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Parenting > School Years
Leading Pediatric Expert Offers Eight Step Technique for Managing Children’s Behavioral Problems
...field of child development, offers an eight-eight step structured problem-solving approach to behavior management in his new book, The Mystery of Risk: Drugs,...structured problem-solving approach to behavior management in his new book, The Mystery of Risk: Drugs, Alcohol, Pregnancy and the Vulnerable Child, written in...
Lifestyle > Recreation
Board Games That Build Skills: A Parent's Guide to Therapeutic Tabletop Play
...loses, and the idea of structured play that ends in tears felt like volunteering for failure. Then one Saturday you opened Outfoxed, a cooperative mystery game, and watched your kids work together to catch the fox for 45 minutes without a single meltdown. That's not luck. That's the right game meeting...
Lifestyle > Recreation
Product of the Week: Jack Hunter
...spark. In Martin King's book Jack Hunter: Secret of the King, you will find clues to a secret code-breaker. When you unlock the secret, you solve the mystery. The story revolves around treasure, secret passageways, and historical clues — a little flavor of Indiana Jones, National Treasure, and the Goonies...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
The Puzzle of Autism
...been incapable of eye-contact only months before. The mother and the clinician exchanged a smile, acknowledging the positive changes in the boy. The mystery of autism is gradually being decoded. What we have learned in our clinic at the EEG Institute is that autism is primarily a problem of right-brain...
Research > Brain Science
Brain Plasticity Brings New Hope to Children on the Autism Spectrum
...your child improve, at least somewhat, through therapy and through your own efforts to help your child. At the same time you know the depth of the mystery of your child's condition and the frequent feelings of helplessness that may come over you. One of the most exciting discoveries I've made over thirty...
Education > Early Intervention
New Possibilities for Children on the Autism Spectrum
...his attention, not even music. He roamed about without any apparent intent. Chase had no diagnosis at the time. For his doctors and parents he was a mystery. I was able to reach Chase and help him. After his first couple of sessions he began responding to music and over time learned to talk and interact...
Research > Genetics
Gene Studies Attempt to Solve Autism Mystery
The mystery surrounding autism's causes frequently leads to research, including gene studies. New gene studies investigating hundreds of families of children with...
Research > Brain Science
Advancements in Autism Science
...disabilities and abilities. With the CDC's announcement that an estimated one in 88 children has autism comes an urgent drive to solve the autism mystery. The research community is looking at brain scans as a means of determining what goes wrong in early brain development. Most children with autism...
Education > K-12
Barack Obama Charter School – Guiding Students Toward Success
...buy into it. Teachers become a guide to learning instead of always being the director. Students are expected to demonstrate a much higher level of mastery for each of the California State Standards. Each child's knowledge and progress towards proficiency is evident to all. In a traditional system, time...
Education > Tutoring
Unblock the Momentum of Learning
Encouraging learning momentum involves reversing beliefs about mastery, praising small wins, and embracing mistakes to foster growth.
Assistive Tech > Apps
Special Needs App of the Day: Tap Times Tables
...answer provided. In the Settings tool, you can select to play in Mastery Mode or Memory Booster. Mastery Mode gives you one times table to work with,...Settings tool, you can select to play in Mastery Mode or Memory Booster. Mastery Mode gives you one times table to work with, and it selects randomly a series...
Special Needs > Learning Differences
Does My Child Have a Reading Disability?
...write, and spell, despite at least an average intelligence. Learning to read is a sequential process. Each new skill a child learns builds on the mastery of previously learned skills. First, a child learns to break down words into their most basic sounds, which we call decoding. Later, the child begins...