Planning, with adjustments built in
Lesson plans with adjustments for neurodivergent learners, in your school's own template
Describe what you're teaching — year level, subject, topic — and get a complete lesson plan in minutes, with a High Support and an Extension section written for the autistic and neurodivergent students in the room, not bolted on afterwards. Or upload your school's own planning template and get that exact document back, filled in.
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Adjustments built in, not bolted on
Most lesson planners write the lesson and leave the differentiation to you. HandsOnTop writes them together: every lesson ends with a High Support section and an Extension section, so the scaffolds for the students who need a different way in are planned at the same time as the activities. When the plan is done, the transition that worries one student can become a social story and the routine a visual schedule, in one click, with the same student’s name carried across.
Your school’s template, filled in — not replaced
Most planning tools hand you their format and leave you to copy everything across. HandsOnTop works the other way: upload the programming or lesson-plan template your school actually uses (Word .docx or .doc, OpenDocument, RTF, or a Google Doc downloaded as Word), and it comes back as the same document — identical tables, cell shading, fonts and layout — with the content written in. Upload it once and pick it from your library every time after that.
Label and header cells stay untouched; the empty cells and grey placeholder guidance are replaced with real, editable content. You review every filled cell before downloading, and re-downloads of work you’ve already generated are free.
Or start from a blank page — without the blank page
No template? Type a topic like “Year 3 fractions” or “Kindergarten living things” and get a structured plan with learning intentions, sequenced activities, assessment ideas and differentiation for students working above and below level. Plan a single lesson or a multi-lesson sequence, then export to Word or PDF.
- Complete plans in minutes: intentions, activities, assessment, High Support and Extension
- Multi-lesson sequences for unit programming
- Your school’s own Word or Google Docs template filled in-place — formatting preserved
- Your own curriculum, stage or grade and year level — pick your country and the vocabulary follows
- Everything saved to your account for free re-download
Built for inclusive primary classrooms
Made for Kindergarten to Year 6 teachers and support staff across every subject, especially in special education and inclusive classrooms. You bring the professional judgement; HandsOnTop takes care of the typing, structure and formatting — so the evening goes back to being yours.
Common questions
What adjustments does a lesson plan include?
Every lesson ends with a High Support section and an Extension section: the scaffolds, visual supports, sentence starters, chunked steps and sensory considerations for students who need them, and the stretch for students who finish early. They are written alongside the lesson, so the adjustments match the activities instead of being generic. Once the plan is made you can turn its transition into a social story or its routine into a visual schedule from the same page.
Can it fill in my school’s own planning template?
Yes. Upload the programming or lesson-plan template your school uses — Word .docx or .doc, OpenDocument, RTF, or a Google Doc downloaded as Word — and it comes back as the same document with identical tables, shading, fonts and layout, with the lesson content written into the right places. Label cells stay untouched. Upload it once and pick it from your library every time after that.
Does it work for my country’s curriculum and year levels?
Yes. Pick your country and the planning vocabulary, stage or grade names and year levels follow. You describe what you are teaching in your own words; HandsOnTop does not claim alignment with any curriculum authority, so you check the plan against your own documents as you would any resource.
What does a lesson plan cost?
A new lesson plan costs 2 credits and filling in your school’s template costs 10. Every account starts with 30 free credits, re-downloading anything you have already made is free, and there is no card needed to start.
Try it with one student's next routine
New accounts start with 30 free credits — about 2 social stories or 10 visual cards. No card needed.
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