Adaptive Books

What is an adaptive or an interactive book? Some people use these two words interchangeably and some people see them as separate things. However you see it, they are both a type of book designed for special education, speech therapy, or young children. Here are my definitions: Adaptive Book: An adaptive book is a book that has been well.....adapted! This might mean that there are adaptive sentences with picture representation (picture symbols) underneath the words or that it simply a b

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Adapted Books are a great resource to use in the classroom. Check out a few of the free ones available on my website to up your teaching game!

Functional teaching ideas for multi-needs special education, with a transition / life skills focus.

When I was in graduate school, I created a series of interactive books with a character named "Dougy" for my son who is on the Autism Spectrum. I recently updated them (they were pretty outdated design-wise) and I will be sharing them for free on Teachers Pay Teacher periodically. The second book in the series is Back to School with Dougy. It is an adapted (picture symbol sentence strips) and interactive (velcro pictures to move around the pages) book. Students will love helping Dougy find…