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Barack Obama Charter School – Guiding Students Toward Success
Education > K-12

Barack Obama Charter School – Guiding Students Toward Success

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...belief in children with a learner-centered approach, we...children with a learner-centered approach, we provide...with a learner-centered approach, we provide each student...for success. Why use a learner-centered rather than...success. Why use a learner-centered rather than a teacher-directed...than a teacher-directed approach? Students become leaders...
Structured Literacy for Dyslexia: A Parent's Complete Guide to Orton-Gillingham and Evidence-Based Reading Programs
Education > Tutoring

Structured Literacy for Dyslexia: A Parent's Complete Guide to Orton-Gillingham and Evidence-Based Reading Programs

By Julia Rivera
...support groups. You've been told these approaches work, but you don't know what makes...Orton-Gillingham is the original approach within that framework, and programs...what came before. For a dyslexic learner, this is essential. The brain doesn't...working with the Orton-Gillingham approach might hand...
Unlocking Potential: How Online Learning Platforms Benefit Special Needs Students
Education > Online Learning

Unlocking Potential: How Online Learning Platforms Benefit Special Needs Students

By Caroline Harris
...abilities, online platforms adopt a more personalized approach. Fundamental to this approach is the understanding...more personalized approach. Fundamental to this approach is the understanding that every learner is unique,...this approach is the understanding that every learner is unique, and thus, deserves a unique way of...
Go to Pro Answering Your Questions: Do All Autistic Learners Require Special Needs Assistance?
Education > Accommodations

Go to Pro Answering Your Questions: Do All Autistic Learners Require Special Needs Assistance?

By Bonnie Terry
Please can you tell me if all autistic learners require special needs . To begin with, let me...look, or feel That being said, each autistic learner is unique and has different abilities, so the...is...It Depends... It depends on where the autistic learner is in the spectrum regarding requiring special...
BrightStar Reader for Dyslexia
Assistive Tech > Apps

BrightStar Reader for Dyslexia

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...associated with reading. These changes impact temporal and motor coordination of sight and eye movements, which results in better reading fluency. The learner...
Special Needs App of the Day: Multiplying Acorns HD
Assistive Tech > Apps

Special Needs App of the Day: Multiplying Acorns HD

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...Coins are earned for each correct answer, and the learner works towards earning three different trophies....confidence Multiplying Acorns HD fully immerses the learner in conceptual multiplication activities, and it...multiplying. Review features also help with retention of learned material. Statistics also show the user the number...
ADHD: When Your Child Needs a Tutor vs an Executive Functioning Coach
Education > Tutoring

ADHD: When Your Child Needs a Tutor vs an Executive Functioning Coach

By Dr. Eileen Hart
...academic content. An executive functioning coach teaches the systems that make academic work possible. Tutors address: Subject matter gaps: hasn't learned long division, doesn't understand photosynthesis Reading comprehension strategies Math skill building Test preparation for specific content areas...
Gifted Students with Disabilities: Serving Twice Exceptional Learners in K-12
Education > K-12

Gifted Students with Disabilities: Serving Twice Exceptional Learners in K-12

By James Peterson

How 2e students get caught between gifted programs and special education, and what parents can do to access both services at once.

Fragile X Drug Trials: The First Real Breakthroughs and What They Mean for Families
Research > Drug Development

Fragile X Drug Trials: The First Real Breakthroughs and What They Mean for Families

By Dr. Jenna Collins
If you've been following Fragile X drug research for any length of time, you've probably learned to hold good news loosely. AFQ056, STX209 (arbaclofen), RO4917838: all three drugs generated real excitement, all three targeted what looked like the...
Writing a Scholarship Essay About Your Disability: What Works (and What Doesn't)
Financial > Scholarships

Writing a Scholarship Essay About Your Disability: What Works (and What Doesn't)

By Sophie Turner
...fact from a medical chart. Compare that to: "I learned to advocate for myself at IEP meetings before I...to advocate for myself at IEP meetings before I learned algebra." That sentence shows agency. It positions...happened to. Start with what changed, what you learned, or what you built. The diagnosis can come later,...
The R-Word Spiked 200% Online. A Disney Actor With Down Syndrome Made a 91-Second Response Parents Need to See.
News > Advocacy

The R-Word Spiked 200% Online. A Disney Actor With Down Syndrome Made a 91-Second Response Parents Need to See.

By Amelia Harper
...wearing meat masks, mouse hair eyebrows, husbands selling wives at market, dueling. His closing line: "Today we don't do these things anymore because we learned they're absurd, unhygienic or simply harmful to someone. Well, the r-word is harmful to us." The campaign is called "Just Evolve." The tagline is direct...
IDEA Rights for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in Public Schools
Special Needs > Hearing Impairments

IDEA Rights for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in Public Schools

By Nora Bloom
Your fifth-grader isn't getting a qualified interpreter. The one assigned to her classroom learned ASL through an online course last summer and struggles to keep up when the teacher moves between students. You've asked for someone certified, and...

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