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- Books that Teach Diversity: Patricia Polacco Writes Books that Teac…Created: 2009-11-19 @ 21:12:37 EST Updated: 2009-11-19 @ 21:42:35 EST
This review recommends titles by Patricia Polacco that teach diversity and support teaching understanding in general and special education settings… - Lesson Plan for Thanksgiving: A Differentiated Lesson Plan…Created: 2009-11-12 @ 22:22:17 EST
A Lesson Plan for Thanksgiving provides a way for students in an inclusive classroom to participate across abilities in a web search that will teach them about the history of Thanksgiving… - Differentiation in Special Education: Differentiating Instruction fo…Created: 2009-11-11 @ 18:36:50 EST
Differentiated instruction for students with and without disabilities in an inclusive classroom involves planning that uses multi-sensory presentation of information, especially a strong visual com… - Special Education Parents: How to Communicate with Parents of Specia…Created: 2009-11-11 @ 18:25:04 EST
Special educators need to build collaborative relationships through parents. Here is advice on how to avoid pitfalls, create positive messages and reciprocal communication that helps and not hurts… - Jobs in Special Education: A Special Education Teaching Career will…Created: 2009-11-11 @ 18:21:42 EST
Special Education teaching jobs require certification, which may require a special bachelors or masters degree. Emergency certification is available through school districts or state approved scho… - Review of NOLO's The Complete IEP Guide: How to Advocate for Your Sp…Created: 2009-11-08 @ 21:42:18 EST
A review of the Complete IEP Guide, which Jerry recommends both for parents and professionals so they can meet at IEP meetings on a level playing field… - Special Education Teachers: Careers in Special Education…Created: 2009-11-01 @ 22:38:37 EST
Special education opportunities are growing as teachers prepare to retire and more and more children qualify for special education services. Not only are teachers needed, but also classroom para-p… - Speech Language Pathologists Jobs: Career Opportunities for Speech …Created: 2009-11-01 @ 14:56:12 EST
Speech Language Pathologists also called speech therapists provide services to special education children. They help improve articulation, receptive language, augmented communication, language pra… - Special Education Students and Grief: Helping Special Education Stu…Created: 2009-10-31 @ 18:32:36 EDT
Special education students are exposed to loss of friends, grandparents, and pets and their inability to express grief may lead to difficult behaviors. Helping children understand and express diff… - Jobs for Occupational Therapists in Special Education: Occupational…Created: 2009-10-30 @ 16:37:08 EDT
Occupational therapists provide services to students with disabilities, teaching life skills such as eating, dressing, tooth brushing,… - Special Education Jobs: Jobs in Special Ed Without College Degrees…Created: 2009-10-29 @ 23:14:19 EDT Updated: 2009-10-30 @ 17:09:25 EDT
Jobs are available in Special Education that do not require a college degree, including therapeutic support staff and classroom aides… - A Table Rubric for A Report on AnimalsCreated: 2009-10-22 @ 16:08:33 EDT
A Rubric for a class project about animals is presented, demonstrating how to create a rubric as a way to define and evaluate project expectations. A rubric can be modified according to the ability… - Dealing With Difficult Parents - Special Education Teacher…Created: 2009-10-22 @ 16:08:24 EDT
Dealing with difficult parents is often part of being a special education teacher. Dealing with them successfully may call on skills such as reflective listening, maintaining objectivity, documenti… - General Education Teachers: Communicating in Inclusive Settings.…Created: 2009-10-22 @ 16:08:24 EDT
General education teachers are critical in today's environment focused on inclusion and Least Restrictive Environment. It means supporting the general ed classroom by modeling adaptations to assig… - New Year's Resolutions for Special Education Teachers…Created: 2009-10-22 @ 16:08:24 EDT
As we sail through the holiday season, it's good to take time to evaluation how the first semester has gone, while you have some time to create new routines, think about your behavioral reinforceme… - Getting Students Organized - Special Education…Created: 2009-10-22 @ 16:08:24 EDT
Tips to help teachers organize students… - Routines for Classroom ManagementCreated: 2009-10-22 @ 16:08:24 EDT
Establishing and teaching routines is an effective way to begin the school year, to effectively structure the school day and create an orderly environment for teaching and learning… - Token Systems Build CooperationCreated: 2009-10-22 @ 16:08:24 EDT
This article offers three kinds of token economies, involving points, tickets and money to reward appropriate behavior and academic effort. Reinforcement is through purchasing prizes, a raffle or … - Back to School - Special Education TeachersCreated: 2009-10-22 @ 16:08:24 EDT
Learn some ways to have a successful beginning to your school year. Learn how to organize your classroom, your students, establish routines and rules and use a token system to reinforce the kinds … - Building Partnerships with Parents and Teachers…Created: 2009-10-22 @ 16:08:24 EDT
At the beginning of a new school year, a special educator needs to take time to build partnerships with parents and general education teachers to assure a successful year to their special education… - Specially Designed InstructionCreated: 2009-10-22 @ 16:08:24 EDT
Specially Designed Instruction is one of the most important parts of an Individual Education Plan (IEP) because it legally binds members of the school community to provide certain accomodations and… - How to Make a Rubric for DifferentiationCreated: 2009-10-22 @ 16:08:24 EDT
Learn how to create rubrics that can be used to structure assignments and evaluate student work in an inclusive classroom… - A Science Lesson on Mammals for Differentiated Instruction…Created: 2009-10-22 @ 16:08:24 EDT
This article demonstrates how to differentiate a science lesson using collaboration, strong visual elements, and assessment methods built on strengths… - What Are Specific Learning Disabilities?Created: 2009-10-22 @ 16:08:24 EDT
Children with Specific Learning Disabilities, or SLD's, is the fastest growing population of special education students whose difficulties require special education services, but are best served in… - Must Reads: Essential Articles and Resources about SpecialedUpdated: 2009-11-12 @ 23:01:07 EST
- Dyslexia and reading disabilities,Updated: 2009-02-02 @ 17:57:48 EST
Dyslexia symptoms and definition, reading disability… - Learning Disabilities ChecklistsUpdated: 2009-01-22 @ 17:13:54 EST
Characteristics of learning disabilities, learning disabilities checklists…