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A Long and Winding Road – Update on Digital Learning System Aug 1 2020
Another glitch. Another solution. Now to just go from one to the other… WordPress, the platform from which our website was constructed, uses something called “plug-ins” to maintain the system. Apparently, some of these plug-ins were customized to our original site. When WordPress updates plug-ins, the customizations sometimes get lost or no…
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Feels Like Groundhog Day – Update on DRP June 5, 2020
Webinar – Autism, Behavior Analysis, Education I am co-hosting with Adrianna Horne, the homeschooling mother of Samuel, an autistic 10 year old who has significantly improved his reading, math and language skills this year using Maloney Method. It will be a hands-on session with interactive features so that we can answer therapist’s…
Read MoreMaloney 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 MoreNumeral Writing as an Introduction to Cursive Writing
Most people pay scant attention to cursive writing skills, but this inability can be a major barrier to completing written tasks, especially for children in elementary classrooms. Students are forced to rely on their printing skills when cursive is not carefully taught. Generally in elementary schools today, there is little formal instruction as to how…
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Count On It! – A Simple Solution for Gathering Frequency Data
One of the challenges of data collection is in the difficulty of recording an accurate count. Teachers and therapists cannot easily carry a clipboard and pen in classrooms or therapy sessions. Behavioral interventions require data. Decisions are made on the basis of the data collected. Decisions for program changes take into account the performance of…
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