Teachers - Special Needs in My City

19 May

5 Things Parents Must Do Before School Closes For Summer

Education, 05/19/2015

By: Meena Tadimeti Contributor to specialneedsinmycity.org @SNinmycity With busy work schedules and demanding family priorities, it’s easy for parents to forget to seek important feedback from their child’s teacher(s) before school is out. Here are five important things that parents must do before school is out for the Summer. Thank your child’s teacher & IEP Team: Teachers often say that a simple ‘thank.

23 December

Special Education Teachers Share Their Most Powerful Tool In The Classroom

Education, 12/23/2014

Students in special education spend 6 hours a day, ten months a year for 22 years of their lives with teachers who are responsible for strengthening their academic, communication and life skills. Since language is one of the most powerful tools available to teachers, we asked some amazing special education teachers to share with us how they harness the power of their language in reinforcing, reminding and redirecting students in the classroom. Establishing and using positive language with children has to be purposeful and routine before it can become a habit. As one Turlock special education teacher adds,” a learned skill that.

14 March

Parents, 5 things you must do…from the desk of an LH Teacher

Academic Success, Communication, Education, 03/14/2014

It all starts with a great teacher and an involved parent…so SNIMC asked an amazing and dedicated 4th-5th grade LH teacher (SUSD) to suggest what parents must do to have a stronger pulse on their child’s educational progress. (1 of 2 articles in series) 5 things every parent must be practicing regularly: If you don’t know…ask Teach your child regularly Understand Your Child’s Strengths and Capitalize on Them Keep the End in Mind Come and See Us Once in a While If You Don’t Know…Ask The world of special education seems to have a language all its own. We have.

16 September

Importance of Correct Classroom Placement

Classroom Placement, Education, Resource Teacher, 09/16/2013

We recently received an email from an experienced and caring resource teacher about the negative effect on students’ emotional and educational progress when consistently placed in wrong educational environments. “If a child is placed in an educational level that is too low, it is detrimental, likewise; if a child is placed in a level beyond his/her capacity, it is a crime. This year I am faced with a different dilemma that I have never had before. I have four students that I must now move to a Special Day Class (SDC). One student has an IQ of about 70, he.