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Provide Visual Structure For Students With Asd, Tina Taylor Dec 2010

Provide Visual Structure For Students With Asd, Tina Taylor

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World renowned animal scientist and autism self-advocate Temple Grandin said, "People on the autism/Asperger spectrum have uneven skills. They are often good at one type of learning and bad at another. Educators need to work on building up the area of strength." She explains that three cognitive areas of strength are those who are visual thinkers, pattern thinkers, and word thinkers. Visual thinkers are more inclined to think in pictures rather than words. They may excel in graphic design, industrial design, animation, geometry, or trigonometry. Pattern thinkers have abstract visual thoughts where they can see patterns and relationships between numbers. …


Passing Notes In School: Effects Of Teacher-To-Teacher Written Praise On School Community, Julie Nelson, Paul Caldarella Nov 2010

Passing Notes In School: Effects Of Teacher-To-Teacher Written Praise On School Community, Julie Nelson, Paul Caldarella

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Research exploring school improvement and professional development suggests that teachers want to work collaboratively in professional communities (DeFour, 2004).


Teachers As Language-Policy Actors: Contending With The Erasure Of Lesser-Used Languages In Schools, Kara Brown Sep 2010

Teachers As Language-Policy Actors: Contending With The Erasure Of Lesser-Used Languages In Schools, Kara Brown

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On the basis of an ethnographic study of the Võro-language revitalization in Estonia, this article explores the way teachers function as policy actors in the broader context of the school. As policy actors, the language teachers' appropriation of regional–language policy helps simultaneously to reproduce and challenge existing ideologies in the school environment. I explore the teachers' understandings of their power and freedom to inform their navigation of the circumscribed choices offered in a post-Soviet educational system. [language, anthropology of policy, teachers, Baltic]


Positive Behavior Support: A Skillbuilding Approach To E/Bd, K. Richard Young, Lynnette Christensen, Paul Caldarella Jun 2010

Positive Behavior Support: A Skillbuilding Approach To E/Bd, K. Richard Young, Lynnette Christensen, Paul Caldarella

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We envision a positive school environment that nurtures the development of: social, emotional and behavioral skills; competencies and characteristics necessary for meaningful relationships; academic success; responsible citizenship; abilities to deal with adversity, stress and the challenges of life


Effects Of Teacher-To-Teacher Written Praise On Teachers' Perceptions Of School Community, Julie Nelson, Paul Caldarella Mar 2010

Effects Of Teacher-To-Teacher Written Praise On Teachers' Perceptions Of School Community, Julie Nelson, Paul Caldarella

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Research exploring school improvement and professional development suggests that teachers want to work collaboratively in professional communities.


The Boys Like Action And The Girls Like Emotion, Timothy Lintner Jan 2010

The Boys Like Action And The Girls Like Emotion, Timothy Lintner

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No abstract provided.


Parent Involvement In School-Wide Social Skills Instruction: Practice And Perceptions Of A Home Note Program, Michael B. Adams, Sue A. Womack, Ryan H. Shatzer, Paul Caldarella Jan 2010

Parent Involvement In School-Wide Social Skills Instruction: Practice And Perceptions Of A Home Note Program, Michael B. Adams, Sue A. Womack, Ryan H. Shatzer, Paul Caldarella

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If students are to become proficient at using social skills, parents must be involved in teaching and reinforcing these skills at home. Parent involvement is associated with increased student success, especially when it includes a two-way exchange of information between home and school. As the traditional family has changed, new methods of eliciting parent involvement are needed. This article presents a description and evaluation of a school-wide home note program used to encourage generalization of social skills taught in school to home settings. Teachers (n = 20), parents (n = 107), and students (n = 383) at an elementary school …


Practical Approaches To Learning And Self-Managing Social Emotional Behavior In Elementary Schools, Paul Caldarella, Lynnette Christensen, K. Richard Young, Darlene Anderson Jan 2010

Practical Approaches To Learning And Self-Managing Social Emotional Behavior In Elementary Schools, Paul Caldarella, Lynnette Christensen, K. Richard Young, Darlene Anderson

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Children often acquire maladaptive coping strategies (i.e. externalizing and internalizing behaviors). Problems often persist, less treatable if not addressed early (before age 8). 20% of students have emotional or behavioral problems while only 5% receive services.


The Civil Behavior Of Students: A Survey Of School Professionals, Keely Wilkins, Paul Caldarella, Rachel Crook-Lyon, K. Richard Young Jan 2010

The Civil Behavior Of Students: A Survey Of School Professionals, Keely Wilkins, Paul Caldarella, Rachel Crook-Lyon, K. Richard Young

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Many authors regard education as a way of increasing civility in society, and some have implemented interventions to improve civility in schools. However, very little empirical data exist on the extent and nature of students' civil behavior. The present study systematically gathered data from 251 school professionals regarding their perceptions of students' civil and uncivil behaviors. Participants perceived students' civil behaviors as occurring more frequently than uncivil behaviors; however, they also indicated a need to increase civil behavior in schools. They provided suggestions on how to accomplish this goal, which include providing direct instruction, modeling civil behavior, incorporating positive behavior …


The Impact Of Idea And The Jacob Javits Act, Mary Anne Prater Jan 2010

The Impact Of Idea And The Jacob Javits Act, Mary Anne Prater

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Information about IDEA and the Jacob Javits Act.