Educational Links 3/22/17

4 Tools To Help Kids Understand Conflict and Self-Control

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/03/20/4-tools-to-help-kids-understand-conflict-and-self-control/

Special Education Advocacy and the Quality of Life
http://www.makespecialeducationwork.com/special-education-advocacy-quality-life/#sthash.Y9IAtolY.Oa2hnJhb.dpbs

Betsy DeVos to State Chiefs: Time for Ed. Dept. to 'Let You Do Your Job'

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2017/03/betsy_devos_to_state_chiefs_ti.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

Parents Guide to Developmental Milestones

https://childmind.org/guide/developmental-milestones/

What If Students Only Went to School Four Days a Week?

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/03/what-if-students-only-went-to-school-for-four-days-a-week/520044/?utm_source=twb

The Difference Between Dyspraxia and Dysgraphia

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/dyspraxia/the-difference-between-dyspraxia-and-dysgraphia?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

An unexpected consequence for kids who sit too much

http://www.raepica.com/2017/03/21/unexpected-consequence-kids-sit-much/

The list of consequences for kids forced to sit too long is a lengthy one. Among other things, sitting is now considered as detrimental to health as is smoking (the human body was built to move!). Research also has shown us that sitting increases fatigue and reduces concentration, neither of which is an optimal condition for learning. And we all know that young children need to physically experience concepts to best understand them. So, when I tell you that too much sitting in classrooms also leads to an inability to master body and spatial awareness, you might think that it’s no big deal, considering the other consequences.