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Early Education Corner: Disabilities No Barrier At All-Inclusive Preschools

October 12, 2015

16 October 2015, Early Childhood Education, News, Special Ed

[Source: Disability Scoop] Teaching assistant Jillian Link looked over just in time to see the little girl, with her dark hair braids bouncing against her tan glasses, crawling away from the other children. “Hey, you can’t crawl away,” Link playfully scolded. “If…...

October 9, 2015

10 October 2015, Newsletter, Special Education

[Source: Autism Classroom Resources] Have you ever thought about the importance of being quiet in your classroom? We all know the importance of modeling language for learners with language disorders and this often makes us think that we need to be talking…...

October 9, 2015

10 October 2015, Article, Newsletter, Phonological Disorders, SLP

[Source: Developmental Phonological Disorders] I have been looking for an opportunity to try out this neat spread sheet for creating scatterplots as an alternative to the standard bar graph as a way of presenting the results of a treatment trial. This week…...

October 9, 2015

10 October 2015, News, Newsletter, Progeria

[Source: Medical X-Press] Progeria, a premature aging disease, is the research focus of Roland Foisner’s team at the Max F. Perutz Laboratories of the University of Vienna and the Medical University of Vienna. Children suffering from progeria die at an average age…...

October 8, 2015

10 October 2015, Autumn, Fall, Inferencing, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Primary Inspiration via Pinterest] Here’s a seasonal freebie for you that will have your K-2 students determining key details in 24 riddles, applying their prior knowledge, and inferring the answers. These riddles are a form of informational text, featuring autumn social studies and…...

October 7, 2015

10 October 2015, Article, Newsletter, OT, PT, School Psych, SLP

[Source: Edutopia] We just celebrated open house night at our high school and, as usual, the principal announced that this night was not a night to chat with parents about how their students were doing in our classes. We were supposed to…...

October 7, 2015

10 October 2015, Fine Motor Skills, Newsletter, OT, Sensory

[The Jenny Evolution and Sensory Spectrum] A corn sensory table doesn’t have to be a formal event. And you certainly don’t need a sensory table, either! All you need is some newspaper (because you don’t want those corn silks all over the…...

October 6, 2015

10 October 2015, Job, Newsletter, OT

Congratulations to Nicole B., on her new position through PediaStaff as a Pediatric and Early Intervention OT! Nicole will be working in a wonderful historic town with a very low cost of living. She will be using sensory integration and oral motor experience and will…...

October 6, 2015

10 October 2015, Newsletter, OT, SPD

[Source: Miss Mancy’s Blog] Halloween is a great time to push children’s sensory boundaries! There are so many gooey, gross activities you can do with them. I like to start with something simple that may feel a little odd to some children…...

October 6, 2015

10 October 2015, Bullying, News of the Week

[Source: Medical X Press] In the most comprehensive study of the effectiveness of anti-bullying policies to date, researchers found that compliance with the U.S. Department of Education guidelines in antibullying laws reduced rates of bullying and cyberbullying—the most common forms of peer…...