Posted in LD Support Organizations on Mar 29th, 2005 No Comments »
Educational Options, LLC 86 Kirkland Street, #13 Cambridge, MA 02138 617-864-8864 508-304-9257 fax www.optionsined.com/ Educational consultants who provide school and college planning for students (ages 5 to adult) with LD, AD/HD, and behavioral issues.
Posted in Social Issues and Ideas on Mar 28th, 2005 No Comments »
CNet has an interesting article on one of the ironies of “the information age” Why can’t you pay attention anymore?. Hallowell has come up with yet another label: Attention Deficit Trait or ADT. This is what I’ve been calling “cultural ADD” for years. Fast workplaces coupled with a barrage of information to every sense and [...]
Posted in Social Issues and Ideas on Mar 25th, 2005 No Comments »
Citizens’ Group Wants Hyperactivity Drug Taken Off the Market: “A 30-year-old drug to treat hyperactivity made by Abbott Laboratories should be banned immediately because of its toxic effects on the liver, a citizen’s group said.” (Via NYT > Business.)
Posted in Computers and Software on Mar 25th, 2005 8 Comments »
Read-e is a talking browser for Windows that includes a spelling checker, OSR software, and more. Note that there is a free trial download and if you give it a go I’d love to hear your comments (comment on this post). I have no clue how it works, being a Mac user, but I’m always [...]
Posted in K-12 Schools, LD Support Organizations on Mar 24th, 2005 4 Comments »
Jacob’s Ladder Neurodevelopmental School and Therapy Center 407 Hardscrabble Road Roswell, GA 30075 770-998-1017 770-998-3258 fax information@jacobsladdercenter.com www.jacobsladdercenter.com
Posted in Technology Issues and Ideas on Mar 19th, 2005 No Comments »
WIRED News reports that in Japan people are reading all sorts of things on cell phones including entire novels downloaded in installments: Cell Phones Put to Novel Use. This is one more story in a long list of convergence stories: tools being re-categorized and recast and re-branded. Who’d have thought the cell phone would become [...]
Posted in Books and Videos on Mar 13th, 2005 No Comments »
Title: Handbook of Research in Emotional and Behavioral Disorders Authors: Robert B. Rutherford Jr., Mary Magee Quinn, Sarup R. Mathur Publisher: The Guilford Press Date Published: August 2004 ISBN: 1-59385-056-5
Posted in Discussion Topics on Mar 11th, 2005 3 Comments »
We are getting numerous comments from folks who are confused about what commenting is and how it works. So, some tips and pointers are in order. 1. Comment on the post and/or comment thread that relates to that post. Off topic comments will be deleted as soon as we see them from now on. Before [...]
Posted in Books and Videos on Mar 9th, 2005 No Comments »
Title: Who I Can Be Is Up to Me Lessons in Self-Exploration and Self-Determination for Students with Disabilities in Learning Author: Dr. Gloria D. Campbell-Whatley Publisher: Research Press Date Published: April 1, 2004 ISBN: 0-87822-484-X
Posted in Personal Stories on Mar 8th, 2005 5 Comments »
© Roger Dean Kiser I remember my Landon Junior High School seventh grade, math teacher’s name very well. It was Mr. Young. He stood out because the kids made fun of him. He was missing one of his fingers, and always pointed at students with his middle finger. For some reason I was not very [...]
Posted in Technology Issues and Ideas on Mar 7th, 2005 No Comments »
Apple has documented an installation of iBooks at the Texas School for the Deaf: iBook Laptops Support Visual Learners. Much of this article is meaningful to students with learning disabilities in K-12 or college.
Posted in K-12 Schools on Mar 5th, 2005 No Comments »
Paladin Program at Town and Country School of Vienna 9525 Leesburg Pike Vienna,VA 22182 703-759-3000 703-759-5526 fax www.paladinacademy.org