Special Educators / Learning Diversity
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WEBINAR: Recognizing and Successfully Teaching Twice-Exceptional Students
Recording is available ...Recognizing and Successfully Teaching Twice-Exceptional Students 3/29 #edWebinar w/ @ecsfirst1…
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THREAD/LIST: "Good Short Books" to build motivation, especially for those HS students who struggle finishing a whole text.
Teacher friends: I'm putting together a list of "Good Short Books" to build motivation, especially for those HS students who struggle finishing a whole text. Any "GSBs" that you'd suggest (fiction/non)? #amreading…
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DOCUMENTARY: 'Right to Fail' by @FrontlinePBS & @ProPublica
A few years ago, thousands of people with severe mental illnesses won the chance to live on their own in NY. While many flourished, FRONTLINE & @ProPublica investigate how the transition failed some of the most vulnerable in…
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RESEARCH: Is Listening to a Book the Same Thing as Reading It?
Read to the tweet at the bottom to grasp some of the complexity and nuance here ...After reading about science, students remembered 81% of it. Those who listened to the same material only remembered 59%. Audio has many upsides, but when it comes to understanding difficult concepts, there’s no…
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RESEARCH: Learning Music Early Can Make Your Child A Better Reader
Learning Music Early Can Make Your Child A Better Reader @ConversationUS #literacy https://t.co/ct6wtKzBOw…
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RESOURCE: 900 Free AudioBooks
HG Wells’ The Time Machine, narrated by Kelsey Grammer https://t.co/wXO1MNgbpj Added to our list of 900 Free AudioBooks https://t.co/nP8qYio7Z9 https://t.co/4vqN2Xm1Ww— Open Culture…
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IDEA: School Store Connects Students & Community
"The store ... is staffed by all students, general education and special education" story about the Connect program @StaggHighSchool via @chicagotribune…
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ARTICLE: How history forgot the woman who defined autism
How history forgot the woman who defined autism https://t.co/0vc9CjZFJl pic.twitter.com/YMubhCNRFG— Scientific American (@sciam) November…
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ARTICLE: Neurodiversity - A Concept Whose Time Has Come
This is moved over from an older group post is by Juniper R Krog (might be an alias, dunno). This material is based upon my book The Power of Neurodiversity: Unleashing the Advantages of Your Differently…
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DOC: Journey into Dyslexia
From HBO Docs in 2011 ... trailer won't embed but a preview Official site - https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/journey-into-dyslexia
