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Bradley Caro Cook, a doctoral student, needs the input of at least 1,000 special educators to complete his research. Be a part of this important study on special educator burnout. Show your support for a fellow educator by signing up to participate at Read More...
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Recently, I found myself caught off guard in another teacher's classroom without a signal that would be appropriate for her group of students. After sweating it out for a few seconds, I remembered a signal that was used at a recent training I attended. Read More...
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My most challenging center is my writing center. Most of my first graders are not quite yet able to read and comprehend written directions. By the time they rotate to the writing center, they forget most orally stated directions. Pictorial directions Read More...
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Looking for funds for an exciting project? Or maybe you need the basics such as copy paper, crayons, and art supplies. Check out these reviews of funding sources: Heard of Classwish? Donors Choose - Worth the Wait Go directly to the sources: Classwish Read More...
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"A picture is worth a thousand words." - Napoleon Bonaparte What are visual aids? The vast majority of children with autism depend on visual aids for organization, behavior support, social skills development, and comprehension. That being said, so do Read More...
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Fingernails screeching down a chalkboard. The booming bass on a car stereo. These are just a couple of sounds many people find irritating. For students with autism or other disabilities that affect sensory processing, many sounds that we take for granted Read More...
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Well, that's what he thought. Every time I said the word "hail" during our weather lesson yesterday, one of my little gems pointed to me and accused, "Awwww! Teacher said a cuss word!" I cued the video segment to the hailstorm and indicated that it was Read More...
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So we decided to give student-led inquiry a try. As we embarked on our weather unit, I asked each student to be an inquirer. They each had to develop a question they had about the weather. Here are their (paraphrased) questions : How does the weather Read More...
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"Write the definition of each word. Then use each word in a sentence." I dreaded this assignment from elementary school through high school. The more words there were, the more tedious the task was, and the fewer word meanings I retained. Sometimes I Read More...
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Five More Treatments That Earned the NAC Stamp of Approval Here are the final five treatments recommended by the National Autism Center (NAC) in its recent report (2009.) To qualify as a recommended, or "established" treatment, the intervention had to Read More...
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Apparently it's not easy being a princess these days- at least not for 8-year-old Princess Aiko of Japan, who has been skipping school in fear of a bully. Not even a privileged place in the Imperial Family's lineage was enough to exempt Princess Aiko Read More...
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Do you think teachers should use food as a reward for positive behavior? Read More...
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