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Differentiating Headaches and Four Different Types of Migraines: Connecting Students’ Sensory and Neurological Functioning with School Learning, Socialization, and Disabilities (Part II)
Part II of this Blog Series explains the differences between common headaches and migraines, highlighting how migraines are a distinct neurological condition with more severe and complex symptoms. Blo...
Read Full ArticleConnecting Students’ Sensory and Neurological Functioning with School Learning, Socialization, and Disabilities: A Primer on Vision, Hearing, and Respiratory/Nasal Functioning (Part I)
Blog introduces a multi-part series examining how biological conditions affect students' school success. This Part I focuses on vision, hearing, and respiratory/nasal functioning, emphasizing that edu...
Read Full ArticleThe “Charlie Brown” Reality of Race and DEI in Education: How the Trump Administration is Creating Fear by Using “Ready-Fire-Aim” Tactics
This Blog uses fifty years of Charlie Brown lining up to kick a field goal—only to have Lucy pull the ball away—as a metaphor representing President Trump and the U.S. Department of Education’s “Ready...
Read Full ArticleRepelling a Wolf Attack on Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973: Protecting Everyone When Chance Events Result in Life-Defining Disabilities
This Blog highlights how Section 504 protects individuals from discrimination based on disability, emphasizing that disabilities often arise from chance events and that anyone could potentially need 5...
Read Full ArticleStudents’ Behavior is NOT Improving. . . But It Can: Classroom Management Lessons for Teachers from the Detroit Lions’ Shocking Playoff Loss
This Blog describes a national survey showing that student discipline and classroom management continues to get worse. Asserting that students can’t fix themselves, it uses the improvement of the NFL’...
Read Full ArticleWhile You Can Write a Student’s Individualized Education Plan. . . It (Legally) Needs to be Acceptable, Actionable, and Appropriate
This Blog discusses the needs assessment and budgeting process that districts are currently engaged in, and that must include—based on students’ IEPs—the funding needed for next year’s special educati...
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