Making Inclusion the Norm
Including special education students in "regular" classes and finding ways to meet their -- and all other students' learning needs -- should be the goal of every school, according to professor Dr. Mara Sapon-Shevin.
Help for Teaching Students With Learning Disabilities
More educators are teaching children with learning disabilities, at the same new regulations and strategies for helping
these students are coming out. The National Center for Learning Disabilities has new resources to help all teachers.
Guide Offers Practical Character Education Lessons
With more teachers and parents seeing the need for character education, the not-for-profit Heartwood Institute has
released a book of lessons for teachers and counselors to teach children ethics, social, and emotional skills.
Show is Better than Tell
Helping all students learn from computer textbooks means changing how those textbooks are written. At least that's
what one Department of Education study discovered. Learn what computer teachers who work with students with special
needs had to say about illustration-based classroom materials. Included: Information about how you can participate
in a follow-up study.
Building Close-Knit Communities: Knitting Makes a Comeback
Knitting is a great activity for students with ADHD. It makes a great recess activity, and it meshes with the multiple-intelligences
philosophy. And it's catching on in schools around the country! Included: Learn why knitting works from teachers at
two schools.
Voice of Experience: Teamwork Counts (A Lot!)
Max Fischer draws parallels between his days as a high school football player and his role on a team responsible for
creating an IEP that will get to the bottom of a student's learning issues. In both cases, teamwork is key; no room
exists for prima donnas. Principals Solve Inclusion Challenges
Five principals share how they faced -- and overcame -- obstacles to inclusion. In spite of budget and staffing constraints,
they are committed to educating kids in the least restrictive setting. Included: Ideas for creating an inclusive
environment.
Teaching Self-Control: A Curriculum for Responsible Behavior
Martin Henley has created a curriculum for teaching 20 self-control skills all children need. The Teaching Self-Control
curriculum includes role-plays, simulations, learning center activities, and children's literature that can be
used to teach those skills.
Yummy Gummy Subtraction
Tori Ledlow, who teaches at Pinson (Alabama) Elementary School, submitted this week’s yummy hands-on lesson, in which
gummy bears are used to teach simple subtraction. (Grades PreK-2)
Voice of Experience: Handling Difficult Students -- Lessons from Mrs. G
Educator Perri Gibbons pays tribute to teacher Deb Graudins, whose success with the most challenging students wins
respect from students and colleagues alike. Her measured, consistent approach could hold lessons for any teacher who
must handle difficult students.
Inclusion Can Work -- Without Too Much Work!
Each week, an educator takes a stand or shares an Aha! moment in the classroom in the Education World Voice of Experience
column. This week, educator Janice Robertson shares how she looks forward to integrating special needs students into
her sixth grade science classes. That was not always the case, though! The simple modifications she made to her usual
teaching practices benefit all the students in her classes.
Prepping Kindergartners for the Future
Faced with a growing immigrant population, a California school district is considering implementing a two-year kindergarten
program.
School Psychologists Changing Roles, Responsibilities
An e-interview with Charles R. Deupree, president of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP).
Does Inclusion Help or Hurt Students?
Read what teachers who have done it say about the reality of inclusive education!
California School for the Blind Pioneers Program
Special program prepares students who are blind to make a smooth transition into middle school -- and into the real
world beyond.
Special Education Inclusion: (Part 1): Making It
Work
How does inclusion benefit kids who have disabilities?
Special Education Inclusion (Part 2): Making It
Work
Three models of successful inclusion.
Half-Grade Program Helps Students 'Excel'
Program allows third, fifth, and eighth graders who might otherwise be retained to advance half a grade instead. "Half-graders"
get the additional support they need to catch up!
Research Shows Brains of Dyslexics Change as Reading
Improves
Is dyslexia brain-based or behavioral? Researchers at the University of Washington are closing in on the answer.
Understanding Kids Who Are Different: Activities
for Teaching About Disabilities
The best online resources for teaching students about the special needs -- and unique strengths -- of people with
disabilities.
Playground Pass Creates Recess Success!
Built on sound behavior principles, the Playground Pass helps kids make positive choices during free play. Included:
Links to the reproducible Playground Pass system!
When It Comes to Volatile Kids, Pick Your Battles
Dr. Ross W. Greene, author of The Explosive Child, offers strategies for working with explosive children in
the classroom.
Assistive Devices Help Challenged Kids Get the Most
from Learning
Thanks to technology, students with physical and mental challenges have access to thousands of devices to help make
learning easier.
Defusing Explosive Children
Included: Tips for preventing explosions in easily frustrated children. |
