Transitions Keys To Success
It is coming to that time of year for all teachers… transition!!! In education, transition typically refers to the three...
The Role of the Vision Teacher
A vision teacher, also known as a Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments (TVI), plays a crucial role in special...
Engagement
For me, it happened in March of 2020, when education went to distance learning… literally overnight. We as teachers were...
What Defines A Child’s Disability
Where Hope Grows is a movie about a pro baseball player who is forced into retirement and begins a downward...
Special Education & Mindfulness
There has been a lot said for mindfulness in schools. During, and especially after Covid, California schools turned to mindfulness...
Every Child Is Different
I was listening to a post and a summary answer to a question posed to the teacher was, “every child...
The Teacher Said No!
I always tell my para-educators that when they are confronted by people who do not take them at their word, to tell them “the teacher said no” or “go tell/ask the teacher.” That usually seals…
Did You Know?
Today we celebrate a man who was an important civil rights activist. We are all familiar with Martin Luther King Jr’s more prominent…
Happy New Year
Some of us welcomed 2020 with a big bang while others ushered the new year in softly and quietly. Whatever the choice made to ring in the new year…
A Year In Review
I have had the distinct pleasure in writing my blog posts for Special Ed Speaks for several years now. I have also thrived on you…