V.3 #1 Counseling/School Psychology - Proactive Strategies for Problem Behaviors in the Classroom
Although punishment may be a common and natural response to disruptive behaviors (i.e., out-of-seat, calling out answers, talking) in the...
V.3 #1 Social-Emotional Development - Facilitating Social Interactions with Classroom Environment
School administrators and educators have been made aware of the need to face the challenges of creating classroom environments that will...
V.3 #1 Early Childhood - Commercial Educational Products and Learning Disabilities: What Educators a
One question I frequently receive from teachers and parents interested in learning disabilities (LD) deals with commercially available...
V.3 #1 Literacy - How Does Sketching Enhance Students’ Understanding of Text?
Time and again, students ask, "Can we draw a picture after we read?" Whether they approve or not, most teachers give a sympathetic nod....
V.2 #5 Recommended Practices - Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave! Analyzing the Component Skills of Spe
In recent columns I have addressed the role of phonology and morphology in the development of literacy skills. In this column I will...
V.2 #5 Counseling - Stopping the Cycle: Reducing Behaviors that Interfere with Learning
Children with learning disabilities have a high co morbidity rate (co-occurrence) of emotional/behavioral problems and/or ADHD (Kauffman,...
V.2 #5 Social Development - Structuring Classrooms to Create Social Supports
Contemporary teachers are charged with many tasks. As school professionals, teachers are required to create classroom environments that...
V.2 #5 Early Intervention - Play’s Place in Early Intervention and Early Childhood Education
Dramatic play, also known as pretend play or imaginative play, has an important role in early intervention and early childhood education,...
V.2 #5 Mathematics - The Interactive Unit as a Tool in Teaching Math
Gaps in the mathematics performance of students with disabilities compared to their nondisabled peers appear in the early elementary...
V.2 #4 Recommended Practices - An Experienced Teacher’s Warning: Don’t Forget the Prerequisite Skill
Recently I found myself in a local elementary school assisting a new first grade teacher who was stymied at some of his students’ failure...