Dolch Revisited
Saturday January 28, 2012
There are several high frequency word lists, including the Fry and Dolch Lists. The Fry list includes over a thousand words. The Dolch list is far more manageable, and includes ... Read More
Light and Heat
Friday January 27, 2012
The work I did on addressing the behavioral and emotional disabilities lead me to post a blog last weekend which dealt with the subject of Oppositional Defiance Disorder. I questioned ... Read More
Is Oppositional Defiant Disorder Real?
Sunday January 22, 2012
This past week I began my first class for my BCBA (Board Certified Behavior Analyist,) Management and Modification of Children with Special Needs. My instructor, Nancy Brown, comes from ... Read More
Autism and the DSM V
Saturday January 21, 2012
The New York Times published a front page article "New Definition of Autism Will Exclude Many, Study Suggests" Thursday (January 19, 2012,) ABC News picked it up and it's been ... Read More
What's the Function?
Monday January 16, 2012
I spent two day last week with Dr. Ron Leaf, a co-director of the Autism Partnership, an international organization based in California that provides Applied Behavior Analysis services on both ... Read More
Marking the Half Way Point
Sunday January 15, 2012
Here in the Clark County School District the secondary schools have semester finals on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, January 18-20. Our first semester is winding down. Half way is a ... Read More
Sorry About the Mess
Sunday January 15, 2012
Friday I stopped by to say goodbye to a long term substitute who has been working in a 6th grade math class. He had started out in a special education ... Read More
New Year, New Tools
Saturday January 7, 2012
All of those who teach in public schools were back to school this past week. I know colleges and universities may not be back until this coming week. Although we ... Read More