From Reading & Other Learning Disabilities
A Blog by Dr. Gary G. Brannigan and Dr. Howard Margolis
Throughout the United States, co-teaching has silently become a major model for delivering instruction to special-education students in general education classes. The model pairs a general education teacher with a special education teacher.
Although co-teaching has great promise for helping special-education students, it also has many pitfalls. And the research examining its ability to improve students’ academics is in its infancy; in other words, we have little proof that it dramatically improves academics. Read more...
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Free Podcast
Strengthening Your Child’s Emotional Intelligence
Dr. John Pellitteri
City University of New York
To download, go to:
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The Special Needs Talk Radio Network: It’s On The Air
The new Special Needs Talk Radio network (http://specialneedstalkradio.com/) is on the air. Each of its six shows is dedicated to improving the lives of children and youth with special needs and their families.
Dr. Gary G. Brannigan and I host Maximizing Your Child’s Potential (Mondays, 9 PM – 9:30 PM EST, http://specialneedstalkradio.com/maximizing-your-childs-potential). Read more...
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From Reading & Other Learning Disabilities
A Blog by Dr. Gary G. Brannigan and Dr. Howard Margolis
Parents often ask us for the names of experts to evaluate their children or help them develop Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). Often, these requests come from parts of the country with which we’re unfamiliar. In such situations, we generally make these suggestions: Read more...
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From Reading & Other Learning Disabilities
A Blog by Dr. Gary G. Brannigan and Dr. Howard Margolis
For an excellent podcast on how to get and keep special education services in tough economic times, go to www.reading2008.com. Click the podcast button (top, right) to download the May 26th podcast by Michael Inzelbuch, Esq.
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A Note on Reading Disabilities: Beating the Odds (www.reading2008.com) Read more...
Advocacy, Dyslexia, dyslexic, dyslexics, Learning Disabilities, learning disability, Parenting, Reading Disabilities, reading disability, reading problem, reading problems, Special Education, struggling reader, Struggling Readers
Free Podcast at www.reading2008.com
Getting And Keeping Special Education Services In Tough Economic Times
Staci Greenwald, Esq.
Special Education Attorney
Sussan & Greenwald
1249 South River Road
Cranbury, N.J. 08512
www.special-ed-law.com
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Chapters 7 through 13 of Reading Disabilities: Beating the Odds discusses federal special education laws and shows how you can apply them to improve the odds of getting and monitoring the services your child needs.
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A Note on Reading Disabilities: Beating the Odds (www.reading2008.com) Read more...
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FREE CONFERENCE CALL ON
GETTING AND KEEPING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES IN TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES
STACI GREENWALD, ESQ., SPECIAL EDUCATION ATTORNEY
When: March 24, 2011 @ 9 pm EST
Phone number: Call (661) 673-8600
Use Access Code: 899615# (remember the #)
Length: Approximately 50 minutes
To submit questions in advance, please e-mail them to howard@reading2008.com.
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From Reading & Other Learning Disabilities
A Blog by Dr. Gary G. Brannigan and Dr. Howard Margolis
By Dr. Richard Selzinck
When I first started writing The Shut-Down Learner: Helping Your Academically Discouraged Child, the image I had of this type of child was that of a turned off teenager who was discouraged and disconnected from school. That image still holds, but as I’ve done more and more workshops to parent and teacher groups on the topic, I understand more clearly that so many parents are concerned about other ages and grade ranges as well, and that they would like to prevent their child from becoming a shut-down learner. Read more...
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From Reading & Other Learning Disabilities
A Blog by Dr. Gary G. Brannigan and Dr. Howard Margolis
Many politicians and parents will reject what I’m about to say, but it must be said and supported—over and over—if America’s teachers and children are to thrive in public schools. It must be followed if we are to dramatically improve the education and lives of all children—with and without disabilities:
Schools should not use children’s test scores to evaluate teachers. Instead, schools should evaluate teachers by the frequency with which they knowingly and skillfully implement scientifically-supported educational practices.
Control Read more...
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From Reading & Other Learning Disabilities
A Blog by Dr. Gary G. Brannigan and Dr. Howard Margolis
Last week, we discussed five evaluation and IEP traps that often harm children with reading disabilities. Today, we’ll discuss five more.
Agree or Disagree: It’s fair to ask a school to measure a child’s progress once or twice a year, but asking a school to objectively measure progress weekly is simply asking too much. It’s “overkill.” Read more...
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From Reading & Other Learning Disabilities
A Blog by Dr. Gary G. Brannigan and Dr. Howard Margolis
Last week, we presented ten statements to expose evaluation and IEP traps that often harm children with reading disabilities. Today, we’ll discuss the first five.
Agree or Disagree: For an evaluation to help a child, it should focus on testing the child with widely used standardized tests that compare him to other children of his age or grade. Read more...
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