Dumping students with IEPs into general education classrooms without considering an approach like UDL is like hosting a pizza party and only serving potato chips.
Category Archives: Education
Stop Commenting on your Student’s Negative Behavior
Almost every time that I have ignored a negative behavior and prompted a student or a customer to the desired outcome — I have received an apology without ever asking for one.
Dumping Kids with IEPs into General Education Classrooms is not Inclusion
I left last year’s conference feeling confident that my child would be okay. That she would flourish there.
But Kindergarten conferences went differently.
My Child is Not Broken, Our Education System Is
But since Kindergarten started, I realized that maybe I approached this wrong. It isn’t going so well and it feels like we are starting all over again as I watch two years of progress fade away into darkness.
Not following an IEP sets a child up to fail
I helped kids make little ghosts with glue and cotton balls and they all followed directions and listened, even Ally. Several kids wanted me to know that Ally isn’t nice to them or her teacher and asked me why doesn’t she like anyone?
“Why is so mean?” a little girl wanted to know.
A Typical Child Wants, a Special Education Student Needs
I overheard two parents complaining about the associated costs to their district to send a child with a disability to an out of district school. They were obviously involved with their local board of education. And they clearly didn’t realize they were in the company of a special needs mom. Why should a child whoContinue reading “A Typical Child Wants, a Special Education Student Needs”
No, Private Childcare Should Not Monopolize the Industry for the Business Community
My blog has become dedicated to advocating for children on the autism spectrum. In my experience, the biggest source of discrimination against my child has been at private daycare centers.
Day 30: What to Remember about Autism Awareness Month.
10 things to remember after April
Day 28: Should we tell people about our child’s diagnoses?
As of now, I only tell people on a need-to-know basis. But I am second guessing this decision
Day 25: My Rant on “Autism Town Hall”
I don’t care what causes autism. The governor’s Research Center for Autism at Rutgers is wasting valuable money that should be treating the living-breathing persons who live in our own state
