Sangeeta Dey, Psy.D.
Posted in LD Support Professionals on Oct 25th, 2006 No Comments »
Sangeeta Dey, Psy.D. Pediatric Neuropsychologist Licensed Psychologist 594 Marrett Road, Suite #22 Lexington, MA 02421 781-652-9594 dey.kids@gmail.com
Archive for October, 2006
Learning Prep School
Posted in K-12 Schools on Oct 24th, 2006 No Comments »
Learning Prep School 1507 Washington Street West Newton, MA 02465 617-965-0764 617-527-1514 fax www.learningprep.org
Camp Spring Creek
Posted in Camps and Residential on Oct 18th, 2006 No Comments »
Camp Spring Creek 774 Spring Creek Road Bakersville, NC 28705 828-688-1000 828-231-3765 cell info@campspringcreek.org www.campspringcreek.org Training and Outreach Center 42B Walnut Ave Spruce Pine, NC 28777 828-766-5032
Making a Difference in the Federal Bureaucracy
Posted in Personal Stories on Oct 15th, 2006 No Comments »
© 1995-2006 Dale Susan Brown dale-brown@mindspring.com Note: This article makes no mention of my learning disabilities. It is revised from one that I wrote for my college alumni magazine in 1995. It shows a small part of disability history and is offers to readers of this website as an example of my professional life outside [...]
Computing is killing cursive writing
Posted in Technology Issues and Ideas on Oct 13th, 2006 5 Comments »
The Handwriting Is on the Wall The computer keyboard helped kill shorthand, and now it’s threatening to finish off longhand. As a person with both dyslexia and dysgraphia, I can’t complain. Handwriting is not one of my strong suits nor has it every allowed me to express the complexity of my thinking. Not that it [...]
School of Shock
Posted in Education Issues and Ideas on Oct 12th, 2006 2 Comments »
The Village Voice has a disturbing article on The Judge Rotenberg Center: School of Shock. I didn’t know this but JRC uses skin-shock to modify behavior. Their web site is framed so I can’t post an url but if you click on “Brief Description of JRC Program” and then on “Use of Skin-Shock as a [...]
Trying Again to Make Books Obsolete
Posted in Technology Issues and Ideas on Oct 12th, 2006 No Comments »
David Pogue takes a look at the new Sony Reader, an eBook reader that may hold promise for more accessible reading in: Trying Again to Make Books Obsolete.
iPod Helps Special-Needs Students Make the Grade
Posted in Technology Issues and Ideas on Oct 12th, 2006 No Comments »
iPod Helps Special-Needs Students Make the Grade: “‘With an iPod, our Special Ed students can take their tests in classrooms with their peers and be mainstreamed in, versus having to be pulled out to do so,’ states Louisa-Muscatine Elementary School principal Scott Grimes. ‘That’s sure to work wonders for their self-esteem, and help them feel [...]
Kelly Fonner
Posted in LD Support Professionals on Oct 9th, 2006 No Comments »
Kelly Fonner 1508 Dodge Street Lower Level Lake Geneva WI 53147 262-893-8053 262-249-9269 fax kfonner@earthlink.net www.kellyfonner.com
Google’s Literacy Project
Posted in Computers and Software on Oct 5th, 2006 2 Comments »
Google has a Literacy Project that includes index lists of books, videos, maps, blogs, groups, and other scholarly information online useful to anyone working in the literacy field. Source: David Clark
Accessibility for all vs. for people with disabilities
Posted in Technology Issues and Ideas on Oct 5th, 2006 2 Comments »
Roger Johansson has a great post on Accessibility for all vs. for people with disabilities at his excellent weblog on site development: 456 Berea St..