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Happy Independence Day, America & all of my readers! My recent travels to the northeast (Coastal Maine, specifically) has reminded me how truly BEAUTIFUL our country is! Sure, our government is currently in the crapper, but this is the land people from all over the world flock to. WHY? Well, we have big, nasty problems, but we also have FREEDOM…
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This is a post that I’ve long been wanting to write. As a former special education coordinator and school SLP (oh, did I mention I’m retired now? :), I’ve held and attended some awesome as well as some cringe-worthy-I-want-to-slide-under-the-table IEP meetings. We have all been there, haven’t we? …in IEP meetings that go south, in those IEP meetings that…
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Check out this favorite Springtime craft of mine. Whether used as an extension activity after reading that classic caterpillar > butterfly book or as part of a bug unit, this craft is unique and fun but also simple enough even for your kids to need minimal help. Also, it never fails that by the end of the lesson, your students…
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As educators, and especially as educators of children with disabilties, it’s my humble opinion that our most important role is to preserve the dignity of our students. Of course, we must teach them, but first we must reach them, and we do that by earning their respect and trust. I’ve seen time and time again that when adults in their…
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Thanks for hanging with me through this series! I’m back and ready to talk about the 5th thing YOU need to know when working with children who have autism. All the research on autism points to the fact that these students have extreme difficulty with generalization. Therefore, therapy should occur where the child “lives” the most. For us, that is…
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Okay so, so far we’ve learned THREE essential things about working with kids with ASD, but here we are again. Thanks for hanging in with me! The FOURTH thing you need to know when working with children with ASD… Prompting, scaffolding and cueing as commonly used interchangeably (whether that is incorrect or correct is up for debate-more on that later),…
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