How to Adapt Activities to Promote Fine-Motor Skills for Children With Multiple Handicaps
Educators and parents can help children with severe to profound multiple disabilities improve hand function with environmental and activity …
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Strategies for Helping Children With Developmental Disabilities and Visual Impairments
Children with developmental disabilities are at higher risk for visual impairments that impact learning. Early evaluation and therapeutic …
Continue ReadingTeaching Media Literacy to Special Needs Students
Should you be teaching media literacy in a special education setting? This article tells you the basics about media literacy and technology in the …
Continue ReadingDoes My Child Have Hyperlexia? Identifying the Symptoms of Hyperlexia
Children with hyperlexia seem to be contradictions: precocious decoders who cannot comprehend what they read. Understanding the symptoms of hyperlexia …
Continue ReadingFun Art Lessons for Autistic Students
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 …
Continue ReadingMeeting the Teaching Challenges: Your Student With Mild Osteogenesis Imperfecta
This article prepares you for some of the teaching challenges involved when you have a student diagnosed with mild osteogenesis imperfecta (OI). Learn …
Continue ReadingHow Teachers Can Utilize Learning Characteristics of Students With Autism
Autism is a complex illness that can cause various problems in children, depending on its severity. Autism does display several key characteristics …
Continue ReadingOrganizational Strategies and Increased Study Skills for Students with Special Needs
Johnny is bright, articulate and highly disorganized. Organizational interventions for special education students like Johnny can mean the difference …
Continue ReadingSetting Professional Goals for a Special Education Teacher
Special education teachers have contractual professional goals that include writing IEPs (Individualized Education Plan) for each student in special …
Continue ReadingSocial Maladjustment Disorder vs. Emotional Behavioral Disorder in Students With ADHD
The behaviors of students with ADHD can be classified under a number of disorders and dysfunctions that impede their learning engagement and outcome. …
Continue ReadingSpecial Education Terms and Acronyms under IDEA
There are lists of terms and acronyms that define special education programs. In this article, the list will be demystified for frequently used words …
Continue ReadingUse Descriptive Word Lists as Study Guides for Special Needs Students
One of the biggest struggles for special education students is finding the right word for a written assignment, a presentation, or a typical …
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