Are you looking for a bright spot in your everyday challenges with your child? What parent isn’t? Sometimes those bright spots are too few and far between! On today’s episode of Behavior Communicates, I have two guests who are helping to pioneer new thoughts, and yes, new hope for what possibilities can be in store for you! Instead of waiting and wondering what will happen to your child when you […]
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Errorless means you can’t get it wrong! Donating to a worthy cause is kind of an errorless act. You can’t get it wrong if you participate in an event that can save lives! I just got back from attending Zeta Tau Alpha’s Big Man On Campus (BMOC) fund- raiser for breast cancer awareness! What did I learn? The men at Indiana University are talented, funny and caring! The ladies at […]
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2013
Where can you find ONE RESOURCE that has LISTS of nearly anything a teacher can imagine???
Today’s episode highlights The Reading Teacher’s Book of Lists. A list of what to bring to a rainy college football game is not included in this book of lists, but just about everything else is! I just got back from tailgating with my family in Bloomington and got to see the Indiana Hoosiers win their game!! What is better than being at Nick’s cheering Hoo, Hoo, Hoo, Hoosiers as we […]
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It’s one of those lovely rainy days today where you just want to cuddle up with a good book! (or your significant other). Perfect day for writing a blog about how to get kids on the right path for reading! Sight words are one of the foundation pieces for reading. If a child does not know his/her sight words (Dolch sight word list – for example), they are not going […]
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Answer this question for yourself. Are any of the following situations true for you? As an SLP, you feel like you keep writing the same goals over and over again because your student never achieves your goals. rivemar.com/_vti_etc/ As a parent, you feel like you see the same goals over and over again, year after year, and wonder if your child is actually making progress. As an SLP, you receive […]
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You worked so hard this summer to set up your classroom before the students got there, but now that they’re here, it’s just not working! Who has time to change, change, change the physical structure of a classroom when you’re well into the school year? Wouldn’t it be nice if you could see what your room would look like without having to move anything? Well you can! Check out this […]
Read moreIs summer really coming to an end? Where did it go??? I’ve been to New York City, Seattle, Milwaukee and Columbus, plus I planned a wedding shower/luncheon and completed 44 hours of extended school year services for a couple of amazing kids! Whew! Apps can be so cool when it comes to….well many things! One thing I love to do is to find ways to engage students in their learning. […]
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It’s only August and I’m already seeing students improving on their skills of task completion and independence! Why? It’s because their teachers are using work systems! The teachers’ thinking and planning is not only in the teachers head and plan book, but with a work system, it’s visually clear to the student as well. We had one student a couple of years ago who ate his lunch at his desk […]
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