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Mid-Atlantic DBTAC

We provide training, information, and technical assistance on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and accessible information technology (IT) to businesses, consumers, schools, and government agencies within the Mid-Atlantic Region (PA, DE, MD, VA, WV, and DC).

Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory

McREL draws upon the best of more than 30 years of education research to create practical, user-friendly products that help educators create classrooms that provide all students with opportunities for success.

Mike Kersjes - Mentor Teacher

Mike Kersjes spent more than a decade teaching students with learning disabilities. His first special education teaching job was in an inner-city school in a cubicle that “barely fit five people,” ….a “pitiful excuse for a classroom” that sent “a message to the kids who were taught there: You are worthless.” Mike later began teaching at Forest Hills Northern High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Students meditating in class with their teacher.

Mindfulness in the Classroom

Study outcomes suggest that mindful meditation decreases anxiety and detrimental self-focus, which, in turn, promotes social skills and academic success for students with learning disabilities.
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