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Monthly Archives: December 2007
What I learned from Sarah
I was just thinking about past years as this one comes to an end, and I thought back to some of my most memorable moments with students. I thought I would share this story about Sarah. She taught me more about language disability than most of the cou… Continue reading
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IQ discrepancy and LD
From Kathy over on Teacherscreech. I just found this article and thought it was worth noting, because I have been telling colleagues and parents that the discrepancy model is on its way out, but lately I couldn’t put my finger … Continue reading
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IQ discrepancy and LD
From Kathy over on Teacherscreech. I just found this article and thought it was worth noting, because I have been telling colleagues and parents that the discrepancy model is on its way out, but lately I couldn’t put my finger … Continue reading
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Too Little Too Late?
From Kathy over on Teacherscreech. Ok… so I have been knocking on the school district door for 11 years trying to convince the various Grand Pooh-bahs in charge of special education that they need to train teachers in evidence-based methods … Continue reading
Posted in Just say no to half measures in teacher training
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Too Little Too Late?
From Kathy over on Teacherscreech. Ok… so I have been knocking on the school district door for 11 years trying to convince the various Grand Pooh-bahs in charge of special education that they need to train teachers in evidence-based methods … Continue reading
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Cafeteria behavior
Gregory Fabiano and colleagues report about a non-experimental analysis of the effects of a group contingency on children’s behavior in school cafeteria. Pretty interesting. Worthy of systematic study.
Behavior Modification, Vol. 32, No. 1, 121-132 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0145445507308577
© 2008 SAGE Publications
A Group Contingency Program to Improve the Behavior of Elementary School Students in a Cafeteria
Gregory A. Fabiano, [...] Continue reading
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ADHD diagnosis: helpful or hurtful?
From Kathy over on Teacherscreech. I had an interesting discussion about ADHD in my online work with some teachers and parents about whether or not a diagnosis is helpful or a hindrance to the learner. The gist was, I had … Continue reading
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ADHD diagnosis: helpful or hurtful?
From Kathy over on Teacherscreech. I had an interesting discussion about ADHD in my online work with some teachers and parents about whether or not a diagnosis is helpful or a hindrance to the learner. The gist was, I had … Continue reading
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Illustration of managing well
I came across an entry in a middle school teacher’s blog that provides a good illustration of how to manage a classroom learning environment. Ellen Berg, who has taught mostly English and communication arts (but, also shop and pre-calculus) at Turner Middle in a racially isolated part of St. Louis (MO, US) where most of [...] Continue reading
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Hard Habits to Break
From Kathy over on Teacherscreech. I read an article a few years ago by the Dutch researcher Dirk Bakker- and he classified problem readers as either perceptual or linguistic readers. I have found in my work, these descriptions are perfect. … Continue reading
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