Clear Language and IEP’s: A Critical Pairing
Ambiguous language choices can get us into a whole heap of messes. Don’t agree? Well, consider the following scenario. You’re invited to a dinner party at your neighbors’ house and you spend the afternoon baking a cake. You stop to chat with your neighbor and they...
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Bridging the Social Skills Gap to Promote Friendships
Ask any parent or teacher and they will likely say one of the top three things they want for their child or student is a few solid, kind friends. We promote kindness, watch children’s shows that demonstrate being a good friend like Mr. Rogers, and plan play dates to...
How to Start the New School Year off Right!
A new school year can be filled with conflicting emotions: excitement to see friends, anticipation for a new teacher, or anxiety about classes or teachers or homework. For some students however, these emotions can be supercharged! A few tips can help start the year...
Purposeful and Rewarding College “Shopping”
Summer break is the perfect time to start thinking about the most important “shopping trip” your high schooler will take: the college visits! As late summer and early fall is prime visiting time, it’s not too early to start mulling over options. It may seem odd to...
SUMMER CAMP SERIES 3: STEM
What’s the Big Deal with STEM programs, anyway??? Aren’t they all the same??? If you’re paying attention to the kids’ educational toy market, you’ve probably seen the word STEM thrown around pretty freely. It is used so ubiquitously that the term has lost some of its...
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