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Jerry's Special Education Blog May 2005 Archive

By Jerry Webster, About.com Guide to Special Education

Reading Checklist

Sunday May 29, 2005
What should a typical child aged 3-5 years reading skills look like? Typically, learning disabilities link to deficits in reading. Use this handy checklist to determine if there's a potential ... Read More

FAS or FAE

Thursday May 26, 2005
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Effect is a lifelong disability with no cures. Children affected with this order require special support. Find out what FAS is and how you can help the child ... Read More

Early Identification: Crucial

Saturday May 21, 2005
Prevent reading disabilities early with intensive interventions in the first grade. According to Florida researchers, this type of intervention can help some students with learning disabilities from developing serious reading ... Read More

Father's Day

Tuesday May 17, 2005
Use these handy 'graphic organizer' type Father's Day activities with your learning disabled students to help with that feeling of success. Free Father's Day Printables.

Social Skills

Wednesday May 11, 2005
A wealth of activities to teach social skills to middle school students. Many behavioral challenged students will benefit from these well organized social skills resources.

Aspergers - Genius!

Saturday May 7, 2005
He speaks 7 languages and learned one in just a week, computes mental calculations that have the rest of us reaching for a calculator, and has Aspergers. Read more about ... Read More

PDD Strategies for the Inclusional Classroom

Tuesday May 3, 2005
You have PDD students in your classroom? If I could sum up the best practice in 2 words, they would be 'Be Consistent.' Here's a few strategies to help you ... Read More

Mother's Day

Sunday May 1, 2005
Here are a few free worksheets for Mother's Day. Worksheets are in PDF format and are the graphic organizer type. Struggling writers will readily enjoy these activities that stimulate ... Read More

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