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30 September 2008

Homework & Your ADHD/LD Child

Filed under: Uncategorized — Shane @ 10:32 pm
I have just completed a two-part story about homework and your ADHD/LD child on the health site Trusera.  Part one details general views about the demands of homework currently placed on...

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Poll 2 on RtI and LD

Filed under: Uncategorized — LD Blog @ 11:16 am
Here’s an announcement of the second in the series of polls to assess readers’ perspectives on response to intervention or response to instruction (RtI) and Learning Disabilities. RtI (which was expressly permitted in the US Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), is commonly considered to have multiple tiers of intensity with careful monitoring of students’ progress [...]

Input opportunity

Filed under: Uncategorized — EBD Blog @ 12:46 am
Courtesy of the ever-alert Liz Ditz, here’s an opportunity for US parents and others to emphasize issues in services for individuals with Autism and their families (e.g., research on evidence-based practices). ====== On September 15, 2008, members of the Services Subcommittee will meet to review all public comments submitted to date, and will present [...]

28 September 2008

Six Proven Classroom Accommodations for ADHD and LD Students

Filed under: Uncategorized — Shane @ 7:15 am
According to an article on AdditudeMag.com, the following six accommodations are most effective for ADHD and/or LD children: Seating the student near the teacher and away from doors and windows....

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27 September 2008

Virginia Tech Player Succeeds in Spite of His Learning Disability

Filed under: Uncategorized — Shane @ 7:36 pm
photo from cache.daylife.com Since I live right in the midst of Hokie Country, I thought it only fitting to share this story... Stephan Virgil, starting cornerback for Virginia Tech, was diagnosed...

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ADHD Related Videos on YouTube

Filed under: Uncategorized — Shane @ 9:17 am
Johnson & Johnson recently created a channel on YouTube featuring videos about various health conditions. One of the series of videos is about ADHD. So far they only have three videos posted, but...

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26 September 2008

ADHD & LD Resource Blog 2008-09-26 22:06:00

Filed under: Uncategorized — Shane @ 6:06 pm
National Bullying Prevention Awareness Week is Oct. 5 - 11, 2008. It is sponsored by PACER Center’s National Center for Bullying Prevention and cosponsored by the American Federation for Teachers,...

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25 September 2008

Cleaning up

Filed under: Uncategorized — EBD Blog @ 5:42 am
I discovered that I had mistaken paths for some of the documents in the “Documents” section of EBD Blog, and I’ve corrected them. So, if you’re interested in the contents of the data base on placement literature, those PDFs can now be downloaded correctly. Sorry for the problems.

23 September 2008

The Lighter Side of ADHD

Filed under: Uncategorized — Shane @ 10:08 pm


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Literacy donations

Filed under: Uncategorized — LD Blog @ 12:58 pm
I’ve known about the Literacy Site for a long time, but never thought to link to it from LD Blog until yesterday. If you’ve been around the Internet since it’s first 5 years or so, you probably remember the sound that echoed when the Hunger Site went live. I can remember the desk and the [...]

21 September 2008

Virginia insurance legislation

Filed under: Uncategorized — EBD Blog @ 8:45 pm
Last December, Delegates Robert Marshall and colleagues of the legislature of the Commonwealth of Virginia (US) introduced a bill that would require health insurance companies to pay costs of habilitative services for children and youths. A potential effect of the legislation is that families of children with Autism would be able to receive support for [...]

Admitting Parental Mistakes & Apologizing for Them

Filed under: Uncategorized — Shane @ 8:27 pm
I'm sorry...... those two tiny little words carry an enormous amount of weight and for some reason are incredibly hard to say for some parents. After all, we are human. It is inevitable that we're...

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18 September 2008

Math cartoons update

Filed under: Uncategorized — Teach Effectively! @ 11:34 am
After the recent posting of another Weapon of Math Destruction cartoon, I wondered how many I’d linked to from Teach Effectively, so I checked. There’ve been only seven posts. Here’s a set of links to those posts (in reverse chronological order; fifo): Math cartoons ‘Nother weapon WMD on calculators Bad math brain WMD on constructivist math WMD on FT Math murdered Of course, [...]

WWC on Houghton Mifflin Reading

Filed under: Uncategorized — Teach Effectively! @ 11:33 am
The US What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) has released a review of the research on another beginning reading program, the Houghton Mifflin Reading© series. As has become expected, no studies meet the pristine standards to which the WWC holds research. No studies of Houghton Mifflin Reading© that fall within the scope of the Beginning Reading review meet [...]

RFAC response to RFIIS

Filed under: Uncategorized — Teach Effectively! @ 11:33 am
The Reading First Advisory Committee’s response to the Reading First Interim Impact Study has been posted on the US Department of Education Web site. The report, which the committee endorsed 20 August 2008, explains the reasons that the committee considers the impact study incapable of guiding Reading First policy. It is available from the Reading [...]

Support for quality preschool education

Filed under: Uncategorized — Teach Effectively! @ 11:33 am
According to a report by W. Steven Barnett, although preschool programs are highly variable in their quality, there is good reason to support policies that make preschool available to young children, especially preschool programs that employ effective practices. The report, “Preschool Education and Its Lasting Effects: Research and Policy Implications,” was released today by the [...]

Disability rights treaty

Filed under: Uncategorized — SpedPro @ 11:33 am
The International Task Force of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) is holding a program and live Webcast entitled, "The New International Disability Rights Treaty And Why the Disability Community Should Care" on Wednesday, 17 September, from 2:00-3:15. The event, which is co-sponsored by Easter Seals, the Association of ...

University of Iowa

Filed under: Uncategorized — SpedPro @ 11:33 am
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF TEACHING AND LEARNING Assistant or Associate Professor in Special Education Position: The Department of Teaching and Learning at the University of Iowa invites applications for a tenure line faculty position at the rank of assistant or associate professor in the area of special education. Description: The ...

Insuring service for individuals with disabilities

Filed under: Uncategorized — SpedPro @ 11:33 am
I got this quite welcome news from a representative to the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities. House and Senate negotiators have hammered out a compromise on legislation to require private health insurance plans to cover mental health and addictive disorder services under the same terms and conditions as other types ...

CEC PDS Director

Filed under: Uncategorized — SpedPro @ 11:33 am
The Council for Exceptional Children is searching for a director for its office of Professional Development and Standards Position Title: Director of Professional Development and Standards Classification: Category 8 (Exempt). Salary: Commensurate with experience Unit: Professional Development and Standards Reports To: Associate Executive Director for Professional Services Selection Procedure: Evaluation of written ...

Chairperson/Professor

Filed under: Uncategorized — SpedPro @ 11:33 am
The School of Education Department of Special Education Position Announcement for Chairperson/Professor The School of Education at the University of Kansas is seeking a Chairperson/Professor for the Department of Special Education to assume responsibility by July or August, 2009. The Department of Special Education is nationally recognized for its doctoral, post-doctoral and master's ...

VA ED bows on consent and hearing officers

Filed under: Uncategorized — SpedPro @ 11:33 am
The Department of Education in the Commonwealth of Virginia (US) has withdrawn controversial proposals that would have limited parents' authority in the education of their children with disabilities and would have changed the administrative reporting lines of special education hearing officers. Here is the lead from an article entitled ...

Texas A & M special ed position

Filed under: Uncategorized — SpedPro @ 11:33 am
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY College of Education and Human Development Department of Educational Psychology Open Rank Position in Special Education for additional information: http://epsy.tamu.edu/articles/open_positions The Department of Educational Psychology (EPSY) at Texas A&M University (TAMU) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Special Education. We seek an individual with outstanding accomplishments in or ...

Missouri deanship

Filed under: Uncategorized — SpedPro @ 11:33 am
Joanne H. Hook Dean’s Chair in Education Renewal and Dean College of Education University of Missouri The University of Missouri at Columbia (MU) seeks a dynamic and visionary leader for the position of Dean of the College of Education. The Dean reports directly to the Provost and has a central role in ...

Samuels interviews Habib

Filed under: Uncategorized — SpedPro @ 11:33 am
Dan Habib created a film about his family's efforts to ensure that their son, who has cerebral palsy, can participate as fully in life as they hope. Christina Samuels has a blog entry about her interview with Mr. Habib that merits reading.

NASDSE early intervention document

Filed under: Uncategorized — SpedPro @ 11:33 am
Paula J. Burdette, of U. S. National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) group called "Project Forum" sent this notice to me. The following Project Forum document was recently prepared under Federal Cooperative Agreement H326F050001: Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS): Policy Forum (click here to link to document) This Policy Forum ...

Hearing Officer On The Bench

Filed under: Uncategorized — Shane @ 6:08 am

Last call on first RtI poll

Filed under: Uncategorized — LD Blog @ 4:14 am
The first of LD Blog’s polls about response to intervention (or instruction) will close the evening (US Eastern time) of 4 August. If you haven’t cast your vote in the poll yet and you wish to do so, jump over there and pick a winner!

Accessible Instructional Materials - Shift Happens

Filed under: Uncategorized — Shane @ 2:00 am

17 September 2008

Assistant Research Professor:Project Coordinator

Filed under: Uncategorized — SpedPro @ 11:50 pm
University of Kansas: Assistant Research Professor Working title: Project Coordinator Position Number: 00207039 Position Overview: Juniper Gardens Children's Project is a community-based research institute affiliated with the University of Kansas. We are seeking an Assistant Research Professor who will work with a multi-site team of senior researchers who ...

Southern district looks abroad to fill teaching vacancies

Filed under: Uncategorized — Shane @ 10:37 pm

DRI and IPSO

Filed under: Uncategorized — JohnL @ 4:16 pm
During today’s behavior management class, we spent a little time talking about differential reinforcement of incompatible (DRI) behavior. I asked students to list a behavior they didn’t want to have occur in their own classrooms and then identify an incompatible, pro-social opposite (IPSO) for that behavior. We then talked about using DRI to promote the [...]

Children’s Ten Commandments for Parents

Filed under: Uncategorized — Shane @ 3:26 pm
Let's face it, being the parent of an ADHD/LD child isn't easy. There are days that you may feel like pulling your hair out. When those days come around, take a moment to read to following. The...

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Palin news

Filed under: Uncategorized — SpedPro @ 9:12 am
Though I have no intention of creating the turning SpedPro into a focus on Sarah Palin and Special Education, I thought some might find it helpful to have a set of links to other sources about the topic. Herewith, my current collection. Please add others by commenting. There are two threads ...

I re-instituted Expression?

Filed under: Uncategorized — Leila @ 3:15 am
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Reflections from the AT Trenches

Filed under: Uncategorized — Shane @ 2:00 am

16 September 2008

Classroom Resources from NASA and Peace Corps

Filed under: Uncategorized — Shane @ 10:21 pm

More information for struggling teachers

Filed under: Uncategorized — Leila @ 8:34 pm
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A sorrowful email from Chancellor Rhee…

Filed under: Uncategorized — Shane @ 7:58 pm

How do I cope???

Filed under: Uncategorized — Leila @ 5:39 pm
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Celebrating ADHD Awareness Week with a Giveaway

Filed under: Uncategorized — Shane @ 4:26 pm
In honor of ADHD Awareness Week (Sept. 15 - 19, 2008), I am giving away one item from my Affordable ADHD & LD Products blog. Want to know how to enter to win? It's so simple. Just leave a...

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Eligibility for Special Education - Part II

Filed under: Uncategorized — Shane @ 12:22 pm

Palin and special education

Filed under: Uncategorized — SpedPro @ 7:12 am
For those who are seeking accurate reporting about Republican Vice Presidential Candidate Sara Palin and her action regarding special education funding as governor of Alaska, Christina Samuels has the best content I know. She's thoroughly examined the evidence and laid to rest some of the misinformation that's floating around the ...

Save on Mileage, Hold a Virtual Meeting

Filed under: Uncategorized — Shane @ 2:00 am

15 September 2008

Patterson recognized

Filed under: Uncategorized — EBD Blog @ 10:50 pm
Gerald R. Patterson The American Psychological Association (APA) Division 7 (Developmental Psychology), which is holding its annual meeting this weekend in Boston (MA, US), will recognize Gerald R. Patterson with the Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contribution to Developmental Psychology in the Service of Science and Society. The award will, no doubt, be based on Jerry’s [...]

No happy dance after all!

Filed under: Uncategorized — Leila @ 10:17 pm
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Kidthing Gives Teachers Free Content for Read Across America

Filed under: Uncategorized — Shane @ 2:00 am

14 September 2008

Hold on for one more day!

Filed under: Uncategorized — Leila @ 2:10 pm
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Help for new, struggling teachers!

Filed under: Uncategorized — Leila @ 4:50 am
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Special Ed Chief Takes Leave of Absence

Filed under: Uncategorized — Shane @ 1:10 am
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