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Daily Archives: 12 March 2010
Promoting success in college
In “2-Year Colleges Help Learning-Disabled Students Break Into Math and Science,” Ashley Marchand reports about efforts to support students with Learning Disabilities succeed in post-secondary education settings. Ms. Marchand’s article appeared in the news source of record for higher education, the Chronicle of Higher Education.
For as long as he can remember, Robert T. Calloway has [...] Continue reading
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The world needs all kinds of minds
Temple Grandin has long been someone I’ve admired, respected, and learned from. As a person who has autism, an educator (not in the traditional sense), and designer she has made me understand people with Autism more. This year she was given the opportunity to speak at the TED conference. TED is basically a showcase of some of the smartest people in the world and they are given 18 min. to talk about whatever they like. Temple chose to talk about how we need “all kinds of minds” in our world. I happen to agree wholeheartedly with her. If you have a chance you need to take 20 min. and watch this video!
The world needs all kinds of minds
Patrick
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Kathy: Are WE ready for Our Students to Date?
I work with 18-to-26 year-old students. And what do most young adults spend much of their time thinking about? That’s right, the opposite sex. My students, who have mild disabilities, are no different. One young man has a crush on… Continue reading
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