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Academic Implications for a Child with Asperger's Syndrome

What is Asperger's Syndrome? How to teach a child with Asperger's Syndrome

Direct Teaching for Students with Special Needs

Direct teaching strategies. Teaching children with special needs.

Behavior Contracts - Printables

Behavior contracts for students with behavior disorders or disabilities. Behaviour contracts. Behavior worksheets and problem solving worksheets. behaviour contracts

Learning Disability Checklist

behavior concerns, checklists for learning disabilities, learning disability checklist learning disabled

Setting Them Up for Success Checklist

Discipline and behavior checklist for the inclusional classroom.

Autism

Autism best practices. Teaching an autistic student.

Teaching Down's Syndrome Students

Down's Syndrome. How to teach a child with Down's Syndrome. Down's syndrome in the classroom.

Determining the Reading Levels/Grades

Reading Checkslists and reading readiness. Reading Benchmarks.

Asperger's Disability

Educator's guide to Asperger's Syndrome and Asperger's Spectrum

The IEP

Writing the Individual Education Plan IEP. Everything you need to know about writing the IEP.

Behavior Management

Behavior Plan, Behavior Modification Plan

Word Q for Dyslexic Students

Assistive technology, writing software. Word Q to help learning disabled students to write.

Improving Self Esteem

The importance of self esteem for learners, teaching self esteem improvement. How to improve self esteem.

Behavior Disorders in Children

Behavior disorders in children and how to identify their strengths and needs, understanding emotional disorders

Standardized Testing and Assessment for Special Education

Standardized Testing in schools is a tool used through out North America to measure student and program performance. These tests give a common measurement to help determine where program modifications may be required for a student with learning disabilities.

Getting Ready for the IEP Meeting

Getting ready for the IEP meeting. Being well prepared for the IEP Meeting

Mild Intellectual Disability, MID/ Mild Mental Retardation

Mild mental retardation, MID mild intellectual development.

Learning Disability Checklist

checklists for learning disabilities, learning disability checklist

Augmentative and/or Assistive Communication

Augmentative or Alternative Communication or AAC. Picture symbol systems, symbol boards, voice output etc.

Books for Kindergarten and Early First Grade books

Leveled books for kindergarten and first grade readers. Matching books to readers. Books for first grade.

Helpling Struggling Writers with the use of Apostrophes

How to use the apostrophe, what is the apostrophe

Learning Disability Checklist

social and emotional disability, checklists for learning disabilities, learning disability checklist

Learning Disability Checklist

What is a learning disability? Checklists for learning disabilities, learning disability checklist

Learning Disability Checklist

Learning disability, checklists for learning disabilities, learning disability checklis

A Learning Environment

Reading disability help, Best practices for dyslexia and learning disabled students.

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