Special Needs Tweets of the Day 7/8/14

Child Health Specialist Series: About the Work of a Speech-Language Pathologist - See more at: http://childhood101.com/2014/07/speech-language-pathologist-interview/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Childhood101+%28Childhood+101%29#sthash.Jq0aXfFO.dpuf

How to Ask for Special Considerations When Traveling With Your Special Needs Child

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/meg-harris/how-to-ask-for-special-co_b_5556972.html?utm_hp_ref=travel&ir=Travel 

Checklists & Worksheets

http://www.ncld.org/learning-disabilities-resources/checklists-worksheets 

Speech-Language Pathologist

 http://childhood101.com/2014/07/speech-language-pathologist-interview/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Childhood101+%28Childhood+101%29

Celebrating Our Nation’s Investment in Public Health and Vaccines

http://shotofprevention.com/2014/07/04/celebrating-our-nations-investment-in-public-health-and-vaccines/ 

The Science of Attention: How To Capture And Hold The Attention of Easily Distracted Students

http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/30-tricks-for-capturing-students-attention/

Sending your child off to college? Have you had the “Mental Health” talk yet?

http://www.road2college.com/sending-your-child-off-to-college-have-you-had-the-mental-health-talk-yet/ 

Job Market Rough For People With Disabilities

http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2014/07/08/june-14-jobs/19490/ 

 

 

Special Needs Tweets of the Day 5/29/14

‘Tiger’ or ‘Hands-Off’ Mom? Both Types Motivate 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2014/05/tiger-or-hands-off-mom-both-types.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29 

Has Health Insurance Affected Your Child's Education? 

http://ncld.org/ld-insights/blogs/does-health-insurance-affect-your-child-s-education 

LD & Math Challenges: Highlights from Our LD Chat

http://ncld.org/ld-insights/blogs/ld-and-math-challenges

States Take Steps to Make Sure Kids Get Vaccinated before School 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2014/05/states-take-steps-to-make-sure-kids-get.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29 

Motivation: Student Interest

http://www.specialeducationguide.com/blog/motivation-is-the-best-accommodation-using-student-interest-to-tap-into-the-common-core/ 

Behavior Management Tips: Parent and Student Involvement - See more at: http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/behaviortips/behaviortips002.shtml#sthash.L6PnAJL7.dpuf

 Behavior Intervention

http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/behaviortips/behaviortips002.shtml

Individualized Education Programs (IEPs)  

http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/iep.index.htm

 

 

Special Needs Weekly Update 5/4/14

9 Terms to Know If Your Child Struggles With Executive Functioning Issues 

http://www.ncld.org/types-learning-disabilities/executive-function-disorders/terms-to-know-child-struggles-with-executive-functioning-issues

Seeking Causes of Hyperactivity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/mind_brain/add_and_adhd/

Behavioral Interventions

http://www.interventioncentral.org/behavioral-intervention-modification

LD Navigator: A Comprehensive Resource Guide about Learning Disabilities for the Pediatric Professional Community and Parents

http://ldnavigator.ncld.org/

10 Helpful Special Needs Organizations

http://www.care.com/special-needs-10-helpful-special-needs-organizations-p1017-q21971069.html 

What Makes a Good Special Ed Classroom? 

http://www.education.com/magazine/article/special-ed-inclusion-classroom/ 

Behavior and Classroom Management

http://www.specialeducationguide.com/pre-k-12/behavior-and-classroom-management/

Special Needs Tweets of the Day 2/18/14

Molly Collins, left, Claire Collins, center, and Karson Dieter, right.

1. Autistic Boy Scout receives award for heroism

http://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/local/story/Autistic-Boy-Scout-receives-award-for-heroism/d/story/mIeR1HkN8UuoIotb18Yh2g?fb_action_ids=10202238096171861&fb_action_types=og.likes&action_object_map=[1464361570443336]&action_type_map=[%22og.likes%22]&action_ref_map=[%22.Uv8ln5NHVsU.like%22]#.UwIua3bW8os.facebook 

2. Trouble Finding or Saying the Right Word? It Could Be Dyslexia

 http://www.ncld.org/types-learning-disabilities/dyslexia/word-finding-word-retrieval-problems-in-dyslexia

3. Recommended Reading for Children With LD

http://www.ncld.org/parents-child-disabilities/family-coping-ld/recommended-reading-children-ld 

4. Can Playing Video Games Help With Dyslexia?

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/02/can-playing-video-games-help-with-dyslexia/ 

5. Two Kids, One Story About Support for Learning Differences

http://www.ncld.org/ld-insights/entry/1/565 

6.  My Personal Fight for Ava’s Law

 http://www.autismspeaks.org/blog/2014/02/17/my-personal-fight-ava%E2%80%99s-law

7. 5 Reasons Why Music Helps Children with Special Needs 

http://kidcompanions.com/5-reasons-music-helps-children-special-needs-rhythm-tree/#.UwLJJ4VDyte 

Special Needs Tweets of the Day 1/31/14

1. The Five Secrets to Being A Special Education Teacher And Still Love Your Job http://nichcy.org/five-secrets-to-being-a-sped-teacher  2.  Homework Tips for Parents http://www.ncld.org/students-disabilities/homework-study-skills/homework-tips-parents

3. 5 ADHD Trouble Spots and How to Avoid Them

http://www.ncld.org/types-learning-disabilities/adhd-related-issues/adhd/adhd-trouble-spots-how-to-avoid-them 

4. Child Development 101: 8 Key Things to Know About How Kids Learn

http://www.ncld.org/types-learning-disabilities/what-is-ld/child-development-key-things-how-kids-learn 

5. Is Your Child Too Old to Get an IEP?

http://www.ncld.org/students-disabilities/iep-504-plan/iep-cutoff-age 

6. More Autism Therapies Prove their Worth

http://www.autismspeaks.org/science/science-news/more-autism-therapies-prove-their-worth 

7.  Related Services

http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/relsvc.index.htm 

8. Why Some Children May ‘Grow Out' of Autism

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=153881 

Special Needs Tweets of the Day 1/24/14

1. ADHD Parenting Center: Sleep, Nutrition, Healthy Activities

http://www.additudemag.com/resource-center/healthy-minds-and-bodies.html

2. Five Misconceptions About IEPs

 http://www.ncld.org/students-disabilities/iep-504-plan/misconceptions-about-ieps

3. How to Get the Most Out of Picture Books

http://www.ncld.org/students-disabilities/homework-study-skills/getting-most-out-of-picture-books 

4. Learning Disabilities: Recognizing Dysgraphia in Children with ADHD

http://www.additudemag.com/adhd/article/725.html 

5. Seven Organizations that provide support for individuals with ADD/ADHD

 http://www.friendshipcircle.org/blog/2014/01/20/seven-organizations-that-provide-support-for-individuals-with-addadhd/

6. Is There Research on that Reading Intervention?

http://www.shanahanonliteracy.com/2014/01/is-there-research-on-that-reading.html?utm_source=ReadingRockets.org&utm_medium=Twitter 

7.  Spelling and Dyslexia

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/24882