Setting the Stage for Success: Building Success Through Effective Selection and Use of Assistive Technology Systems By: Joy Smiley Zabala (2000) This personal reflection on the SETT Framework shares insights into the development and use of the SETT Framework. It provides considerations for using SETT as a collaborative tool by which groups of people with varying previous experience in assistive technology can effectively build consensus and align expectations in order to: Consider and establish an individual student's need (or lack of need) for assistive technology work toward developing a system of tools with which a student can use to address identified needslink assistive technology assessment and interventionalign purpose, expected results and evaluation measures when choosing and using a system of assistive technology tools Part I: The big questions Which students need assistive technology?
What Is Curriculum-Based Measurement And What Does It Mean to My Child? by Kathleen McLane Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) is a method teachers use to find out how students are progressing in basic academic areas such as math, reading, writing, and spelling. CBM can be helpful to parents because it provides current, week-by-week information on the progress their children are making. Tools for Evaluation: Assistive Technology Tools Kits By: National Center for Technology Innovation and Center for Implementing Technology in Education (CITEd) (2006) When an individual is identified with a disability and assistive technology is recommended, where do you begin?1 An AT specialist and teacher might advise the use of specific tools. Families might be excited by the range of AT and ready to move forward.
Technology in the Classroom: Resources for Teachers Highlights 2016 Presidential Elections Election season is here. Help your students understand the process of our national elections, from the President down to local representatives, with our election activities. Read short biographies of presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) and Donald Trump (R), explore mock election ideas, create presidential trading cards, learn election vocabulary, play election bingo and more! October Calendar of Events October is full of events that you can incorporate into your standard curriculum! Our Educators' Calendar outlines activities for each event, including: Rosh Hashanah (begins sundown 10/2), World Space Week (10/4-10), World Teacher Day (10/5), Earth Science Week (10/9-15), Teen Read Week (10/9-15), Columbus Day (10/10), Metric Week (10/10-16), Chemistry Week (10/16-22), Black Poetry Day (10/17), Make a Difference Day (10/22), Black Tuesday (10/29/1929), and Halloween (10/31).
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5 Ways to Build Awesome Relationships with Paraprofessionals Don’t be jealous: I have the very best paraprofessionals in the world. They know exactly what to do even when I am not there. They are like an extension of my brain and I could not do my job without them. My classroom runs like a well-oiled machine. But, it has not always been that way. As a self-contained classroom teacher for the last 10 years, I have gone through a number of paraprofessionals. Graphic Identity: Logo Leverage the power of MIT. The MIT brand is the best-known and strongest of the many identities across the MIT community. And the MIT logo—the short-hand representation of that brand—is the most recognized graphic identifier. By using the MIT logo in your department’s or organization’s identities and communications, you send a message: you connect with the power and promise of the Institute. Use of the MIT logo instantly tells the world that you are part of the MIT community—and you share in the positive reputation that’s been built over many decades.
Do2Learn: Educational Resources for Special Needs Download the PDF Form: Topics of Conversation Note: This activity is best conducted with part assistance to ensure that family values, rules, and expectations of social and communication behaviors are incorporated. Purpose: To help students understand the boundaries of their conversational behavior with different classifications of people. Instructions: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(ADHD) Homepage - NCBDDD ADHD Diagnosis and TreatmentNew data on trends and age of diagnosis.Learn More » Children's Mental DisordersA Journey for Parents and Children Learn More » Medscape VideoADHD: Do parents know If Their Child Has Been Diagnosed?Learn More » Updated GuidelinesChildren can now be diagnosed and treated for ADHD from ages 4 to 18.Learn More » People with ADHD may have trouble paying attention, controlling impulsive behaviors (may act without thinking about what the result will be), or be overly active.
Physical disability, multiple disabilities, supporting disabled students in the classroom. For students with physical handicaps, self-image is extremely important. Teachers need to ensure that the child's self image is positive. Physically handicapped students are aware of the fact that they are physically different that most others and that there are certain things they cannot do. Peers can be cruel to other children with physical handicaps and become involved in teasing, casting insulting remarks and excluding physically handicapped children from games and group type activities. Physically handicapped children want to succeed and participate as much as they can and this needs to be encouraged and fostered by the teacher. English Language Learners Many languages, one mission: education for all Main Issues Achievement gaps between ELLs and non-ELL students are deeply rooted, pervasive, complex, and challenging for the National Education Association affiliates and members. The good news is that NEA is actively addressing the complex issues by engaging in research and advocacy and proposing strategies that we can pursue individually and collectively to help eliminate those gaps.
Inclusion Inclusion is part of a much larger picture then just placement in the regular class within school. It is being included in life and participating using one's abilities in day to day activities as a member of the community. It is being a part of what everyone else is, and being welcomed and embraced as a member who belongs. Inclusion can occur in schools, churches, play- grounds, work and in recreation. Human beings, regardless if they happen to have a disability or not, have basic needs that must be met in order to feel fulfilled. The basic needs of food, water and shelter are necessary for us to exist. Meeting Learning Challenges: Creating an Inclusive Classroom Teacher Resource Box: The following books will help you learn more about working with children with special needs: Building Healthy Minds by Stanley Greenspan, MD with Nancy Breslau Lewis. (Perseus Books, 2000) The Child With Special Needs by Stanley I.