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School Discipline, Classroom Management, and Student Self-Management: The Summer Preparations Needed for Excellence This Fall (Part II)

The Blog focuses on the importance of strategic summer planning to improve school discipline, classroom management, and student self-management during the coming new school year. It first describes th...

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Preparing for Excellence This Coming School Year: Summer Planning to Strategically Transform Classroom Instruction (Part I)

Blog focuses on the importance of strategic summer planning to drive school improvement during the coming new school year. Focusing on improving classroom instruction, the Blog outlines seven research...

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Understanding Seizure Types, Causes, and Connections to Stress and Brain Injury: Connecting Students’ Sensory and Neurological Functioning with School Learning, Socialization, and Disabilities (Part III)

In this third Blog, we discussed the types and impact of seizures on students’ learning and engagement in school. We especially focused on (a) the root causes and brain locations of the seizures cover...

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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...

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Connecting 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...

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While 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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