The Shelton School is launching Shelton Online Learning with the course Dyslexia and Related Disorders. This course describes processing disorders – causes, characteristics, and instruction. The brain’s role in reading and processing information is addressed as well as the evaluation of mental/perceptual/academic abilities. The learning processes of children with and without perceptual problems are compared. [...]
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On Education: Learning-Disabled Students Blossom in Blended Classes: “Pairing a general ed and special ed teacher in a classroom is considered one of the best hopes for mainstreaming more handicapped children.” (Via NYT > Education.)
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37 Signals is offering a Free Basecamp Basic plan to teachers. Basecamp is a fantastic online project management and collaboration tool that is hugely popular in the business world.
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Sanford Shapiro looks at Riverview School © 2005 Sanford Shapiro The Riverview School is located at the beginning of Cape Cod, in Sandwich, MA. and is for students with more global, or complex learning disabilities. Founded in 1957, the school enrolls about 190 students between the ages of 12 to 22, in middle, high school [...]
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On Education: Test Prep Help for Students Who Can’t Afford Kaplan: “A nonprofit program aims to give 600 poor teenagers a year the kind of edge that wealthy students routinely enjoy.” (Via NYT > Education.)
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Sanford Shapiro looks at The Norman Howard School © 2005 Sanford Shapiro The Norman Howard School is located in Rochester, NY and works with students with learning disabilities from grades 5 through 12. This year there are 141 students from 45 NY State school districts. This day school was founded in 1980 by some parents [...]
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Sanford Shapiro looks at The Rectory School © 2005 Sanford Shapiro Almost all the schools I’ve visited or will be visiting this year are those that exclusively serve students with learning disabilities. I am writing about The Rectory School however, even though they are not just for those with learning disabilities. Currently a bit over [...]
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Villa Maria Education Center 161 Sky Meadow Drive Stamford, CT 06903-3400 203-322-5886 x 12 203-322-0228 Fax Jwade@villamariaedu.org
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