Download this resource and share it with your child's teacher, so that she or he is prepared to handle both common (and not-so-obvious) ADHD behaviors inside and outside the classroom.
Resources, tips, and materials to help you, help children with autism
Look at the definition of differentiation—in terms of what it is and is not—in this infographic to further your learning from the book. Post it in your office, share it with your colleagues, or circulate it on social media to keep best practices for differentiating instruction to meet the needs of all students top of […]
Everybody needs a role model that shares similar struggles, even if they are fictional characters. Find our Top 5 books for dyslexics and their parents.
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An Occupational Therapist recently provided this program for a student that had trouble with having too much energy in the classroom. The Alert Program provided a system for the student to recogniz…
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Time management skills are essentially life skills. Kids and young adults need this skills now and in the future. All educators and parents want our learners to be able to work independently, use time well, and complete tasks on time. In order to meet these expectations, students need to learn, unde
Hi! This week I am pleased to share with you some revision notes for the cognitive approach. I hope that these are useful for you and that they help you with learning the key features of this appr…
Give students a visual to assist them in advocating for themselves while self-assessing, and keeping students engaged in their learning.
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I've attended a lot of meetings during my career, many of which I would have benefited from a from a more graphic version of the bell curve.
Cognitive distortions (or ‘unhelpful thinking styles’) are ways that our thoughts become biased. Different cognitive biases are associated with different mental health problems. Accordingly, helping clients think in a more balanced way is a core component of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). This information handout describes 20 of the most clinically-relevant cognitive biases: all or nothing thinking, arbitrary inference, catastrophizing, disqualifying the positive, emotional reasoning, externalizing, fortune telling, hindsight bias, jumping to conclusions, labeling, magnification and minimization, mental filter, mind reading, overgeneralization, permissive thinking, personalizing, self-blame, “should” statements, social comparison, and thought-action fusion.
I've been asked to share my assessments and those that I use. Assessments are snapshots of a child's current ability to perform a certai...
I wrote a column recently about brain growth, primarily in children and adolescents. I learned some very interesting information. Our brain naturally grows and changes throughout our life, but we can boost our own brain growth and that of our children by following some simple steps. I’ve read several articles by Eric Jensen, the leading […]
Kids and young adults need extensive practice in strengthening their executive functioning skills. Executive functions are the processes in our brains that help us accomplish all tasks from beginning to end. We use them when we plan our day, organize our materials, begin a chore, focus on important
Do you want to know how to Detect the Signs/Symptoms of having Dyslexia? Check out from this infographic.
Are you tired of constantly mediating conflicts between your students or children? Do you want to empower them to become independent problem solvers? Look no further than the Conflict Resolution Step-By-Step Mediation Guide for Kids! This lap book is a classroom lifesaver, providing students with the tools they need to resolve conflicts on their own. Not only will students love how hands-on and fun this activity is, it helps them practice all the key conflict resolution skills for problem solving. Plus, it helps students regulate their emotions when triggered by frustrating social interactions. Teachers can use it as a classroom management tool or for individual interventions with students who need additional support with conflict resolution skills. How Our Step-By-Step Conflict Resolution Guide Works: Choose a coping tool to get calm first. The calming strategies include Hand Over Heart, Cocoa Breathing, Count to 20, Roller Coaster Breathing, Rocks & Socks, and Ocean Waves Breathing, all with strong visual supports and directions. Reflect on the size of the problem. If it is a big problem, get an adult to help! But if it's something you can handle on your own.... Choose a conflict resolution tool...and give it a try. If using an I-Message, kids can use the hands-on template on the back of the lap book to formulate the statement. After trying out the conflict resolution strategy, reflect on whether or not it helped. If not, don't worry - the lap book also includes prompts to suggest trying another skill. Ways to Use The Conflict Resolution Guide for Kids is versatile and can be used in a variety of settings including: your classroom school counseling office peer mediations at recess for when students are trying to figure out how to resolve a conflict Calm Down Corner or Break Space virtual teletherapy counseling sessions at home to deal with sibling conflicts WHAT'S INCLUDED Digital: ✔ Interactive digital Choice Board for Google Classroom or other platform that uses Google Slides™ Printable ✔ Choice between full color, light color and black/white printing options ✔ Title Choices between "Conflict Resolution" and "Peaceful Problem Solving" (which can work well for students unfamiliar with the term "conflict resolution) ✔ Bonus "To Resolve A Conflict, I Can....?" Posters (in 3 printing options and optimized to print in both 8.5"X11" and 18"X24"). ✔ Bonus Conflict Resolution Checklists ✔ Bonus "Conflict Resolution Map" printable What's Needed to Assemble Printable Choice Board: ✓ Hook and Loop Adhesive Dots ✓ Paper Clips, Binder Clips, and/or Clothespins ✓ File Folder You May Also Enjoy these others : ⭐ Feelings Check-In and Calming Strategies Choice Board ⭐ Our Classroom Calm Corner Toolbox ⭐ Trauma Sensitive Classroom Rules, Values & Expectations: Editable Banner Decor ⭐ Breathing Exercises for Kids: Book & Task Cards for Calm Corner
Explore our comprehensive collection of classroom resources, including classroom posters, engaging activities, classroom management techniques, and more. Enhance your teaching and inspire your students with these valuable insights.
When we decided to homeschool three years ago I really had a desire to make character training part of our homeschool curriculum. I felt that teaching our children to have good character was just …
We Leverage Sketchnotes to Synthesize and Simplify Ideas Enable Learning Provoke Thinking and Reflection Connect People With Ideas Facilitate Conversations Inspire Better Performance Why Visuals Work? We combine our "hands-on" leadership experience with visual tools like sketchnotes to offer: Visual Facilitation and Collaboration Value in organizations is created when people come together, collaborate and brainstorm
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Teaching Students who are Low-Functioning: Who are they, what do you teach them, and how do you get them included in academics?
