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Mom: My Autistic Son 'Is Lost in a Sea of Standards' at School

Details: Published: Thursday, 31 October 2013 10:59

Authors: LDonline.com

Today's LD NewsThe Washington PostHere is an open letter from the mother of a young boy with autism who is finding school in Louisiana harder than ever because he is being evaluated on standards -- the Common Core State Standards -- that he cannot meet. And the progress that he does make doesn't count. This was written by...

Program Supports Students with Learning Disabilities

Details: Published: Thursday, 31 October 2013 10:58

Authors: LDonline.com

Today's LD NewsThe Gannon Knight (Erie, PA)According to the National Center for Learning Disabilities, 10 percent of college- age students with learning disabilities are enrolled in a four-year institution in the U.S., compared with 28 percent of all college-age students. More and more universities are working to increase...

How To: Promote Phonics Skills: Word Boxes Word Sort

Details: Published: Thursday, 31 October 2013 10:47

Authors: Intervention Central

Teaser:

Young children must master phonics before they can become accomplished readers. Word boxes/word sort is a one-to-one intervention that can strengthen essential phonics skills.

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How To: Improve Reading Comprehension With a Cognitive Strategy: Ask-Read-Tell

Details: Published: Monday, 28 October 2013 13:41

Authors: Intervention Central

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Students can develop reading-comprehension skills through a cognitive strategy: ART: Ask-Read-Tell. Readers use the technique independently and then meet with peers to share findings.

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The First Step to Helping a Special-Needs Kid: Get Organized

Details: Published: Monday, 28 October 2013 10:45

Authors: LDonline.com

Today's LD NewsThe AtlanticFor the parent of a special-needs child, it's often the small things -- getting her dressed, out the door, starting homework -- that feel like monumental obstacles. Carolyn Dalgliesh had no idea how much her daily life would change when her two-year-old son began showing signs of developmental...

The Not-So-Hidden Cause Behind the A.D.H.D. Epidemic

Details: Published: Wednesday, 23 October 2013 10:49

Authors: LDonline.com

Today's LD NewsThe New York TimesBetween the fall of 2011 and the spring of 2012, people across the United States suddenly found themselves unable to get their hands on A.D.H.D. medication. Low-dose generics were particularly in short supply. There were several factors contributing to the shortage, but the main cause was that...

Implementing Common Core for Students with Disabilities

Details: Published: Tuesday, 22 October 2013 10:35

Authors: LDonline.com

Today's LD NewseSchool NewsA new website for students--and in particular, those with disabilities--is offering free "anytime, anyplace" resources, materials, and information to help schools ensure that their students meet the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Created by the Center for Technology Implementation (CTI), the...

Dyslexia Center Offers Alternative Teaching Mode for Kids

Details: Published: Monday, 21 October 2013 11:02

Authors: LDonline.com

Today's LD NewsThe Voice (New Baltimore, MI)You can't fit a square peg in a round hole, but you can add some corners to the hole so the peg goes in clean. In the same way, children with dyslexia can learn the same things others do, but not in the same manner. According to the Michigan Dyslexia Institute, "the presence of...

Experts Say Future for People with Dyslexia Can Be Bright

Details: Published: Thursday, 17 October 2013 10:46

Authors: LDonline.com

Today's LD NewsABC 33/40 (Birmingham, AL)Here's quite a list of celebrities: Walt Disney, Whoopi Golberg, Tim Tebow, Agatha Christie, Steve Jobs. All of them struggled with dyslexia. Dyslexia is a language processing disorder that can hinder reading, writing, spelling and speaking. The problem is people with dyslexia are often...

How To: Improve Proficiency in Math-Facts Through a Self-Administered Folding-In Technique

Details: Published: Friday, 11 October 2013 13:42

Authors: Intervention Central

Teaser:

The math-fact self-administered folding-in intervention trains students to take charge of their own intervention to acquire and develop fluency in math-facts.

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How To: Increase Reading Fluency With a Group Repeated-Reading Intervention

Details: Published: Thursday, 03 October 2013 13:43

Authors: Intervention Central

Teaser:

An effective group repeated reading intervention has been developed that allows a tutor to work on reading fluency with up to 3 students. This tutoring package includes several components.

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How To: Manage Classroom Behavior Through Group Self-Monitoring

Details: Published: Tuesday, 24 September 2013 14:13

Authors: Intervention Central

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Group self-monitoring is feasible to implement, builds lasting behavioral skills, and promotes student responsibility. Students rate both their own behaviors and those of the entire class.

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Updates to School Psychology Tools App

Details: Published: Friday, 20 September 2013 14:49

Authors: School Psych Tech

School Psychology Tools App

I’ve now written several times about the School Psychology Tools app as updates have come out. A new update was released last week and provided some functionality I’ve been asking for. Woohoo! Ask and you shall receive, right? I’m sure I’m not the only one who...

How To: Reduce Time-Outs With Active Response Beads

Details: Published: Tuesday, 17 September 2013 13:19

Authors: Intervention Central

Teaser:

Active-Response Beads-Time Out replaces in-class time-out, promotes students' use of calm-down strategies, enhances behavioral self-management skills, and minimizes exclusion from academic activities.

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Game changing books

Details: Published: Friday, 13 September 2013 15:30

Authors: School Psych Tech

Are you wondering to yourself after reading the title how this post about game changing books relates to technology? Bear with me, I promise I’ll get there. (If you want to just skip to the tech part of this post, scroll to the bottom)

So as I’ve gotten older and wiser *wink wink*, I’ve started...

How To: Match the Student to the Right Academic Intervention with the Instructional Hierarchy

Details: Published: Tuesday, 10 September 2013 23:05

Authors: Intervention Central

Teaser:

The Instructional Hierarchy is a helpful tool to match students to appropriate interventions. It breaks learning down into these stages: acquisition, fluency, retention, endurance, generalization.

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How To: Document Classroom Academic Behavioral Interventions

Details: Published: Friday, 06 September 2013 12:01

Authors: Intervention Central

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The Classroom Intervention Planning Sheet provides teachers with a simple, standard format to use in documenting their classroom intervention plans.

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How To: Write Behavior Statements to Identify Causes of Child Behavior Problems

Details: Published: Tuesday, 03 September 2013 10:10

Authors: Intervention Central

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Writing a behavior statement helps teachers to narrow their problem-solving focus, tap into their reservoir of knowledge about a student, and thus be more likely to solve the behavioral problem.

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Paperless Date Tracking

Details: Published: Friday, 02 August 2013 16:40

Authors: School Psych Tech

During an impromptu #schoolpsych twitter chat about paperless tools (you can find my “archive” of the chat on Storify) we were talking about how I use excel to track due dates for IEP and Re-eval dates. Even though I trust all of my colleagues 100% to be on top of their caseloads and know when...

How To: Deliver Direct Instruction in General-Education Classrooms

Details: Published: Wednesday, 31 July 2013 22:14

Authors: Intervention Central

Teaser:

Teachers can make challenging academic material accessible by building assistance directly into instruction. This checklist summarizes essential elements of direct instruction.

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SPECIAL EDUCATION NEWS FROM AROUND THE NET

Mom: My Autistic Son 'Is Lost in a Sea of Standards' at School

Program Supports Students with Learning Disabilities

How To: Promote Phonics Skills: Word Boxes Word Sort

How To: Improve Reading Comprehension With a Cognitive Strategy: Ask-Read-Tell

The First Step to Helping a Special-Needs Kid: Get Organized

The Not-So-Hidden Cause Behind the A.D.H.D. Epidemic

Implementing Common Core for Students with Disabilities

Dyslexia Center Offers Alternative Teaching Mode for Kids

Experts Say Future for People with Dyslexia Can Be Bright

How To: Improve Proficiency in Math-Facts Through a Self-Administered Folding-In Technique

How To: Increase Reading Fluency With a Group Repeated-Reading Intervention

How To: Manage Classroom Behavior Through Group Self-Monitoring

Updates to School Psychology Tools App

How To: Reduce Time-Outs With Active Response Beads

Game changing books

How To: Match the Student to the Right Academic Intervention with the Instructional Hierarchy

How To: Document Classroom Academic Behavioral Interventions

How To: Write Behavior Statements to Identify Causes of Child Behavior Problems

Paperless Date Tracking

How To: Deliver Direct Instruction in General-Education Classrooms

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