Dr. Shelly Moore uses a fantastic bowling analogy to describe her approach to inclusive education. She describes the classroom as a bowling lane. Where the students are the pins, the educator is the bowler, and teaching methods are the balls. Knocking over a pin symbolizes successfully teaching a student. Often educators use an approach similar […]
Read more "Bowling in the classroom"From kindergarten to grade 12, every student will exhibit unwanted behavior at some point. Learning how to deal with unfavorable behavior quickly and effectively will best set up educators for a successful term. Above all, building a relationship with every student in the class is the most important, and most effective tool when managing classroom […]
Read more "Building relationships"A student can be given an IEP for any number of reasons. Whether it is Behavioral, Learning, Social based etc. will depend entirely on the students individual needs. During my time spent observing in an elementary school, I was able to acquire an active redacted IEP of a student currently enrolled in elementary school in […]
Read more "Everything IEPs (Individual Education Plan)"When a student is exhibiting challenging behavior, it is important to remember that behavior is communication. Dr. Ross Greene writes that children exhibit challenging behaviors (whining, withdrawing, screaming, swearing, hitting, spitting, etc.) when the expectations placed on them outstrip their skills to communicate in other ways. This behavior is an indication that a child is […]
Read more "Behavior is Communication"For all students, but especially those with complex needs, having an active role in the classroom is of the utmost importance to their learning and well-being. āBeing part of the group and having an active role in the group activity increases feelings of participation and inclusion for students with disabilitiesā – Kramer et al., 2012. […]
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