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Classroom Insiders
Classroom Insiders: Special Education Series
WeAreTeachers and PCI Education have teamed up to bring you a panel of special education bloggers, educators, and experts – chosen from your own responses and input. Over the next three months, these bloggers will give their opinions and answers to the questions you told us were most important to you.
Join the discussion on our first topic - How do you think ESEA/NCLB will look after Special Education Reform?
Janie Hohlt
While watching some of the Olympic events recently, I realized just how compelling games can be. There I sat, a casual observer of the action, and yet the experience had an emotional appeal.
As an educator, I had to consider whether or not the engagement of games combined with the emotional appeal might help students with [...]
Kristi Lindsay
“We want to challenge everyone — parents, teachers, school administrators — to raise standards, by having the best teachers and principals, by tying student achievement to assessments of teachers, by making sure that there’s a focus on low-performing schools, by making sure our students are prepared for success in a competitive 21st century economy and [...]
A bill that would authorize the federal government to regulate the use of restraints and seclusion in schools moved a step closer to becoming law last week.
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Building Self-Esteem to Create a Positive Learning Environment Self-esteem is the view we have of ourselves. We know this perception has a significant impact on the choices that we make on a daily basis, and the interactions that we have with others.
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Help Students Focus and Stay on Task Maintaining focus and staying on task is a challenge for many people regardless of age. Students with autism, developmental disabilities, and learning disabilities in special ed and inclusive classrooms often have even greater difficulty staying on task.
National Association of Special Education Teachers The only national membership organization dedicated solely to meeting the needs of special education teachers and those preparing for the field of special education teaching.