When a strong focus is taken on promoting student independence, one can set the bar so high that they mistake independence for perfection. Having unrealistic goals can inhibit growth from the compounded frustration of both teacher and student. People who are perfect have complete and full knowledge of the world, they …
The future for your students starts today. Their success and their possibilities down the road are tightly linked to what you are doing for them now. In education we often become so hyper-focused on the present that we allow it alone to guide our teaching. For our students with disabilities, we often first …
1. Education is about each child’s journey. Kids will take you on a long adventure, through the seven layers of the candy cane forest and through the sea of twirly, swirly …
In light of this movie celebrating its 25th anniversary, I present to you 10 excellent lessons for educators from the greatest adventure in learning ever told!
1. Band together. Alone both …
In all of the joy I have had in helping put the Seahawk’s seasoning into a student’s program and then watching how that student was able to touch the heart of a real Seahawk, I have had to fight one deeply rooted conflict. Since the age of six, I have been …
Unbelievable. Those are the type of results one may get when taking one student’s well designed program and styling it according to their special interest. As was seen in my previous post, a young boy with High Functioning Autism named Jordan was able to take that next step with the tremendous work …
We are all born with strengths and deficits. Those who play to their strengths will grow into champions. And for those who find ways to turn their deficits into strengths, the road to becoming a champion is much quicker and rewarding. When sitting down with an individual with High Functioning Autism, you quickly learn of their “deficit” of having a “highly-restricted …
A great man once told me that there are three things we all strive for in life: simplicity, flexibility, and balance. I would submit to you that when you have those elements built into a properly prescribed program for a student with a disability, you increase the chances for sustainability …
One of the many things that have me truly excited about the Ultimate Access Card is that all of the art is completely original (Thank You Abby!). It was great to be able to have images created that would make more sense to the learner. For example, many images of …
