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Comment on The Child School by great news

great news — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:01:06 +0000

thats great news that 3 staff have quit, who are they?
more need to follow for change to be forced to come

Comment on William Van Cleave by Richard

Richard — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:51:30 +0000

Janine: You can purchase it by getting in touch with William at the address above.

Comment on William Van Cleave by Janine Van Patten

Janine Van Patten — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:38:39 +0000

Hi William,
I know you through Katherine and from trainings at Delaware Valley Friends School. You gave me a pre-published copy of Everything you want to know…. I am conducting teacher trainings for the Mayor’s Commission On Literacy in Philly and I would like to have an actual published version. Please let me know how I can purchase it. It has been my bible for the literacy teaching I have been doing in Philly over the last few years. This year I am a literacy specialist at West Philadelphia Public High School.
Janine

Comment on The Child School by Extreme Concern

Extreme Concern — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:00:17 +0000

• Three more elementary school teachers are gone – POOF!!!
• Looks like the art teacher with such rigorous schedule seems to find the time to approach vulnerable staff with a petition to continue the status quo and keep Maari in her position by telling the staff that they will lose their jobs if they don’t offer their support. The petition is a scare tactic to intimidate staffs to sign and those that choose not to will be left vulnerable and afraid.
Well, you have not walked down this path with the rest of the staff. You have very little contact with Maari; you have been here for only a year. How dare you get involve with something you have no idea about? How dare you assume leadership, don’t you think it has gotten to this point for a reason. How foolish are you? Do you think three elementary staff would leave if the status quo was working?
• The school’s annual June Play production is on its way. June Play cross dressers needs to apply, it seems some parents are not happy due to the fact that if their children that want to participate in the June Play must be comfortable cross dressing.

Comment on List of Vocabulary Words by Ahmed Mohamed

Ahmed Mohamed — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:17:57 +0000

Curious to see what is there for my son

Comment on Jack of All Trades by Bel Russell

Bel Russell — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:54:29 +0000

Do you know of any middle and high schools in Salt Lake or PArk City that are specially for LD kids?

Comment on Temple Grandin: The world needs all kinds of minds by Richard

Richard — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:57:48 +0000

Joanne: Whether Dr. Grandin does it purposely or not, she’s been cast as a poster child for high achieving people with autism who are articulate and social enough to talk about the experience openly.

I totally agree with you on labels although when people are coming to terms with learning issues it’s quite useful to have a label/word that not only describes one’s experience (loosely) but also allows one to find others who have had similar experiences to commiserate with.

I was a poster child for high achieving “dyslexic” who found technology helpful and could talk about it. Had I not had the “dyslexic” label it would have been difficult to find an audience as many non-dyslexic people were finding technology helpful in the late ’70s and ’80s as well.

Would my life have been better without the label? Maybe so. But, I used it to not only find other people who shared my experience but to shape a twenty year career.

Comment on Temple Grandin: The world needs all kinds of minds by joanne bacon

joanne bacon — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:39:15 +0000

Too bad we are all so hung up on labels – this is and would be a great talk if it were about the natural and varient ways in which people learn and think – why do we need to talk about Aspergers and Autism. Why not, if we do this not label non-autistic people as ‘bland’, non-pattern, etc thinkers and do a TED talk on them!!

Joanne

Comment on Sanford Shapiro looks at Franklin Academy by Susan

Susan — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:53:21 +0000

Does anyone have any experience–positive or negative–with Franklin Academy’s summer sojourn program? I’d appreciate any feedback regarding it.

Comment on Sanford Shapiro looks at Franklin Academy by Sanford Shapiro

Sanford Shapiro — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:25:16 +0000

T Dorf,

Thanks for writing in and letting us know. It’s helpful to hear your level of specificity. Glad your daughter’s doing well. Please keep us posted.

Sanford