Integration of students with special needs is not rocket science
Teaching practices that are explicit and mindful of all of the learners in a classroom will work for all students, not just those students who have been identified as having special needs. Teachers...
View ArticleSam starts full-day Kindergarten this September
Sam* is a beautiful, caring 4-year old boy. He is also clumsy, he stutters, has a limited vocabulary, and is constantly moving in an impulsive sort of way. He doesn’t understand the word no, he likes...
View ArticleLinks: Full-Day Kindergarten in Ontario
Want more information about Full-Day Kindergarten in Ottawa and Ontario and how it may impact children with special needs?Full-day kindergarten set to expand: More than 40 additional schools to offer...
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Helping students with special needs to bridge gaps with apps
By teaching all students computer literacy, how to use computer technology to enhance their learning, we are introducing them to valuable tools that will assist them in creating meaning from the raw...
View ArticleIs Ontario properly organized for children's mental health funding?
According to the Ottawa Citizen: Ontario puts $257M toward children’s mental health (By Lee Greenberg, The Ottawa Citizen June 23, 2011 10:03 AM Read more:...
View ArticleSpecial education resources in Ottawa and other areas
The school bells rang their final song of the 2010-2011 school year in Eastern Ontario last Wednesday. For many people it marked the beginning of 8 weeks of relaxation and fun in the sun with no...
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Ontario's Progress Report on Education 2011: Does it tell the whole story?
Ontario's Progress Report on Education was released on July 4, 2011. Among other things, it touts lower class sizes, raised test scores, and more teacher positions than 8 years ago. The results sound...
View ArticleHow early should technology be introduced to children?
With all of this talk of assistive technology, the question begs to be asked - how early should it be introduced to children?For children on the autism spectrum, indeed for many children with special...
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Special needs arts initiative in Ottawa, Ontario
Did you know that the city of Ottawa offers programs to people with developmental and physical disabilites as well as to people living with mental illness? One of these programs is the Special Needs...
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Christmas in September in Ottawa?
Don't be fooled by the name, The Christmas Exchange/Le Partage Noel does some of its most important work right now, at the beginning of the school year. Their aim is to give much needed help to...
View ArticleLearning Styles: Are they for real?
This article is crossposted at Leading From the Heart. A few years ago I had a series of … conversations … with my then PhD adviser about the notion of learning styles. The conversations included a...
View ArticleHelping Adult Learners with Difficulties
Some people, not all, but some people are in adult education centres because they were not successful in high school and quite often that is because of difficulties with the act of learning.Whether...
View ArticleRetaining the human side of educational technology
Educational Technology used to be a thing unto itself - we'd teach students how to use computers and their various soft or hard wares. We'd even sometimes allow them to use what they learned in other...
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Oral assessment lets all students shine
Using oral assessment as your primary method of formative assessment - the ongoing assessment that teachers should be doing all the time to see where their students are at and to help guide where they...
View ArticleReasons why student learning may not be happening
Despite the best efforts of teachers, we too often worry about our students who just aren't meeting with success in our classrooms. Just as often, we shake our heads and blame it on the student - 'she...
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