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Monthly Archives: July 2009
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAUDIA!
Happy Birthday Saudia! Today is one of my sisters birthdays. She’s 43! I cannot believe we are so old. There are so many birthdays in my family the month of July (15 and counting). We’re having a family party tomorrow @ Saudia’s house. We’re going to eat and have fun. Too bad you can’t be [...]
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Resource Update
Occasionally I run a post updating some of the resources that are available through this blog for people with special education issues. The resource items are found on the left-hand side of the blog. The most important thing is to subscribe to the bl… Continue reading
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Snyder on Sears
Over on Science-Based Medicine, John Snyder has an extended post that systematically analyzes the assertions of Robert Sears about vaccinating children. The title is “Cashing In On Fear: The Danger of Dr. Sears.” Highly recommended.
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Following Danny Watt’s story
Tom Jackman’s article about Danny Watt to which I referred a few days ago (see this post) is generating a lot of discussion on the Post’s Web site. The comments on Mr. Jackman’s story are informative. For example, at least a half dozen mention having a family member with mental illness. Link to the comments.
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Hempenstall on phonics and whole language
Over on Ed News, Kerry Hempenstall has a paper examining the phonics-vs-whole-language question that vexed educators for many years in the late 1900s. With his typical appreciation of irony, Professor Hempenstall recounts in one place many of the disparate factors that affected that “great debate.” Here’s his abstract:
Over the past twenty years, there has [...] Continue reading
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Engelmann explains
Zig Engelmann, progenitor of Direct Instruction (DI), has posted a video of a talk he gave earlier this month. The presentation is an explication of the underlying principles of DI, “Theory of Direct Instruction.”
In the presentation (video below the jump), Mr. Engelmann shows some of his chops from his undergraduate degree in philosophy. He starts [...] Continue reading
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Media matters
The recent posts about news coverage of mental illness (e.g., “Danny Watt’s Story” and “Jani Illustrates Troubles“) has had me thinking about how popular media portray these problems. Over on Psych Central, Margarita Tartakovsky has an article entitled “Media’s Damaging Depictions of Mental Illness” that I recommend to readers of EBD Blog. In addition to [...] Continue reading
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CORRECTION: The Bad Economy and the Law
As some alert readers have pointed out. My recent post on the bad economy and the law contained a serious typographical error. I left out the word “not.” Yes, that is a very bad error.In my discussion of the decision by the United States Supreme Cou… Continue reading
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CHILDREN LEARN WHAT THEY LIVE by D. Nolte
CHILDREN LEARN WHAT THEY LIVE
If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn.
If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight.
If a child lives with ridicule, he learns to be shy.
If a child lives with shame, he learns to feel guilty.
If a child lives with tolerance, he learns to be patient.
If a child [...]
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AAP and AAO on vision therapy
window.onload = function () { var q = (document.URL); document.getElementById(“mptplayer”).src += q; } Interview with: Walter M. Fierson, MD, Chair of Learning Disabilities Subcommittee of Ophthalmology Section, American Academy of Pediatrics
In “Groups Assail Vision Therapy as Remedy for Learning Disabilities,” Crystal Phend of MedPage Today reported that the American Academy of Pediatrics and American [...] Continue reading
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