February 13, 2017
By: Valerie Strauss
Source: The Washington Post Nancy Truitt Pierce is a member of the Monroe School Board in Washington state who was appointed by Gov. Jay Inslee to his STEM Alliance Advisory Board. In her day job, she is a consultant who convenes monthly peer group meetings of top executives in Seattle and hears […]
February 13, 2017
By: Peter Balonon-Rosen
Source: NPR Ed It can be difficult to socialize and make friends for many children with autism. Often that’s because reading body language and others’ emotions doesn’t always come easily. Many of us seem to learn these social skills naturally, but maybe there’s also a way to teach them. The Psychology Lab […]
February 9, 2017
By: John McDonald
Source: Civil Rights Project The UCLA Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles today released a new research report on segregation and its alternatives in Washington D.C. showing that despite the sharply increasing diversity of the nation’s capital, generation after generation of African American students in Washington D.C. have attended intensely segregated schools and still […]
February 7, 2017
By: Shaun Heasley
Source: Disability Scoop Children with autism are receiving more services at no added cost to their families thanks to a federal law that requires expanded mental health coverage, researchers say. The 2008 Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act mandates that many health insurance policies cover mental health services at the same […]
February 7, 2017
By: Meghan Nelson
Source: The Daily News After grabbing their lunch boxes and lunch trays, six Montabella Elementary School kindergarten and first-grade students headed down the hall to the library to eat their lunch together. The lunch group is part of Montabella Community School’s LINKS Program, which is a peer-to-peer program to support students with autism. […]
February 6, 2017
By: James Stewart
Source: The Huffington Post Education, particularly as it relates to children with disabilities, is arguably a hotter topic than ever before. Just last month, it was a subject of intense discussion at both the Senate hearing for the proposed Secretary of Education and in a case brought before the Supreme Court. Although […]
February 6, 2017
By: Cara Fitzpatrick
Source: Tampa Bay Times “I wrote a two-page story about Nate the Great,” she announced. Cadi, 9, could have slept in. She could have played outside. But she wanted to be in school. So here she was on a Saturday morning at Fairmount Park Elementary, doing math on an iPad, reading aloud […]
February 5, 2017
By: Reyna Gobel
Source: The Atlantic At Perea Preschool in Memphis, Tennessee, a teacher introduces mango to a circle of 16 4-year-olds for the first time. Another day, the children discover pumpkin during a play activity. Most of these children come from impoverished families where lettuce is considered a luxury item. According to Vicki Sallis […]
February 4, 2017
By: Greg Toppo and Mark Nichols
Source: USA Today After a semester spent wrangling preschoolers, Ricardo Carter has learned one important lesson: Never say no. “I don’t use the word ‘no,’” he said recently during a break at Aiton Elementary School in Washington’s Deanwood neighborhood. “I like to say ‘not right now.’” Carter, a soft-spoken 20-year […]
February 3, 2017
By: Shaun Heasley
Source: Disability Scoop Parents and teachers should do more to embrace the preferred interests of those with autism, researchers say, pointing out that such aptitudes can be calming and form the basis for careers. Individuals on the spectrum often display intense interests in topics like computers, animals or trains. Traditionally, many experts […]