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LRE = Gateway to Inclusion inclusion lre least restrictive environment policy policy in education Apr 16, 2022

Equality, Equity and LRE

When the federal government finally said that the school district could not simply declare that a child "could not be educated" and send them home in 1975 with the federal Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EHA ),it was the beginning of many new policies in e

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A Goal without a Plan is a WISH!! inference inference goals literay Apr 02, 2022

GET YOUR GOALS RIGHT!

The concept of Inference is one of those things that we rarely think about because so much of it is automatic and unconscious. That is also why it is so important to be sure that our students are given the opportunity to actually learn and use inference in the right way. It o...

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At 6's and 7's? Mar 25, 2022

But What Did You Mean?

In the world of education, when we talk about the theory of mind we are referring to the ability to understand other people by attributing beliefs, desires, intentions, emotions, opinions or thoughts to them. These ideas may be different from one's own beliefs, desires, inten...

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Holy Moly!! Is That for Real? inference literacy tom theory of mind Mar 19, 2022

There are 18 Types of Inference. Do your inference goals include 3 types of literacy,  skills needed to make inferences, the types of inferences and inferential outcomes. If not you are not assessing or teaching inferences. Our three buddies do seem to be surprised, or are they scared, maybe even am...

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No Safe Places in an Insane World for Our Students racism Mar 18, 2022

When teachers decide to use past norms as teaching tools it is incumbent on them that the planning, modeling, and direction of all aspects of the lesson do not inadvertently give the impression that past wrongs are acceptable. I do not know what that North Carolina school was thinking when they allo...

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Twisted Language dysgraphia editing skills expressive language fine motor skills following directions listening skills poor handwriting receptive language spelling word fluency Mar 12, 2022

Oral and Written Language activities can greatly impact comprehension, fluency, and other aspects of reading. The following checklists are guides to the tasks that are common in those areas which point to deficits and which may need more comprehensive evaluation and /or remediation.

WRITTEN LANGUAG...

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Dyscalculia dyscalculia math learning disability Mar 05, 2022

Buried by the Numbers

Dyscalculia is a learning disability in which a child has  trouble with math at many levels. Dyscalculia is NOT math anxiety, it is the inability to understand the concepts and or the functions of math and number relationships. They will often struggle with key concepts like l...

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Dyslexia adhd dyslexia fluency language deficit memory deficits orton gillingham phonological component spelling structured literacy Feb 26, 2022

DYSLEXIA - DEVELOPMENTAL READING DISORDER

A Language-Based Learning Disability.

“Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is neurobiological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficu...

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Savant or Splinter Skill hyperlexia savant splinter skill Feb 18, 2022

So What is Hyperlexia?

There are some children who can read or decode words far beyond their understanding. In fact, at first glance, some of these children might be considered savants when what you generally have is a splinter skill called hyperlexia. It is often associated with ASD (autism spectr...

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Goal: Proficient Independent Reader comprehension listening comprehension pseudoword decoding reading comprehension Feb 05, 2022

Figuring Out How to HELP!

As we continue our quest to identify all the potential roadblocks to reading success we come to our last two major categories of pseudoword decoding and comprehension. At first glance, pseudoword decoding really does look like nonsense. It is that nonsense however that can...

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Finding Roadblocks to Reading Success listening skills reading assessment Jan 28, 2022

When I first started becoming aware of the many mechanisms that have to be in place and functional in order to read, I really thought it was pretty amazing that anyone ever learns how to read let alone become proficient. Frequently, we accept the evaluations that school districts give us because we ...

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To Read or Not to Read dyslexia reading reading disability Jan 21, 2022

Checklist Indicating Need for Reading Evaluation

When companies that build and maintain prisons project what the needs will be in 10-15 years they just look at state reading scores from third grade and that gives them a fairly accurate number of inmates on the way to the facility. Truth is stranger...

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