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Foreword Magazine’s Book of the Year Award Tired of tomes on child behavior, heavy with text, and requiring tables of contents, indices, a highlighter, and a clear mind? They do not serve as effective reference manuals if you can’t identify a problem and then get to a solution quickly. When by Beth Aune, OTR/L, Beth [...]
Middle school years are full of challenges. Adding Autism Spectrum Disorder to the mix might just create a recipe for disaster. Many adults with ASD say that middle school was a nightmare. Temple Grandin adds that this was one of the worst parts of her life. Helping your ASD Teen Thrive Without getting into the [...]
“I am a teacher, first and foremost. I am not an ‘expert’, a researcher, or a scientist. I am an educator who enjoys sharing successful ideas and strategies with other educators,” says Kimberly A. Henry at the start of her Acknowledgements in How Do I Teach This Kid to Read: Teaching Literacy Skills to Young [...]
[fbshare]Matt Winter was initially a teacher and tutor, with experience with working with children with Asperger’s Syndrome (AS). Clare Lawrence is currently a teacher who also has experience working with children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). She is also the mother of a child with AS. These two combined their knowledge and wrote Asperger [...]
[fbshare]Parents of children with special needs have many concerns and issues to handle. Initially, it’s getting a proper diagnosis and understanding what it means. Then we need to figure out what treatments are available. But it doesn’t end there. Parents must also become familiar with their school’s IEP (Individualized Education Program) process. Experience has taught [...]
What the ABC Action Chant Is The ABC Action Chant is a multi-sensory way to teach young children letters and their corresponding sounds. Letters and sounds are introduced using a chant that incorporates the letters, key words that begin with them and associated actions. Printable picture cue cards with letters and corresponding words can also [...]
A “word web” is a simple, yet effective way to explore abstract concepts with your child in a tangible way. In a nutshell, a word web is any kind of graphic organizer that illustrates the relationships between a group of words. Often, there is some kind of image as well. Word webs are wonderfully versatile, [...]
by Rebecca Moyes has been on my reading list for quite some time now. As a former teacher and as a mom of two kids with Sensory Processing Disorder, I knew this book would provide valuable insight for me. I was interested in reading advice from a special education teacher who so clearly understands SPD. [...]
Throughout my daughter’s education there have been many difficult hurdles to jump. Each hurdle has required me to educate myself on a particular topic and then often times add a new member to my daughter’s “team.” Experience with a Para Pro Back in preschool my daughter always had a paraprofessional attend school with her. These [...]
