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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…
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Why Behavior Changes With Substitute Teachers (opens the original)
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Why Behavior Changes With Substitute Teachers Ever noticed how even your most regulated students can seem completely different when there’s a substitute teacher in the classroom? In this episode, we’re talking about why behavior can change when a familiar teacher is absent - and why it often has much more to do with predictability, regulation, and nervous system safety than simply “testing the sub.” We’ll chat about: Why predictability can be so important for autistic students How a change in te
The After-School Restraint Collapse (opens the original)
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The After-School Restraint Collapse Have you ever heard, “They’re perfect at school… but the second they get home, they completely fall apart” ? In this episode, we’re talking about after-school restraint collapse - when a child spends the day holding it together, masking, managing sensory input, following expectations, and regulating their emotions, only to release everything once they reach a safe space. We’ll chat about: What after-school restraint collapse can look like Why a child can appea
Micro-Stressors That Build to Meltdowns (opens the original)
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Micro-Stressors That Build to Meltdowns Sometimes a meltdown can feel like it came completely out of nowhere - but often, there’s been a whole day of tiny stressors quietly building in the background. In this episode, we’re talking about micro-stressors : the small sensory, social, emotional, and environmental demands that can gradually fill a student’s “stress bucket” until their nervous system reaches overload. We’ll chat about: What micro-stressors can look like in the classroom Why autistic
Behavior That Looks Manipulative But Isn’t (opens the original)
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Have you ever heard someone say, “They know exactly what they’re doing,” “They’re playing us,” or “They’re just being manipulative”? The word manipulative gets thrown around pretty quickly in schools and special education settings. But once we give a student that label, it can completely change the way we see - and respond to - their behavior. In this episode of Teaching Autism and Special Education , we’re looking at behavior that can look manipulative from the outside, but may actually be a re
The Nervous System Behind Escalation (opens the original)
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Why can a student seem completely fine one minute and suddenly become overwhelmed the next? In this episode of Teaching Autism and Special Education with Nikki , we’re looking at what’s actually happening in the brain and body during escalation and why understanding the nervous system can completely change the way we respond to behavior. Escalation is often a stress response. Sensory overload, difficult demands, unexpected changes, social pressure, fatigue, hunger, and lots of other small stress
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