Special Education Information
Does Special Education rules, regulations, handling of disabilities, and so much more confuse you? I'm trying to straighten that out.
Episodes
47 episodes
Part 2 Age Appropriateness
Thoughts on curriculum for students who are behind their peers and some IEP goal ideas.
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10:31
Age Appropriate Behaviors and Skills Part 1
Age-appropriate behaviors and activities: what does that mean? It is important for those of us in a child's life to understand it and be able to carry it out as best as we can. Remember that we are doing the best we can for what we ...
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24:49
IEP IFSP TRI Initial Information
The teachers and parents can sometimes get at each other in a negative way. There is so much for everybody to be confused about. Here's a rundown of the basics of the different kinds of meetings that occur related to special education. A few ti...
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37:21
What is ABA and FC? How does it work?
A bit longer than normal, but Facilitated Communication and Applied Behavior Analysis are covered. Some basic ideas of how to get an ABA plan going are discussed.
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30:38
What does it take to be a Special Ed teacher?
A taste of my experience and a nod to others'.
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16:53
What Sense Do you Learn With?
You've been taught there is only 5...you were taught wrong. Listen in as I go over the miss ing senses.
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32:26
What Senses Do You Use to Learn?
The tail end of this is primarily focused on teachers, but you still may find it interesting if you have children and are curious about how they learn the best.
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32:37
IDEA PART C-IFSP
There's more than one part of IDEA? What is Part C? What does IFSP mean? Is there ever an end to it? Is it important? Why?
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14:36
What is the Future of our Severely Multiply Disabled Students?
Meet Daniel 1 & 2. Is this the life for them?
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9:48
Are Teachers The Problem?
How many times have you heard that the problem with this world is the teachers?
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26:18
Classroom Teaching Stories 1
What's it like to teach special needs students in the classroom? What can we learn from them? How fun is it? How challenging is it? Step into my shoes for a little while.
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21:00
Vocab on IDEA
A bit confusing, admiteditly, but hopefully you'll get something out of it. It's hard to just do vocab.Also, I used case manager in the middle when I actually meant Program Directors.
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25:33
Social Skills
Social Skills are so very important for the success of anyone, but our kids with disabilities tend to struggle a bit more with them.
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26:16
Caseload Sizes and Working with New Paraprofessionals
This one is a bit scattered, I admit, but hopefully you can garner a few good pieces of information out of it.
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24:32
Yeah Teachers! You are awesome! Thank you School Districts!
Teachers and school districts get a bad rap, but why? They are some of the hardest-working individuals out there. I throw in a few personal stories just to illustrate life as a teacher. So reach out to a teacher and give them a big thank you an...
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