Make Clear Connections to Content in a Project
Stephanie asked the student working on this project, “What keeps polar bears warm in the Arctic?” The student replied, “cotton balls. “Stephanie pointed at the photo of the polar bear in our book, and said something like this, “Polar...
How to Wake up Students’ Brains each Morning
I went to a Brain Gym workshop a few years ago and learned about developmental movement exercises. Paul Dennison Ph.D. is a researcher behind this method and it is very interesting. The simple morning exercises involve marching and crossing mid-line with hands and...
How to Select and Teach Vocabulary Words to Students with an Intellectual Disability
If the definition of a word is not understood, it isn’t filed in long-term memory. Therefore the student doesn’t remember it because true understanding never occurred. Because kids can be good at memorizing definitions, we have to be mindful about looking for...
Speaking Event
August 30 5:30 pm (food ) 6-8 Speaking Rio Saldado College Conference Center 2323 W. 14th St. Tempe, AZ 85281 I wanted to let you know that I am going to be speaking about how people with an intellectual disability learn and how to work on developing concepts. I have...
