Special Needs Tweets of the Day 7/29/13

1. Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE): Is My Child Receiving One? 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2013/07/free-appropriate-public-education-fape.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

2. Sleep and Childhood Behavior Problems: A Complex Relationship 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2013/07/sleep-and-childhood-behavior-problems.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

 3. Managing your child's special education records

 http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2013/07/managing-your-childs-special-education.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

4. Study: 1 In 4 With Cerebral Palsy In Pain

http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2013/07/26/study-cerebral-palsy-pain/18397/

5. White House Honors Young Disability ‘Champions’

http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2013/07/25/white-house-champions/18388/

6. A Basic Musical Instrument Provides Many Benefits, Part 1

http://special-ism.com/learning-to-play-the-recorder-by-music-educator-orly-zalel/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo

7. Special Education Hard Hit By Economy, Poll Finds

http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2011/04/05/sped-economy-poll/12797/

http://noahsdad.com/smile-as-big-as-the-moon/

Ed Tech and the Heart of Service Tweets of the Day 10/26/12

1. Tips for Tech-Cautious Teachers 

http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2012/10/24/tln_crowley_tech.html?tkn=NNCC9K%2BuAqGZLUtSZlcshHI8AGXJ3WFciuw5&cmp=clp-sb-edtech 

2. Linda Lane, Pittsburgh Schools Superintendent, Turns Down $20,000 Pay Raise

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/25/pittsburgh-schools-superi_n_2015773.html 

Statue of George Washington Carver as a child.

 3. Serving Low-Income Students

 http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_ahead/

4. Department Of Defense Needs Overhaul Of Recruitment Practices, Faces Shortfall Of STEM Workers: Report

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/25/citing-shortfall-in-quali_n_2017331.html 

5. ClassBadges Is A Free Way To Gamify Your Classroom

http://edudemic.com/2012/10/classbadges-is-a-free-way-to-gamify-your-classroom/ 

6. Intensive Early Intervention Improves Social Skills and Brain Responses

http://www.autismspeaks.org/science/science-news/intensive-early-intervention-improves-social-skills-and-brain-responses 

Catch those ZZZZs so you can achieve.

7. Snooze or Lose

Overstimulated, overscheduled kids are getting at least an hour’s less sleep than they need, a deficiency that, new research reveals, has the power to set their cognitive abilities back years.

http://nymag.com/news/features/38951/ 

 

How Much Does Education Mean To You? Tweets of the Day 10/25/12

Malala

Girls showing some profound leadership.

1. Malala Yousafzai: Girls who risk their lives defying the Taliban

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/malala-yousafzai--girls-who-risk-their-lives-defying-the-taliban-24102012.html?fb_action_ids=4862559801008&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582&code=AQAcKGdBq8Dgr0nho3yj_8rnayWNVh-VM5MaNNvNgCxzY_74zBcuE87I-uvLzjHJiSxtk7Cz2VtBzGEs-5Xcw5POrmThWEqwFR0_15eFlFSIwT7dlLryP5Zv1aNzX_9NiVypfXHdX0RsrJdY-DtpOIMRSQNGq4TDTLtcJEbRbbzOqs_cuAuvVk6b0GvnmFmAGAuBXuD0BODIHvlXCnawNowd#_=_ 

2. Making Sleep a Childhood Priority (or Not)

http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/17/making-sleep-a-childhood-priority-or-not/ 

3. Asthma Attack Care Tips So Learning Is Not Impacted

 http://www.ser4kids.com/personal-development/asthma-attack-care-tips-so-learning-is-not-impacted

4. Benefits of Breakfast: ADHD and Nutrition

A high-protein meal in the morning can help your ADHD child learn through the rest of the day.

 http://www.additudemag.com/adhd/article/3594.html

5. 25 Sensory Integration activities for hyperactive kids

http://www.examiner.com/article/25-sensory-integration-activities-for-hyperactive-kids 

Alexis is autistic, and Miss Montana 2012. She'll compete in the Miss America contest.

6. Meet Alexis Wineman, Who Might Just Become the First Autistic Miss America

As she puts it, “Normal is just a dryer setting,” and she’s setting out to change the way people view autism, and autistics, with her campaign.

http://www.xojane.com/issues/meet-alexis-wineman-who-might-just-become-the-first-autistic-miss-america?utm_medium=facebook 

7.   inSharCould The Next Miss America Have Autism?

 http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2012/10/04/could-miss-america-autism/16585/