Posted in Discussion Topics, Education Issues and Ideas on Sep 28th, 2011 No Comments »
Photo by Alessandra Sanguinetti / Magnum It appears that the risk for having a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) when you already have a child with ASD is quite a bit higher than previously thought. In this article from Journal Watch, a physician edited site, a large size study (664 infants) is discussed. Apparently [...]
Posted in Discussion Topics, Education Issues and Ideas, News on Sep 28th, 2011 4 Comments »
From Good.is This is a tantalizingly exciting teaser article and video (TED.com) about a radical reshaping of what we used to consider vocational schools, in England. It’s spreading there quite rapidly and I for one, can’t wait to hear and see more. The founding group has attempted to wrestle with and address two fundamental problems [...]
Posted in Events and Conferences on Sep 26th, 2011 1 Comment »
“Living to Our Complete Potential” March 26 & 27, 2012 Hawaii Convention Center 1801 Kalakaua Avenue Honolulu, HI 96815-1513 The 28th Annual Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability & Diversity (Pac Rim) will bring together a diverse international gathering of academics, community leaders, self-advocates, specialists and officials to Honolulu, Hawaii on March 26-27, 2012. The [...]
Posted in Camps and Residential, Education Issues and Ideas, Learning Disabilities and Mental Health on Sep 20th, 2011 No Comments »
Second Nature Wilderness Program (SNWP), with locations in central Oregon, northern and southern Utah, and Georgia, is one of the best Wilderness Therapy programs for struggling teens in the world. I’ve personally visited in an in-depth way all of their locations except Georgia (Footsteps program). Even though Second Nature is not specifically designed for kids [...]
Posted in Colleges, Education Issues and Ideas on Sep 19th, 2011 No Comments »
From Good.is “How to Break the Cycle of Remedial College Classes” Interesting slant on the over-reliance and perhaps, misuse of remedial classes at the community college level. “The proof initially emerged with many students transferring from San Diego’s West Hills High School to their local community college. Like many of their fellow freshmen nationally, a [...]
Posted in Learning Disabilities and Mental Health on Sep 19th, 2011 10 Comments »
Let’s assume that you have a middle school or high school son or daughter who is struggling emotionally and behaviorally and thus far, despite trying different therapies and school supports, the situation is not getting better. Your family is most likely in a state of intermittent turmoil. If your acting out or acting in (depressed, [...]
Posted in Colleges, LD Support Organizations, Learning Disabilities and Mental Health, News on Sep 14th, 2011 2 Comments »
Jeremy Snyder and Julie Platt, students at Wesleyan University, are starting a university chapter of Project Eye-to-Eye, a national mentoring project for children with learning disabilities. In this article from the Wesleyan Argus, the students describe their start-up process this summer and the goals of Eye-to-Eye. They’re looking for about a dozen high caliber and [...]
Posted in Reading, Writing, and Math, Technology Issues and Ideas on Sep 6th, 2011 2 Comments »
Darren Murph has written a clear and easy to understand review about Dragon Dictate 2.5 by Nuance for Macs, in this Engadget piece. I occasionally use this software when I’m writing reports, and when I do I’m very satisfied. I’ve been tracking this speech recognition software (turning human speech into text on a screen) for [...]
Posted in Books and Videos on Sep 5th, 2011 No Comments »
Incredible. This opinion piece in the NY Times, Words Failed, Then Saved Me poignantly reminds us there are different facets of language. To become gifted and talented in one aspect (poetry) and struggle with another (reading) proves again that teachers and parents need to be sleuths of talent as much as they focus on deficits. [...]