The focus of this blog is on self-improvement, the eleventh scale of twelve in our Personal Responsibility Map®, which is a core assessment in our Personal Responsibility—Achieving Academic and Career Goals™ program. Self-Improvement and MTSS Multi-Tiered System of Supports, or MTSS, is a term used to describe an evidence-based model [...]
Resiliency is the tenth in our twelve-part series on our Personal Responsibility Map®, which is a core assessment in our Personal Responsibility—Achieving Academic and Career Goals™ program. Resiliency is the ability to work through activities and cause bottom-line results to happen. Resiliency to many is the ability to bounce back [...]
The focus of this blog is on the use of our Personal Responsibility Map® and skill intervention system in helping at-risk students to identify and develop key emotional intelligence skills for success in school and life. Personal Responsibility—Achieving Academic and Career Goals™ is a research-based assessment and skill intervention system [...]
The US Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced that only two out of ten individuals with a disability are able to find and keep a job. I ask myself, “Why is this?” This simple question has no simple answer. There are many reasons that can cause a 20% employment rate [...]
The topic today is on problem solving, the ninth scale of twelve in our Personal Responsibility Map®, which is a core assessment in our Personal Responsibility—Achieving Academic and Career Goals™ program. Problem solving is the ability to work through problems and use thinking skills to arrive at good goal solutions. [...]
Self-management is the amount to which people manage their own time, talents and abilities and use these on clear, achievable goals. MTSS and Self-Management 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 [...]
On December 26th, President Obama signed the 2-year budget deal proposed by Paul Ryan and Patty Murray. The bipartisan budget deal will restore about $22.5 billion in fiscal year 2014 of the $26 billion in non-defense discretionary funding cut out of the budget in fiscal year 2013. While it's still [...]
Beginning with the 2013-2014 school year and thereafter, students with disabilities will be able to earn a New York State (NYS) Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS) commencement credential. The CDOS commencement credential will replace the Individualized Education Program (IEP) diploma and will recognize each student’s preparation and skills for [...]
In a previous blog we discussed Improving Retention Using The Success Profiler®. In this study, the eleven scales of The Personal Skills Map® (a core assessment of The Success Profiler) were identified as critical factors in improving student retention and academic performance. This study takes a closer look at three [...]
The focus of this blog is on the all-important social/emotional learning skill of self-control, which is the seventh scale of twelve in the Personal Responsibility Map®, a core assessment in our Personal Responsibility—Achieving Academic and Career Goals program. Self-control is the ability to handle personal feelings and emotions in difficult [...]