Educational Links 8/23/16

How Performing in Theater Can Help Build Empathy in Students

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/08/22/how-performing-in-theater-can-build-empathy-in-students/ 

Can You See What Your Students Are Thinking?

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2016/08/19/can-you-see-thinking/ 

Using Teacher Inquiry to Support ELLs 

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/inquiry-sessions 

Overselling A.D.H.D.: A New Book Exposes Big Pharma’s Role

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/28/books/review/adhd-nation-alan-schwarz.html?_r=0 

Ways to Teach Empathy Skills
 http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat166.shtml

Childhood Trauma Leads to Lifelong Chronic Illness — So Why Isn’t the Medical Community Helping Patients? 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2016/08/childhood-trauma-leads-to-lifelong.html 

Feds Move To End Segregated Schools For Kids With Disabilities

https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2016/08/22/feds-end-segregated-schools/22651/ 

Why Representation Matters

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/why-representation-matters-laura-thomas?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29 

Children’s early experiences shape what they imagine to be possible. Here are six strategies for giving them positive, familiar examples of who and what they can be.