Buried Treasures from the Vault
Part 1 of a Series – September 1980 – From the QLC Archives – The first published reading data using the Behavior Analysis, Direct Instruction, Precision Teaching amalgamated system now known as Maloney Method.
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Maloney Method with SPED Homeschool – Scientific Backing to Direct Instruction
What does it mean to say Direct instruction is the most effective education method out there? What does it mean to say this has scientific backing? And why is this not enough to persuade people to use Direct Instruction? What’s the issue? I talked to Peggy Ployhar from SPED Homeschool about direct instruction and other…
Read MoreMaloney Method with SPED Homeschool – How to Equip Your Homeschool Student for Success
In April of 2019 I had a chance to talk to Peggy Ployhar of SPED Homeschool about homeschooling. How can your teaching equip your homeschool student for success? Find out by watching this clip.
Read MoreSPED Homeschool with Peggy – Effective Instruction and Behavior
In April of 2019 I talked to Peggy Ployhar of SPED Homeschool. In this clip, we look at the crucial link between student behavior and effective educational instruction.
Read MoreA Precision Teaching Case Study – Teaching Basic Literacy Skills to a Developmentally Delayed Student
The Student was a twelve year old boy diagnosed as being developmentally delayed. He lives in the U.S., although his first language is not English. He was enrolled in an academic tutorial program to prepare him for school entry. His program includes language, reading (decoding), reading comprehension, math, spelling, cursive and creative writing. In the beginning,…
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Official Launch: Fourth Series of the Maloney Method Course at University of West Florida
On April 1, 2019, the University of West Florida hosts the official launch of the fourth series of the Maloney Method Integrated teaching strategies course. Three major behavioral methods combine to assist individuals with language and literacy deficits, including those on the ASD spectrum. The 12-week long course is the largest amalgamation of Behavior Analysis,…
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An All Too Infrequent True Story
I have been working with children who are at-risk for 50 years. I’d like to tell you a story of one of those kids and how it changed both of our lives. It was a dark and stormy night – no, that’s not it. Let me start again. Once upon a time in a land…
Read MoreOne Scientific Educational Approach and its Money-Back Guarantee for ASD Kids
Here’s where it all began At the end of November 2008 after teaching special needs kids for 35 years, I began a new journey, both literally and figuratively into the world of autism. I was invited by Eva Hyto, founder of the Hong Kong Junior School, to assist her in setting up an academic program…
Read MorePart 2 – Seeing the Forest Through the Trees
One acorn started it all. Now we have a forest of oaks and still a long way to go. When Michael Maloney founded Quinte Learning Centre in Belleville, Ontario with one small classroom, one desk, one blackboard, and a single student in 1978, he had no grand vision of the future. Instead, he had a…
Read MorePart 1 – One small Acorn, One Mighty Oak
Serendipity can be a wonderful thing. Serendipity happened one September afternoon in 1975 in a meet and greet for new hires at the local Board of Education in Belleville, Ontario, Canada. Two behavioural psychologists, newly hired by the Board introduced themselves to one another. One, Eric Christian Haughton, formerly of York University, was one of…
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