Educational Links 9/5/17

SCHOOL GARDEN GRANTS

We’re awarding $25,000 in grants to grow healthy, happy, nature-connected kids!

http://www.birdsleuth.org/garden-grants/

Getting Specific About SLD: A Conversation Guide for Using Terms like Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, and Dysgraphia

https://www.ncld.org/archives/blog/getting-specific-about-sld-a-conversation-guide-for-using-terms-like-dyslexia-dyscalculia-and-dysgraphia

It’s Time to Build The Case for More Vo-Tech Classes

http://theeducatorsroom.com/2017/09/time-build-case-vo-tech-classes/

Attention Getting Games

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/attention-getting-strategies

Get to Know Free Technology for Teachers

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2017/09/get-to-know-free-technology-for-teachers.html#.Wa3rCxmGPGJ

At a Glance: Classroom Accommodations for ADHD

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/partnering-with-childs-school/instructional-strategies/at-a-glance-classroom-accommodations-for-adhd?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

 

What NOT to Say to the Parent of a Child with ADHD

https://www.additudemag.com/slideshows/common-myths-about-adhd/

Despite iron-clad medical evidence to the contrary, ADHD is still considered by many to be nothing more than poor parenting, too much screen time, or a parental excuse for lack of discipline. Not so. If you know someone who is parenting a child with ADHD, here are 10 untruths and misperceptions you just shouldn’t repeat.