Promoting independence for students with disabilities does involve a number of specific strategies, but it starts with having the right mindset. As it has been said before, culture eats strategies everyday. If school staff wish to empower their special learners in being more independent, each team member first must be bought in. …
Today I am going to throw a bunch of research at you, but it is research that is worth keeping an eye on. It surrounds the hot topic of using a higher level of support in a 1:1 paraeducator for a student in special education. While providing a paraeducator to support a …
Due to a grave overuse of isolation rooms in schools many states have adopted stricter laws around how and when they can be used. While this has caused many educators to think differently on how they can support students when they escalate, it has left some wondering what other …
You can never be too equipped with de-escalation, even when it comes to recalling concepts you have already learned. I received a great deal of positive feedback from my series on de-escalation in autism. If you didn’t have the chance to read each entry, the links are posted below. Since then I have …
While it sounds supportive to encourage a student to “make a good choice” whenever they face a moment of frustration, the impact of …
Even boring people can change the world. This resonates strongly with me personally because the highlighted town in this commercial is my hometown. It has been the place where I have celebrated my last 35 Christmases and where I hope to celebrate many more. But this also resonates …
The middle of May has come, and as a special educator you have hit the home stretch. You have planned, programed, preached, provided, and positively reinforced purposefully. …
