Jun
10
2019

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.
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May
21
2019

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.
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May
14
2019

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.
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Mar
28
2019

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.
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Mar
07
2019

How Can I Advocate for my Special Needs Students (and still keep my job)?

Teachers can play a quiet advocacy role, too.
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Mar
05
2019

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.
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Feb
25
2019

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.
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Feb
25
2019

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?
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Feb
22
2019

Can Dogs Have Autism?

Looking for the reasons why nearly 1 in 68 people exhibit autism spectrum disorders? Other people wonder, too.
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Feb
12
2019

Child is Aggressive: Will Special Ed Help?

Your pre-school child has "behavior issues." Is special education the right place for an aggressive child?
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