Educational Links 5/22/18

How Teens' Penchant For Risk-Taking May Help Them Learn Faster

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/46640/how-teens-penchant-for-risk-taking-may-help-them-learn-faster

4 Tips for Planning Better Lessons with Purpose

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2018/05/21/4-tips-planning-better-lessons/

Teaching Champs: Those Who Teach, Inspire—and (Almost) Never Tire

http://blog.mimio.com/teaching-champs-those-who-teach-inspire-and-almost-never-tire

How Special Education Teachers Can Improve the IEP Meeting Experience for Parents

https://nicoleslearninglab.blogspot.com/

Humanoid Teaching Kids With ASD Social, Emotional Skills

https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2018/05/21/humanoid-teaching-kids-asd/25109/

3 Defining Features of ADHD That Everyone Overlooks

https://www.additudemag.com/symptoms-of-add-hyperarousal-rejection-sensitivity/

Spreading First Aid for Teens’ Mental Health by Training Adults to Help

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/49684/spreading-first-aid-for-teens-mental-health-by-training-adults-to-help

During the vulnerable transition from childhood to young adulthood, many kids grapple with low self-esteem, anxiety and depression. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, 20 percent of adolescents between the ages of 13-18 live with a mental health condition. In fact, a recent study found that nearly 25 percent of teenage girls and almost 10 percent of teen boys suffer from depression by the age of fourteen.