We Think So!!! A recent article in The Council for Exceptional Children Smartbrief on March 14, 2013, entitled Math Teachers Strive to Bring Core to At-Risk Students discussed how many math teachers feel about teaching core standards to their at-risk student population. These new standards for the middle schools focus [...]
Multi-tiered system of supports or MTSS is a term used to describe an evidence-based model of schooling that uses data-based problem solving to integrate academic and behavioral instruction and intervention (Florida’s MTSS Project). MTSS is the combination of Response To Intervention or RTI with Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports or [...]
Interpersonal Assertion is the second building block for social/emotional development as measured by the Personal Skills Map. The Personal Skills Map is a core assessment in our Social/Emotional Learning Program, and clearly the grandfather of all social/emotional learning assessments with over 120 research papers written on its effectiveness and over [...]
Well, it finally happened. The sequester has come, and with it a 5% cut to most Special Education budgets. While that’s certainly not good news, it is better than the proposed 9% cut that had been talked about ad nauseum for the last several months. The big question now is: [...]
A computer is made up of two main components: Hardware and software. Both are necessary for the computer to operate successfully. Without hardware your computer would not exist and software would have nothing to run on, and without software, you would simply have a machine, incapable of performing any kind of [...]
There are many trends in education that have come and gone over the years. The reason most trends don't last long is because they take a single trait factor approach to student intervention. As a result, educators find themselves lamenting the following situations over and over again: “Johnny doesn’t seem interested [...]
In light of the events of last week, it is with a heavy heart that I write this blog post. While I can’t imagine the level of pain and hurt that those families are experiencing, our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone whose lives are forever changed by the [...]
With the reporting requirements of the IDEA legislation and increased focus on transition and Indicator 13, data-tracking and accountability in Special Education is becoming an even bigger issue. And to be honest, it should. Be Accountable for Student's Success Now let me preface that statement by saying that I can [...]
If there were a smarter way to do something would you do it? Let’s take the invention of cars for example. Someone thought, “Wouldn't it be great if we didn't have to walk everywhere?” We could travel longer distances in a shorter time period. Great solution, right? I think people [...]
There are two critical resources that we all have: 1) time, and 2) money. For the vast majority of us, these two are linked. We go to our jobs every day and trade our time for money so we can buy the things we need. In education, the formula is [...]