The Perfect IEP
While I was writing some goals for a student’s IEP, I thought about what it would look like in a world where we had developed the system differently.
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While I was writing some goals for a student’s IEP, I thought about what it would look like in a world where we had developed the system differently.
Continue readingWhen I think to myself I do not think with an inner dialogue. My thoughts don’t sound like words until I translate them. When I want to talk or write, I have to slow down to do it.
Continue readingImagine a situation where children are required to stay in one place and eat no food every day for hours on end. To mitigate this, they’re allowed to have one small snack. Some children do okay, but others continue to complain of hunger…
Continue readingHere’s something I desperately wish we saw more of: letting kids learn literacy on their own terms, without the intense pressure that it often carries.
Continue readingMany neurodivergent people have skills that fluctuate from day to day. This comes often in IEP meetings that I’m sitting in.
Continue readingIt is extremely common and normal for children to reverse or invert letters when they are learning to write, or
Continue readingI walk into the classroom and sit down beside the child who’s on my caseload. We’re only supposed to work on handwriting, but she’s struggling in every way.
Continue readingI walk into the classroom and sit down beside the child who’s on my caseload. We’re only supposed to work on handwriting, but she’s struggling in every way.
Continue readingSome kids are interested in “writing” when they’re 2. They love letters and learn all the letter names and the
Continue readingImagine this scenario: A 7-year-old with fine motor difficulties wakes up in the morning. He struggles to dress, because the clothes he wants to wear have buttons that are too small.
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