Since the inception of this blog, we have explored a variety of specific strategies. I encourage all educators and parents to be creative, and mix and match to best meet the individual needs of your child and/or student. In a previous blog, we learned that mini-maps can help to preventContinue Reading
Although sensory differences are very real and must be recognized as such, narratives can help to deal with these differences. For instance, there was a high school student that was having significant difficulty with the hallway transition from class to class. Not only was there the loud bell that signalsContinue Reading
Now that we have worked on our one minute commercial, a script for networking, and learned about cold calling, let’s go over informational interviewing. Informational interviewing is an important tool to use with all three practices we have discussed. Informational interviewing is the act of gathering information about the career field,Continue Reading
In a previous blog we discussed how to increase motivation and focus through the use of a Bingo card. The use of choice and positive reinforcement make for a powerful teaming of strategies. This blog will continue to break things down into smaller, more doable pieces of information. For instance, onContinue Reading
The following is a list of tips to create and use your own video modeling tool. Videos are short, usually 2-5 minutes, or even shorter The student will typically watch the video 3-5 times at one session The student will then practice the skill/behavior targeted in the video. The teacherContinue Reading
Learning with Less Stress and Anxiety Stress and anxiety create a negative situation, which makes learning difficult. In a traditional teaching situation the need for person-to-person interaction can be a cause of stress and anxiety. A child is unnecessarily burdened by the need to overcome this stress and anxiety beforeContinue Reading
