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Category Archives: news
Ali Stroker plays Ado Annie in Oklahoma
Ali Stroker plays Ado Annie in Oklahoma! from her wheelchair, wins a Broadway Tony award for featured actress in a musical.
Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Training
Wow! Last week I attended a Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Training, hosted by Missouri Parents Act, http://www.missouriparentsact.org/ , at the University of Missouri in Columbia.
Frequent Restraints as Ineffective Behavior Management
Here is an excellent article on consequences of and successful alternatives to use of restraints for dangerous student behavior.
Music & Special Education
Those of you who follow my insertions and occasional essays on this website may have noticed that music is a favorite topic. There is good reason for that.
How Can I Advocate for my Special Needs Students (and still keep my job)?
Teachers can play a quiet advocacy role, too.
White Rose Maths Hub ‘Everyone Can’ Video
Accommodating math learning problems by doing work more slowly is only half the problem. We should not shortchange special needs--or any other--learners by showing them that they can't do as much as others.
Does “Special Ed” Serve Students? Disability Activists Say No.
The purpose of IDEA & its successors is to prepare children for further education & productive adult life.
AACF School Discipline Report – Opinion by Robin S. Kuykendall
“[Arkansas] Students with disabilities are five times more likely to be spanked as students without.” Why is that?
Can Dogs Have Autism?
Looking for the reasons why nearly 1 in 68 people exhibit autism spectrum disorders? Other people wonder, too.