Laurie Eckenrode,
Special Education Teacher, and Pat Fennell and
Kathy Hearsey, Therapists

Laurie Eckenrode (center), Pat Fennell (left), and Kathy Hearsey (right) are former teachers of students with special needs. Much of their work has been serving in different capacities for Division TEACCH. Laurie taught in an exemplary structured teaching classroom, which she developed and which served as a TEACCH training model. She now uses this expertise in her work as a preschool itinerant teacher/consultant. Pat served as a psychoeducational therapist with the Chapel Hill TEACCH Clinic. Kathy continues her work as a TEACCH therapist and was a former director of TEACCH’s supported employment program. The three authors have extensively trained parents and professionals in structured teaching methodology and have won many awards for their achievements in the field of special education. Together, Laurie, Pat, and Kathy have over 65 years of experience working with exceptional children and adults.

Contact Pat Fennell: pat@tasksgalore.com

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This book (for pre-k, elementary, & students needing beginning steps) emphasizes developing tasks based on individualization, structure, organization, clarity, movement, sensory input, and through the use of the students’ strengths and interests.

This book depicts domestic, independent functioning, vocational, and job site activities, The visually structured tasks are a means of translating complex, everyday life skills into simpler, meaningful learning situations.

This book aids teachers, parents, and therapists in applying structured teaching techniques within classroom groups, school specials, and even parties! Designing meaningful home and school group activities involves integrating IEP goals, individualizing structure and communication, and teaching rules.

This book is an invaluable resource that uses play as the program for learning. It contains fun, multimodal tasks in full color that illustrate how routines, organizational strategies, and visual cues make play more understandable and enhance students’ toy play, flexibility, and social interactions.

This book is an exceptional activity book that offers young children an imaginative yet visually structured way to explore art. Each activity page comes with step-by-step photos and a checklist of materials.

These questionnaires are designed to help teachers and therapists ask parents the right questions about their student’s skills and use the collected information in the development of the student’s individualized education program (IEP). Easy-to-use checklists are included to document progress across home and school settings.