaching, inclusive teaching, supporting diverse learners, classroom management, scheduling, visual aids, and more.
If you’re looking for more special education resources and support with increasing student independence, check out my FREE training at https://chalkboardsuperhero.com/training.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 13 minutes
- Episodes
- 98
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
17. FAQ’s about the Teach Task Box Inspire Membership
In this episode of Teach Task Box Inspire, we dive into the frequently asked questions about the 'Teach Task Box Inspire' Membership. The membership is an exclusive program providing you with a month…
16. What is Reinforcement and how to use it
Take a listen and join me while we chat about reinforcement! Reinforcement plays a crucial role in both behavioral and instructional interventions. We are going to talk positive and negative reinforc…
15. Navigating Sensory Sensitivities
In this week's episode, we shift focus from task boxes to address the critical topic of navigating students' sensory needs in special education. From recognizing the increasing concerns among educato…
14. Fostering Social Emotional Learning using Task Boxes
In this episode we chat about the pivotal role of task boxes in fostering social and emotional development within special education. Task boxes have a unique capacity to create a safe and structured …
13. Explicitly Teaching Life Skills using Task Boxes
Join me as we dive into the crucial, but often overlooked aspect of explicitly teaching life skills to special education students, using task boxes. We will chat about the misconception that life ski…
12. Introducing the Teach Task Box inspire Membership
Special educators, come join me in this momentous episode of Teach Task Box Inspire! I am thrilled to reveal the fruit of a year-long collaboration—a groundbreaking Teach Task Box Inspire Membership.…
11. Using Task Boxes to Manage Challenging Behaviors
Come join me and let's dive into how to use those tax boxes to manage challenging behaviors in special education. We'll talk about addressing and recognizing specific behavioral challenges ranging fr…
10. Staff Training: How to Get your Staff on Board with Using Task Boxes
In this week's episode, we explore a critical aspect often overlooked—staff training on using task boxes. Acknowledging resistance to change, this episode stresses the need for paraprofessional buy-i…
9. Mastering the Task Box Center in Your Special Education classroom
In this week's episode, we explore innovative strategies for individualizing task boxes to meet the diverse needs of your learners. From setting clear expectations to fostering independence, this epi…
8. How to use Boom Cards to enhance your task boxes
Let's explore an exciting topic that takes the special education toolkit to the next level – using Boom Cards to enhance the Task Box experience!
We'll talk about Boom Cards and their interactive, dig…
7. Task Boxes Used for IEP goal bins
IEP bins serve as organizational tools, streamlining materials for working on students' IEP goals. In this episode, we'll talk about data collection sheets, a dedicated IEP data collection binder wit…
6. Using Errorless Learning Task Boxes
Errorless learning minimizes mistakes during the learning process, making it particularly valuable for those who struggle with conventional methods. Let's look at the essence of errorless learning, e…
5. Using Task Boxes for Independent Work Systems
In this episode, we're chatting about the use of task boxes within Independent Work Systems (IWS) to foster independence in students with special needs.
I also get a little personal, and share my moti…
4. 6 Different Types of Task Boxes to use in your classroom
Have you ever wondered what types of task boxes would work best in your special education classroom?
In this episode, I chat about 6 different types of task boxes from vocational to life-skills task …
3. 8 Ways to Implement Task Boxes in Your Special Education Classroom
Have you been guilty of purchasing, or creating, resources for your classroom only to have them collect dust on your shelves? I know I’ve experienced this, especially early in my teaching career. Tha…
2. 10 Benefits of Using Task Boxes in Special Education
Special education teachers spend a lot of time differentiating instruction. In fact, I once had a classroom with students in kindergarten through seventh grade! To say I was shocked when I saw the ra…
1. The Power of Task Boxes in Special Education
Have you ever used task boxes in your special education classroom? I’m diving into the power of task boxes for you and your students in our very first episode. These little boxes are such an effectiv…
Welcome to Teach, Task Box, Inspire: The Podcast!
Welcome to Teach, Task Box, Inspire: The Podcast, a show for special education teachers. I’m your host, Lisa Hollady, a veteran special education teacher with a passion for helping teachers like you …