Are you looking to create a meaningful, organized, and student-centered independent work system in your special education classroom? The Independent Task Box Starter Kit gives you everything you need to set up, organize, teach, and implement independent task boxes with your learners.
This resource is designed for special education classrooms, autism classrooms, self-contained settings, and any environment where students benefit from structured routines, visual supports, and opportunities to build independence.
Independent task boxes provide students with meaningful practice of previously learned skills while developing confidence, self-management, and independent work habits. This guide walks you through the entire process—from organizing your materials to teaching students how to successfully use the system.
A step-by-step guide explaining how to:
Create and organize your task box system
Choose tasks based on student independence levels
Assign tasks to students
Teach students the independent work routine
Maintain and rotate your task box materials
Pathway 1: Choice Board Assignments
Students choose from assigned task options during “Work Task Time”
Supports autonomy, decision-making, and student engagement
Includes instructions for creating and using individual choice boards
Pathway 2: Individual Schedule Assignments
Students follow personalized visual schedules with teacher-assigned tasks
Supports predictable routines and individualized learning needs
Includes instructions for assigning tasks using student-specific schedules
Both pathways use the same organization system, task labels, and classroom routines—allowing you to choose the approach that best supports your students.
✓ Task box inventory spreadsheet
✓ Category organization sheets
✓ Numbering system for task boxes
✓ Planning tools to track available activities
✓ Visual schedule supports
✓ Choice board supports
✓ Task assignment visuals
✓ Independent work routine supports
✓ Adapted book/social stories to introduce the task box system
Get started immediately with 5 ready-to-use task boxes!
These sample activities allow you to:
Try the system before creating your own boxes
Model the routine with students
Begin building independent work skills right away
Please Note:
This resource provides the framework, organization system, and teaching tools needed to create your own individualized task box system. Task boxes should always be selected based on each learner’s current skills, strengths, and instructional needs.
Build independence. Increase confidence. Create meaningful opportunities for your students to succeed.
Are you looking to create a meaningful, organized, and student-centered independent work system in your special education classroom? The Independent Task Box Starter Kit gives you everything you need to set up, organize, teach, and implement independent task boxes with your learners.
This resource is designed for special education classrooms, autism classrooms, self-contained settings, and any environment where students benefit from structured routines, visual supports, and opportunities to build independence.
Independent task boxes provide students with meaningful practice of previously learned skills while developing confidence, self-management, and independent work habits. This guide walks you through the entire process—from organizing your materials to teaching students how to successfully use the system.
A step-by-step guide explaining how to:
Create and organize your task box system
Choose tasks based on student independence levels
Assign tasks to students
Teach students the independent work routine
Maintain and rotate your task box materials
Pathway 1: Choice Board Assignments
Students choose from assigned task options during “Work Task Time”
Supports autonomy, decision-making, and student engagement
Includes instructions for creating and using individual choice boards
Pathway 2: Individual Schedule Assignments
Students follow personalized visual schedules with teacher-assigned tasks
Supports predictable routines and individualized learning needs
Includes instructions for assigning tasks using student-specific schedules
Both pathways use the same organization system, task labels, and classroom routines—allowing you to choose the approach that best supports your students.
✓ Task box inventory spreadsheet
✓ Category organization sheets
✓ Numbering system for task boxes
✓ Planning tools to track available activities
✓ Visual schedule supports
✓ Choice board supports
✓ Task assignment visuals
✓ Independent work routine supports
✓ Adapted book/social stories to introduce the task box system
Get started immediately with 5 ready-to-use task boxes!
These sample activities allow you to:
Try the system before creating your own boxes
Model the routine with students
Begin building independent work skills right away
Please Note:
This resource provides the framework, organization system, and teaching tools needed to create your own individualized task box system. Task boxes should always be selected based on each learner’s current skills, strengths, and instructional needs.
Build independence. Increase confidence. Create meaningful opportunities for your students to succeed.
