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5 MYTHS about AAC AND SGDs
ALTERNATIVE AND AUGMENTATIVE
COMMUNICATION AND
SPEECH GENERATING DEVICE
Implementing the use of AAC /SGDs is the responsibility of the school-based IEP team. The Speech and Language Therapist/Pathologist works as part of a team that may also include an assist...
The following are examples of what educational needs, SDIs, and Goals could look like for a child with autism who needs ABA.
This does not have to be an ABA or VB classroom!
The following is just so you can get a taste of what should be individualized in the IEP.
Let’s first define
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Disability Rights: How and Why to Vote
Author: Sandra Carroll, BS, BCEA
While much of recent political discussion in Pennsylvania centers around the two “big” races in the impending election this year, little has been mentioned about disability related issues in the news. In fact, the stakes f...
When does Executive Function Develop?
Executive function emerges during preschool and develops in correlation with frontal lobe development from childhood to approximately age 25. A baby's brain grows and develops by overproducing neurons, synapses, or connections. These are then pruned back a...
EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING AFFECTS HOW MANY AREAS OF LIFE?
When we start talking about executive functioning it does not take long to reach overwhelm because executive functioning affects so many different areas of one's life. It is not very different from the computer's motherboard.
A computer's moth...
Safety First
Guest Author: Linda Snyder MBA, PMP, BCEA
with Marie Lewis, Ph.D., BCEA
Excluding students with disabilities from school safety drills and practices is short-sighted. The National Association of School Psychologists has recommended that schools consider developing individualiz...
Making the System Work FOR You
WHAT SHOULD PARENTS DO WHEN THEY DON’T AGREE WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM REGARDING AN IEP? They can disagree with the school system regarding any of the 3 areas of IEP Appropriateness, IEP Compliance, or IEP Discrimination. You can choose only one of the areas. (See previ...
3 REASONS YOU CAN DISAGREE WITH AN IEP
Knowing them will allow you to know what type of assistance you need to resolve any disagreements and what actions to take.
It is hard for parents to know when to stop being the “nice cooperative” parent to a fault, afraid to cause ANY conflict or have ANY...
Authentic Successful Inclusion
Is it enough to have a child with learning challenges in the classroom for that room to have the label of an inclusive class? What needs to happen in order for the distinction of inclusion to be applied to that class?
Successful authentic inclusion is measured by one...
Studies tell us that 55% of communication is nonverbal (Albert Mehrabian, 1967).
If that seems a little extreme to you, it is probably because we take so much of that type of communication for granted. Most of us recognize when someone is upset or excited. There may be nonverbal communication...
Now What? Seems to be a constant state-of-affairs for those who have pragmatic language issues. It is very easy to confuse different language demands for different listeners or situations. Who teaches all those rules for conversations and how do you know the joke is funny?
Today we are looking at h...
While working at an elementary school, I became aware of a first grader who suddenly became visibly upset, crying, and screaming about the blood, the bodies, and how terrible it all is. It did not take very long to realize that he was reacting to the story the teacher was reading to the class. In th...
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