Pete’s Comments: Pat Howey’s Post & the Decoding Dyslexia Flap
In December 2014, advocate Pat Howey published a post on the blog entitled “Wake Up Folks! You are Being Sold a Line of Goods about Dyslexia.” Her post generated a Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Teachers
Dyslexia: An Ounce of Prevention
“It is a sobering fact: dyslexia affects up to twenty percent of the population and it has very specific symptoms.” Kelli Sandman-Hurley, explains that students who have dyslexia “…will always Continue Reading →
Dyslexia: An Ounce of Prevention
“It is a sobering fact: dyslexia affects up to twenty percent of the population and it has very specific symptoms.” Kelli Sandman-Hurley, ED.D., explains that students who have dyslexia “…will Continue Reading →
Can a General Ed Teacher Duck Out Early from the IEP Meeting?
1. Does a general education teacher need to sit through an entire IEP, or just the portion that pertains to the child’s performance in the general education environment? 2. Continue Reading →
Can We Hear a Little about What Teachers Have to Deal With?
I’m responding to a request from a special education teacher who asked if I would “tell our side of it.” She wrote: Teachers are getting more and more students who Continue Reading →
Could the School Want to Limit My Contact with My Child?
I have a 3 year old daughter diagnosed with ASD. The principal requested that I meet with her and my daughter’s special needs teacher to discuss school policy about dropping Continue Reading →
“Sorry. We Can’t Find a Certified Teacher for ESY.” Now what?
My son is deaf and has a deaf ed certified teacher during the year. This is stated in his IEP. He started ESY last week. The school said it could Continue Reading →
Shouldn’t a Sub Have Access to IEPs?
My son had a substitute teacher for four weeks. She didn’t know what accommodations he required in class. She said she never saw his IEP. Shouldn’t a substitute have access Continue Reading →
Early Math Teachers Celebrate ‘Critical Thinking, NOT Correct Answers’
Please tell me this is a joke. Early Math Teachers Celebrate ‘Critical Thinking, Not Correct Answers’ This article begins by quantifying a serious long-standing problem: “Just 40 percent of 4th-graders Continue Reading →
Transition: From Special Ed Teacher to Special Ed Advocate
I am a certified special education teacher K-12. I will be retiring in two years and would like to become a special education advocate. What is the first step? You Continue Reading →
