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[fbshare]Teachers have a lot to contend with while teaching a classroom full of lively kids. But what does a teacher do with the child that stands up and looks out the window? What about the child that doesn’t follow the classroom rules or constantly interrupts? How does a teacher handle the child who hums and [...]
We were introduced to Sensitive Sam by Marla Roth-Fisch and discovered how difficult it is for a child with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) to make it through his day. We learned that a sensory-sensitive child is affronted by an array of input that can put his senses on overload. Children with learning disabilities, autism, and [...]
[fbshare]Recently Geoff Brown, the President of Talksmith, left a comment on my post titled Asperger’s on the Job. I was intrigued with his comment and decided to learn more about Talksmith. As an English suffix, -smith suggests a meaning of a specialized craftsman, for example, blacksmith, coppersmith, goldsmith, and locksmith. (Wikipedia) A company geared towards creating [...]
[fbshare] Image via Wikipedia See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. The visual of this simple proverb makes me think of Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD). The “evil” in this case is bright or flickering lights, noise that is too loud, or perhaps food that is too spicy or has an unappealing texture. When [...]
Dr. Seuss may have written , but Orton-Gillingham wants us to not only hear, but also see and touch the who! In a previous post I wrote about the multisensory teaching approach and why I am such a fan. Multisensory teaching uses more than one of the child’s senses to teach the material. In traditional [...]
[fbshare]Earlier in the week I looked at play skills in children less than a year old. Play is critical for a child as it helps the development of many skills, such as fine and gross motor skills, cognitive and language skills, and social and emotional skills. Play helps a child to learn and generalize these [...]
Parents always hear how important play is to children–it’s their work. Young babies, toddlers, and children love to play and they often like to play the same thing over and over again. Parents are their babies first playmates and through play children learn new skills and how to connect socially. When a child is under [...]
“We are not interested in making a profit and just want to help others in return for all the help that has been given to us.” This is not a typical statement from a new business owner, but it is the statement from Tania Decicco, founder of ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) Communications Through Visual Aids. [...]
There is an abundance of information on the web, but it can take an exorbitant amount of time to filter through everything. Today I decided to highlight a few interesting resources that you may not have located yet. The websites are on a number of different topics, so there may be a little bit of [...]
Donald Clark wrote a post titled 10 Techniques to Massively Increase Retention. I found it very useful and it outlined many techniques that I have attempted futilely to get my high school son to adopt. I plan to print out the article and pass it on to him when school gets a bit closer. But [...]
