4 Steps You can Take Right Now to Make a Difference 1. “Do your eyes light up when your child enters the room?” Maya Angelou Since Executive Functions (EF) are social in nature and purpose, connection is everything. It is the foundation of self-esteem, self-regulation and more. EF are best learned in connected relationships. Neglect […]
MICHIGAN CITY — Milo can dance, play, talk, walk and blink like most kids in Michigan City Area Schools. But he has one difference: He is a robot. Milo helps students who have autism and communication challenges, as well as special needs of pre-K students in the district. A similar robot, Carver, is also in […]
Motor skills can be a struggle for people with autism. This also includes the ability to balance. A new study found that video games with a balance board can help with this problem, and the benefits may extend beyond motor skills. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison had teenagers with autism play Nintendo Wii games […]
Are you pulling your hair out and thinking about how to reduce your frustration and improve your ADHD child’s collaboration? Wonder why charts, reminders, and incentives don’t get your kids to do the things they need to do, especially when they have ADHD and related challenges? Real collaboration – working with your child to find […]
Sometimes, despite their best efforts, the best teachers do not know how to best motivate or support ADHD children. It must be frustrating for them. They are trying to work with a child in ways that make sense to them and in certain situations they may even feel that the child – and the family […]
Illinois needlessly wastes scarce education tax dollars on excessive layers of school district administration, simultaneously depriving students of resources that could be better used on instruction costs and driving up the cost of education for property taxpayers. Largely as a result, the state’s outcomes have lagged lower-spending states for a 16-year period. From 2003 to […]
The pandemic shone a light on a creaking education system, which is struggling to do the job required of it It was the day everything changed: March 12th, 2020. Schools and colleges were shut and catapulted into an experiment in remote learning on a massive scale. Students and teachers grappled overnight with online learning. […]
