Lets keep it simple today. Improving classroom climate and your own effectiveness as an educator does not need to be exceedingly complex. Here are five rules for all educators to live by to improve your day to day performance.
If we are not deliberate with how we support students in special education, in trying to help them we unknowingly could be hurting their future. For students who spend most of their day in the general education classroom with a 1:1 paraeducator, there can be a large tendency to …
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 …
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. …
My first interaction with a Social Story came while teaching in a high school self contained program when a student with autism was having an escalation next …
The transition to school each day can be one of the most troubling times for a child with autism. While there is certainly a great …
We in education are not in the business of changing the world, we are in the business of changing worlds. If we want to bring our absolute best for kids every single day this is a vision we cannot loose sight of. I was personally reminded of this a …
As a new school year approaches, a number of worries can manifest for students with autism and their families. While educators do need to ensure steps are taken …
