Special Needs Tweets of the Day 5/22/14

Special Education is Not a Place:
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
http://65454531.nhd.weebly.com/

Summer Reading Tips for Parents 

 http://ncld.org/students-disabilities/homework-study-skills/summer-reading-tips-parents

Why We Feel So Intensely: Understanding ADHD Emotions

http://www.additudemag.com/slideshow/66/slide-1.html 

A Great Summer Vacation for Your ADHD Child

http://www.additudemag.com/adhd/article/705.html 

Thousands of Toddlers Are Medicated for A.D.H.D., Report Finds, Raising Worries

 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/17/us/among-experts-scrutiny-of-attention-disorder-diagnoses-in-2-and-3-year-olds.html?_r=0

Arts Program Shows Promise in Special Ed. Classes

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/05/21/32arts_ep.h33.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EducationWeekSpecialEducation+%28Education+Week%3A+Special+Education%29 

Speech and Language Therapy for Teens

http://special-ism.com/the-importance-of-speech-and-language-therapy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29 

 

 

 

Outgrow Autism? Tweets of the Day 1/21/13

1. Researchers Explore Why Some Kids Seem to Outgrow Autism

http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/01/19/researchers-explore-why-some-kids-seem-to-outgrow-autism/50566.html 

2. 8 Surprising Things You Didn't Know About Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 

http://www.alternet.org/activism/8-surprising-things-you-didnt-know-about-dr-martin-luther-king-jr?page=0%2C3 

3. Inaugural Trivia Quiz

http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2013/01/20/169837627/inaugural-trivia-quiz?utm_source=NPR&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=20130121 

4. Broken Brains

http://www.brainlinemilitary.org/content/2013/01/broken-brains.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=BrainLineSM 

5. Reading: Semantic Feature Analysis

Ia Aretha's hat invited today?

http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/semantic_feature_analysis/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=RRSocialMedia 

6. The Our White House Inauguration Celebration Kit for Kids!

http://www.ourwhitehouse.org/inaugurationkit_2013.html?utm_source=ReadingRockets.org&utm_medium=Twitter 

7.  Celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

http://www.pbs.org/black-culture/explore/martin-luther-king-jr/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=fanpage&utm_term=explore&utm_content=mlk-bday&utm_campaign=pbs_bcc#.UP0nRqFdfb0 

 

 

 

 

 

Dino Smile and Back To Business Tweets of the Day 10/17/12

Smile for the camera!

Just so you know, my teacher friends in Australia and the 

rest of the Southern Hemisphere are now coming up on 

summer, and the links may reflect that. I do realize it is not

summer in the Northern Hemisphere!

1. Dinosaurs

http://www.startwithabook.org/booklists/dinosaurs?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=RRSocialMedia 

 How to explore this theme:

1. Choose books and book-related activities
2. Explore more hands-on activities
3. Try some summer writing
4. Dig deeper with these websites
5. Play and learn with interactive mobile apps

2. A High-Tech Solution to the Writing Crisis

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/10/a-high-tech-solution-to-the-writing-crisis/263675/

3. Practical Tips for Making Outdoor Learning a Reality (Guest Post by Emily Plank) 

http://www.nosuchthingasbadweather.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/practical-tips-for-making-outdoor.html 

4. ADHD Workshop Series at the Child Study Center, 2012-13

http://www.aboutourkids.org/articles/adhd_workshop_series_child_study_center_201213 

 5.  5 Ways That edX Could Change Education 

http://chronicle.com/article/5-Ways-That-edX-Could-Change/134672/

6. Tools for Teaching: Managing a Large Class Size  

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/managing-large-class-size-rebecca-alber 

7. Hawaii Teachers Halt Labor Negotiations, Escalating Conflict

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/16/hawaii-teachers-halt-labo_n_1970459.html