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7 Questions to Ask Families During an IFSP/IEP Planning Meeting
October 24, 2024
Developmental screening and assessment are critical steps toward recognizing children’s strengths and needs and helping them make progress—and families should be actively involved in the whole process. If the results…
Preparing for a Culturally Responsive Home Visit: 10 Things to Do
October 22, 2024
As a home visitor, how can you be more culturally responsive when working with families whose cultural and linguistic backgrounds differ from your own? Today’s post provides some tips for…
16 Low-Cost Ways to Facilitate Reading Skills for Learners with Support Needs
October 17, 2024
When students have disabilities or other support needs, how can their teachers best facilitate reading skills? Here are some helpful, low-cost ideas for literacy supports and adaptations, from the book Effective…
7 Ideas for Encouraging Flexible Thinking in Young Children
October 15, 2024
Flexible thinking is an essential ingredient of problem solving. The more children develop flexibility in their thinking, the better they’ll be at considering a problem from multiple perspectives, adjusting their…
5 Ideas for Enhancing Comprehension During Small-Group Instruction
October 10, 2024
Today’s post is excerpted and adapted from Smartt & Glaser’s Next STEPS in Literacy Instruction, Second Edition. Comprehension is the goal of reading. Reading comprehension, the act of deriving meaning from…
9 Ways Home Visitors Can Support Infant Mental Health
October 8, 2024
During a home visit with a baby and caregiver(s), what should professionals do to support infant mental health and infant–caregiver attachment? A home visit is the perfect opportunity to provide…
The Why, What, and How of The Writing Rope
October 3, 2024
*Today’s guest post is by Joan Sedita, author of the bestselling guidebook The Writing Rope. Over the past two decades, the literature and discourse related to literacy instruction has focused on reading,…
10 Questions for Creating Culturally Responsive School Environments
October 1, 2024
How can schools create supportive, culturally responsive environments for students with disabilities from diverse backgrounds? Adapted from the second edition of The IEP Checklist, the questions in today’s post will help…
5 Must-Dos for Explicit Vocabulary Instruction
September 26, 2024
Good readers need broad and deep vocabulary knowledge—it’s the key to unlocking the meanings within the wide range of academic texts students will need to master. With some planning, teachers…
6 Guidelines for Trauma-Sensitive School Leadership
September 24, 2024
*Today’s post is from Ms. Jen Alexander, a licensed educator, trauma expert, and the author of Building Trauma-Sensitive Schools and Quick-Guides for Building Trauma-Sensitive Schools. School communities have always encountered…