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The Misfit Behaviorists - Practical Strategies for Special Education and ABA Professionals

Misfit Minute 24: 5 Things I Wish I Knew as a New Special Education Teacher

April 7, 2026·4 min
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In this Misfit Minute, Audra shares five career lessons she wishes she’d learned earlier as an educator: don’t overplan—use one strong activity with built-in extensions instead of many activities that won’t work; don’t skip data collection because “I’ll remember later” leads to missing or skewed data—quick tallies beat perfect data never recorded; don’t try to do everything alone—treat paras, therapists, and gen ed teachers as true collaborators; protect breaks and boundaries early to prevent...

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