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How to Adapt Activities to Promote Fine-Motor Skills for Children With Multiple Handicaps

Barbara Smith
Categories : Teaching students with physical disabilities

Educators and parents can help children with severe to profound multiple disabilities improve hand function with environmental and activity …

Pennsylvania Dutch: Structure, Pronunciation, and Popular Expressions

Larry M. Lynch
Categories : Miscellaneous languages

“Throw Papa down the stairs his hat” may sound odd to you, but, in the Pennsylvania Dutch language variety of English, it’s …

Strategies for Helping Children With Developmental Disabilities and Visual Impairments

Barbara Smith
Categories : Teaching students with visual impairments

Children with developmental disabilities are at higher risk for visual impairments that impact learning. Early evaluation and therapeutic …

Teaching Media Literacy to Special Needs Students

Anne Vize
Categories : Inclusion strategies for mainstreamed classrooms

Should you be teaching media literacy in a special education setting? This article tells you the basics about media literacy and technology in the …

Does My Child Have Hyperlexia? Identifying the Symptoms of Hyperlexia

Keren Perles
Categories : Teaching students with learning disabilities

Children with hyperlexia seem to be contradictions: precocious decoders who cannot comprehend what they read. Understanding the symptoms of hyperlexia …

Fun Art Lessons for Autistic Students

Keren Perles
Categories : Teaching students with neurological disorders

Art lessons for autistic students can be more than just a fun activity. In fact, autistic students can learn a lot through art – how to use their …

Meeting the Teaching Challenges: Your Student With Mild Osteogenesis Imperfecta

Anne Vize
Categories : Inclusion strategies for mainstreamed classrooms

This article prepares you for some of the teaching challenges involved when you have a student diagnosed with mild osteogenesis imperfecta (OI). Learn …