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May 2016 Faculty Workshop. I was 35 when I discovered I'm on the autism spectrum. Here's how it changed my life. "Do you hate crowds, especially at supermarkets and restaurants?

I was 35 when I discovered I'm on the autism spectrum. Here's how it changed my life.

" I avoided eye contact, which I knew I wasn't supposed to do. "Yes. " If Dr. P. noticed, she was too busy looking at the questionnaire to let on. "Do you tend to repeat heard words, parts of words, or TV commercials? " 3 ADHD Myths That Just Aren't True. By Jeff Emmerson Published Oct 27, 2014 I went to hell and back with undiagnosed ADHD until the age of 35 (three years ago), but during that journey I gained insight from people going through similar struggles all over the world.

3 ADHD Myths That Just Aren't True

I have also witnessed how the term ADHD is thrown around like a punchline, and how incorrect facts about the diagnosis itself spread like a disease. Insomnia and ADHD. The 10 Best Productivity Apps for Adults with ADHD. Best ADD Tools: Reader Recommendations. Famous People with ADHD - ADD AdultADD Adult. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Flow, the secret to happiness. Dear How to: a year of hand drawn instructions. 16 Things I Wish They Had Taught Me in School. I am 28 now.

16 Things I Wish They Had Taught Me in School

I don’t think about the past or regret things much these days. But sometimes I wish that I had known some of things I have learned over the last few years a bit earlier. That perhaps there had been a self-improvement class in school. And in some ways there probably was. Psychological Benefits of Exercise. When I was about to turn 40, I started working out regularly after years of inactivity.

Psychological Benefits of Exercise

As I sweated my way through cardio, weights, and dance classes, I noticed that exercise wasn’t just changing my body. It was also profoundly transforming my brain—for the better. The immediate effects of exercise on my mood and thought process proved to be a powerful motivational tool. And as a neuroscientist and workout devotee, I’ve come to believe that these neurological benefits could have profound implications for how we live, learn and age as a society.

How Creativity Makes Us Feel Alive. 141 15Share Synopsis The process of inner transformation is itself a creative process, for through the process of advanced inner development, you are literally creating a new self.

How Creativity Makes Us Feel Alive

Adapted from Wired to Create: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind, by Scott Barry Kaufman and Carolyn Gregoire Our selves are constantly evolving as we learn more about the world and our own identities and seek meaning in our experiences. According to Michael Piechowski, the process of inner transformation is itself a creative process, for through the process of advanced inner development, you are literally creating a new self. Aspergers Adult AQ Test Quiz Online: Autism Spectrum Quotient. I prefer to do things with others rather than on my own.

Aspergers Adult AQ Test Quiz Online: Autism Spectrum Quotient

I prefer to do things the same way over and over again. If I try to imagine something, I find it very easy to create a picture in my mind. I frequently get so strongly absorbed in one thing that I lose sight of other things. Top 8 Mental Health Apps For Your Wellbeing. It is no surprise that mental health apps, particularly those that help people meditate and relax, are taking off at an astonishing rate.

Top 8 Mental Health Apps For Your Wellbeing

Mental health experts have been touting the benefits of meditation on a variety of health issues for years. Several studies have shown that meditation can greatly improve mental health, but can also positively impact physical health as well. Many of these meditation apps are just the beginning of how technology is changing health care, counseling, and other fields associated with mental health care. Dysgraphia Tools and Apps. 5 apps for increasing independence for adults with autism.

With the increase in adults with autism living in the community in their own home or apartment whether alone with support or with others with support, the development of apps for smartphones and tablets will make the all the difference.

5 apps for increasing independence for adults with autism

Many of those who are now embarking on this huge transition are of the age where using a tablet in school or on a daily basis was not something they were used to. Therefore, apps are not the first thing their parents go to for learning. Some use pictures from magazines or familiar photos taped to a poster board, or the use of white boards on the refrigerator to teach a skill. But a combination of the 'old school' method developed by Linda Hogdon, CCC-SLP in her book Visual Strategies For Improving Communication. as well as apps for mobile devices with support from direct care professionals and parents, an adult with autism will find keeping up with daily household tasks and grooming will be easier to attain.

ReFrame – helps you to think differently. Change The Structure of Your Brain! Neuroplasticity. Official Original Source & Definition of Superlearning Music & Technique- Articles, ebooks and guidance. Choice Theory - Glasser Institute. The mission of The William Glasser Institute is to teach all people Choice Theory® and to use it as the basis for training in: Reality Therapy, Lead-Management, and Glasser Quality School Education.

Choice Theory - Glasser Institute

Choice Theory The 1998 book, Choice Theory: A New Psychology of Personal Freedom, is the primary text for all that is taught by The William Glasser Institute. Reality Therapy - Glasser Institute. Click here to listen to an interview with Kim Olver, Executive Director and Dr.

Reality Therapy - Glasser Institute

David Pittle about Reality Therapy and Choice Theory Reality Therapy is the method of counseling that Dr. Glasser has been teaching since 1965. Reality therapy. Reality therapy (RT) is an approach to psychotherapy and counseling. Developed by William Glasser in the 1960s, RT differs from conventional psychiatry, psychoanalysis and medical model schools of psychotherapy in that it focuses on what Glasser calls psychiatry's three Rs: realism, responsibility, and right-and-wrong, rather than symptoms of mental disorders.[1] Reality therapy maintains that the individual is suffering from a socially universal human condition rather than a mental illness.

It is in the unsuccessful attainment of basic needs that a person's behavior moves away from the norm. Since fulfilling essential needs is part of a person's present life, reality therapy does not concern itself with a client's past. Neither does this type of therapy deal with unconscious mental processes.

Today's Most Popular Study Guides. Differentiated Instruction - Examples & Non-Examples. What Is Differentiated Instruction? By Christina Yu, Knewton.com Differentiated instruction, the tailoring of educational experiences to meet individual learner needs, is nothing new. Hardworking teachers have always recognized the diverse needs of students and adjusted their instruction to account for them. Deeper Learning: Performance Assessment and Authentic Audience.

In a conversation with a veteran educator -- a man with years of experience teaching English and acting as a headmaster -- I was confronted with a prejudice so ingrained in my teaching that I was almost embarrassed to admit it. He said, "You know, when I ask a student to write a paper and turn it in to me, that's ridiculous; I'm the worst audience they could have. " I was intrigued. He went on, "Who am I to assume that someone will want to write their best work, something truly personal and creative, for me? A single-person audience is a pretty lame audience, let alone the fact that I'm a middle-aged white guy. " That hit me like a rolled-up newspaper. Blending in K-12: How Teachers are Using Technology to Change the Classroom.

In September 2015, the Research and Education group at Instructure released the “Blending in K-12: How Teachers are Using Technology to Change the Classroom” infographic. The report shows how important mobile technology has become in K-12, especially for use during class time. You might think the LMS is primarily for flipped classrooms or learning outside of school, but the vast majority of Canvas usage still happens during the school day in face-to-face classrooms.Teachers are successfully using mobile technology inside their physical classrooms, citing the freedom it gives them to move around and individualize instruction for students.

To read the infographic in full, click here or on the image below. Jared Stein. Are Apps Becoming the New Worksheet? This post originally appeared on Educating Modern Learners. My seven-year-old daughter loves school. She will line up her stuffed animals in rows and “teach” them for hours on end.