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NCLD
Pop quiz: What do football player Tim Tebow, actress Whoopi Goldberg, CEO Richard Branson, and singer Cher have in common?
Click on the link to find out!
10 Tips for College Students with LD or ADHD
NPR
A student's freshman year in college represents a big transition. Many students move out of their parents' home and onto a bustling college campus, where they can be overwhelmed with new workloads, academic demands, and a multitude of social and extracurricular events. For college students who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or learning disabilities, staying organized and focused can be extra challenging.
These tips can help!
RTI Action Network
The legal dimension of response to intervention (RTI) has been the subject of considerable confusion. This brief article provides an overview of the prevailing misperceptions, or what may be termed the “common lore,” and the corresponding objective recitations, or the actual law, regarding RTI. Many of the misinterpretations are due to the professional norms or particular preferences of scholars from the various fields—including school psychology and developmental neuroscience—that intersect at special education.
Federal Grant Prospect Reignites Kindergarten-Assessment Debate
Education Week
A federal grant program in the works to help states jump-start kindergarten-entry assessments is renewing debate among early-childhood educators about the benefits and pitfalls of evaluating young children.
The proposal, for which the department is seeking comments through Feb. 25, comes at a time when the White House is paying increased attention to early education. In last week's State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama said he would make universal preschool a budget priority. And in 2011, the Education Department launched Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge grants, awarding about $633 million to 14 states.
Tech Tools to Differentiate and Engage Gifted Learners
Education Week
Interested in learning about fun, free, and easy to use Web 2.0 tools? During this webinar, you will learn about tech tools you can start using tomorrow to differentiate instruction and/or engage gifted learners in your classroom. The only prerequisite skill is knowing your email address! TODAY at 7pm.
Advocates, Administrators Divided on Kansas Dyslexia Bill
CJOnline
For years, parents who say their children aren’t receiving adequate services have been calling for change, arguing that many children with dyslexia go undiagnosed. Moreover, even when diagnosed, they say, those students often don’t receive the specialized instruction they need.
A bill in the Senate Committee on Education would seek to remedy that. Senate Bill 44 has the support of the Kansas Coalition for Dyslexia Legislation, but opponents, including school administrators, say the bill is at best redundant and at worst a violation of federal law.
Tree Fu Tom: Developing Skills For Classroom Learning
BBC
Tree Fu Tom online has been designed to encourage children of all abilities to develop the skills that are essential for classroom learning. The games include three different levels of difficulty so that all young children can play and challenge themselves.
19 Number-Based Apps for Children with Special Needs
Apps for Children With Special Needs
Is your child struggling with mathematical concepts like number sense and arithmetic? Browse this collection of educational apps recommended by Apps for Children with Special Needs. You may find a useful tool to help your child learn.
Books to Match Diverse Young Readers
The New York Times
Introductory chapter books aimed at second, third and fourth grade readers overwhelmingly reflect a suburban milieu with white protagonists. Students of other races and ethnicities seldom encounter characters like themselves in books, and some education experts say that can be an obstacle to literacy. Below, click on titles that feature main characters who are black, Latino, Asian, American Indian or Alaska Native and read the beginning of each book.
Students Must Learn More Words, Say Studies
Education Week
Children who enter kindergarten with a small vocabulary don't get taught enough words—particularly, sophisticated academic words—to close the gap, according to the latest in a series of studies by Michigan early-learning experts.
The findings suggest many districts could be at a disadvantage in meeting the increased requirements for vocabulary learning from the Common Core State Standards, said study co-author Susan B. Neuman, a professor in educational studies specializing in early-literacy development at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
Georgia State University, College of Education
College of Education Professor Julie Washington and Assistant Professor Nicole Patton-Terry have received a four-year, $2.6 million grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to develop one of four national Learning Disabilities Innovation Hubs – epicenters of research on learning disabilities.
This could lead to new intervention methods for struggling readers, more accurate diagnoses of students with learning disabilities and further research on middle and high school students’ literacy skills.
Feds Receive Record Number of Complaints About Special Education
Education Week
The U.S. Department of Education's office for civil rights says that, from 2009 to 2011, the agency received more complaints about disability issues than ever before in a three-year period.
Note: due to the time required for the Department of Education to gather this information annually, more current data is not yet available. An update will follow.
What Will It Take to Help Children with Dyslexia Learn to Read More Proficiently?
Tremaine Foundation
This action summary of the paper “Don’t Dys Our Kids: Dyslexia and the Quest for Grade-Level Reading Proficiency” packs 70 pages of information into a digestible 4 page briefing.
Succinct, powerful, and promising.
AACLD
The National Association for the Education of African American Children with Learning Disabilities (AACLD) provides numerous resources for the African-American LD community. You can access this information, as well as infobriefs, IDEA guidelines, and advocacy training information on their site.
Discover the Overlooked Gifts of ADHD
Learning Works for Kids
There are many ways in which ADHD can be transformed into opportunities for growth and learning.
While having ADHD may make it more difficult to sit attentively in a traditional classroom, or to ignore distractions while reading, the gifts of ADHD may facilitate an intensity of focus to the immediate feedback, multimodality, and increasing level of challenges that define video game and technology play. Playing video games and mastering digital technologies provide children with ADHD an opportunity to “unwrap their gifts”.
Worried about the effect of video games and technology on ADHD?
Learning Works for Kids
Learn how to make sure your child gets the most out of assistive digital technology and games — without overdoing screen time.
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New App for Students with Dysgraphia
iTrace App
iTrace is a new handwriting, spelling, and letter identification iPad app for students with dysgraphia and other LD. Reviewers call the interface engaging and kid-friendly. Let us know your thoughts!
Why Can Some Kids Handle Pressure While Others Fall Apart?
New York Times Magazine
Never before has the pressure to perform on high-stakes tests been so intense or meant so much for a child’s academic future. As more school districts strive for accountability, standardized tests have proliferated. The pressure to do well on achievement tests for college is filtering its way down to lower grades, so that even third graders feel as if they are on trial.
College: How to Do More Than Just 'Get By'
NPR
Many of the college students who have returned to campus for another semester will struggle to pass their classes and graduate. To find out how students can get on the path to success, host Michel Martin talks with Melvina Noel, author of How to Thrive in College.
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