What do you do when you have a child who shows up in your classroom right after the school’s formal reading assessment or progress monitoring is completed? Well it wouldn’t be best practice to guess where a student is in his/her reading skills with no information what so ever. Right??? Take a look at today’s video and see a great tool you may want to have in your classroom! I’ve […]
Read moreOver the years I have learned the difference between these two things because I’ve had great people around me who are bright and knowledgeable in this area and willing to share!!!! Every now and then I discover that a staff member confuses the two and needs an explanation. I thought that if this confusion is here in my area, others might want some clarification too! So here goes! In the […]
Read moreWhen I work with children who are nonverbal and on the autism spectrum or who have a moderate or severe cognitive disorder…..Guess what the two main things are that parents want…. They want their child to have self help skills and COMMUNICATION SKILLS. That’s right. If you do nothing else for a child like this, these skills are GOLDEN. In today’s video, I discuss where to start with developing those […]
Read moreI have people ask me on a regular basis what they can do for a child with oppositional defiant disorder. There are many things that you can try, but I wanted to point out today that there is one thing that you are probably already using that just might come in handy for your child with ODD. Take a look! You can have First/Then preprinted or you can quickly write […]
Read moreAre you looking for an intervention for language development that won’t cost you a thing? This is basic, yet brilliant and something that many people don’t even think about doing!!! In today’s video I will share a story with you that involves a language development strategy that I used at work and then tried at home with my infant daughter. If you try this, you may get some odd looks […]
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02
Aug
2015
Have you seen the Here Comes the Bus App?
Man, the kids today have it made!!! That’s what my parents said to me (they had to walk 5 miles in the snow to school) and that’s what I said to my children (I had to ride 5 miles to school J). Now my children can say it to their children (someday) because check this out…. There’s an app out now that actually spares children and families some unpleasant or […]
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