This article provides the information from the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act regarding IEP and 504 Plan services during COVID-19.
A Definition of Autism and Related Diagnoses (Asperger’s Change in DSM Discussed)
Find out about the difference between autism and asperger’s and the characteristics of autism spectrum disorder.
Try These 3 Effective Strategies To Help Your Child or Student Solve Math Word Problems
Effective research-based math problem solving strategies for kids that parents can try at home. Help your child improve math applications.
Try Any of These 11 Fun Activities to Teach Your Child to Write Letters and Numbers
Do you need to know how to help a child learn to write? Teach children to write letters and numbers correctly using fun, research-based, multisensory strategies. Help address letter reversals, writing reluctance, trouble remembering letter form and more.
Research Supports These 7 Strategies to Help Your Child with Reading Fluency
Check out these research-based strategies to help your child or student with reading fluency.
Evidence Suggests That the Coping Cat Program Reduces Anxiety in Children and Teens
Evidence-based program for anxiety in children and teens – Coping Cat Program
9 Research-Based Methods to Teach Toileting to People on the Autism Spectrum (and to those with other developmental disabilities)
Research-based strategies to help someone on the autism spectrum become independent in using the toilet.
5 Great Board Games for Social Skills Groups
Check out five great games for a social skills group.
How to Handle Temper Tantrums (Home & School)
Research-based strategies to tell us how to stop temper tantrums in children at home and in school.
What Does Research Say About How We Can Teach Children to Have Empathy?
This article gives research-based tips about how to teach empathy to children.
Try These 15 Positive Behavior Strategies for Children on the Autism Spectrum
Here are 15 Positive Behavior Support Strategies (school and home) for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Learn About the Benefits of Hands-On and Multisensory Learning for Children
Experience and research helps us understand the benefits of hands-on learning for children. Find out more with research links and concrete examples.
Research-Based Reading Program Helps Students with Learning Challenges Improve Basic Reading and Comprehension
This comprehensive research-based program (Corrective Reading) has been found to be effective for students with learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, and autism spectrum disorder.
Tips to Help a Child Not Be Alone at Recess or in the Cafeteria
If you are an educator and you see that a child is constantly alone at recess or lunch, call a meeting, come up with a plan, do something to help that child. Research supports the notion that there are strategies we can use to help a child not be alone at recess, such as more structured play time, incorporating more …
15 Estrategias para el Comportamiento de los Niños en el Espectro Autista
Versión En ingles En este artículo se presentaran 15 estrategias para ayudar al comportamiento de los niños en el espectro autista (algunas estrategias también se pueden utilizar con adultos). Muchas de las estrategias también se pueden usar para ayudar a los niños sin autismo los cuales tienen comportamientos desafiantes. Al cuidar o al trabajar con un niño con autismo, un padre, …
Online Discount Store Offers Hundreds of Hands-on Activities to Keep Learning Fun & Engaging
Research demonstrates the benefits of teaching children through a variety of senses (multi-sensory/hands-on learning), which allows children to absorb information through sight, sounds, movement, and touch! In multi-sensory learning, children are active and doing something rather than just sitting passively trying to remember what their teacher is teaching them. “If I can do it, I can understand it.” Related Article: …
How Do Positive Role Models Affect Our Youth and Communities?
Research findings indicate that adolescents who can identify a positive role model in their lives have higher grades and self-esteem than those who can’t, particularly when the youth knows their role model on a personal level. Positive role models are also shown to decrease a youth’s potential for risky behaviors such as drug and alcohol abuse, sexual intercourse, and violence. …
Research-Based Program ‘Read Naturally’ Leads to Significant Improvements in Fluency and Comprehension
Read Naturally is meant to be used as a supplement to your child’s reading curriculum. It aims to improve reading fluency, accuracy, and comprehension of students in elementary school through adulthood. Research studies on Read Naturally indicate that students who progress through the program make significant gains in reading comprehension and oral reading fluency. Read Naturally uses a combination of …
Research-Based Program ‘Reading Eggs’ Helps Kids Improve Basic Reading Skills and Reading Comprehension
Reading Eggs is a research-based online, interactive reading program that helps children learn to read and spell through games.
Amazon Audible Can Help Improve Word Recognition & Reading Comprehension for Struggling Readers
Amazon’s Audible is an amazing tool for students who may have difficulty with sounding out words, recognizing words, or comprehending spoken information.
10 Great Books to Teach Social Skills to Children
Check out some of the best books to teach social skills to kids. Research shows that books and games are a great way to teach and help students improve social skills.