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84Letter To My Son's School Principal - cc.Teachers - School board
harassment, elementary school education, elementary education Dear Mr. ******, I am writing to address my verbal outburst on Monday, February 23rd, 2009. When I was dropping off my son at the office, after serving an out of school suspension, and was preparing to...
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77How the Brain Affects Learning
A sad phenomenon is occurring every day in American schools – our children are dying a painful and slow death as they sit chained to their seats for six or seven hours. Why are these bright,...
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80Colorful Minds Learn Differently: Teaching Children Patience
Patience is often thought of as something kids develop with maturity, but... Did you know that a child's understanding of patience can be hurried along? All that's needed are some rewards that are well worth...
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80Pear-shaped Men
Last week I read a book called Bare Bones by Kathy Reichs. For those who like crime, CSI, thrillers, etc, I can recommend Kathy Reichs very highly. Okay, I know some of you are quite shocked to hear that...
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75Bad Behavior or Sensory Integration Issues?
I recorded every episode of Super Nanny, read countless parenting books, took Love and Logic parenting classes, sought the advice of friends, daycare staff, and family, and despite my efforts, I still had a...
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78Math and the Short Term Memory Child
At nine years old, my son was diagnosed with a short term memory deficit. In most areas of his life you would never know that there was a problem. But one very obvious area was his inability to remember...
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76Colorful Minds: Teaching Social Body Language
The spoken word is just one form of communication. Both humans and animals use a variety of postures and gestures to communicate everything from emotions to instructions. These are called social cues, and...
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72What's Happening in the ADHD Mind?
Like Edward Hallowell, who has written a number of books about ADHD, I "discovered" my ADHD in adulthood while in training to work with others who have mental health and developmental disorders.He is a...
0 comments75Learning Disabilities: Information Processing
There are many reasons that a student may have a learning disability. One major reason for learning disabilities can be attributed to deficits in the students information processing. These deficits...
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73Using my ADHD for success
“What just happened?” I find myself asking this question at times when I am in class and realize that I hadn’t been paying attention to the lecture. I look at the blank space on my notebook paper –...
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