“Nurturing Minds, Enriching Lives and Building Self Esteem in Chicagoland for over 35 years” Acacia Academy is an NCA accredited school in LaGrange Highlands, Illinois, that offers customized programs for a variety of students...
More Barack Obama Charter School, in Los Angeles, CA is part of the Ingenium Schools’ charter school campuses. How are they different from any other school? Ingenium Schools use the RISC (Re-inventing Schools Coalition) philosophy and model, a model...
More When it comes to your child and their education, it is natural to only want the best. However, if your child has special needs or a learning disability, a regular classroom setting may not be best for them. In fact, your child may be...
More Due to their unpredictable nature, transitions in general, can be very difficult for our children with special needs. The new school year creates a whole host of transitions that made me want to devote this month’s column to tips for helping your...
More Having a gifted child can be frustrating and gratifying in equal measures. Gifted children are often a joy to their parents — bringing home stellar report cards, talking precociously and enthusiastically about a variety of subjects, and...
More A Call to Action – The Templeton National Report on Acceleration
More Parents of teens and young adults with special needs are always concerned about their transition into adulthood. They constantly ask themselves, “What happens next?” Live. Advance. LA. provides that much needed support that facilitates a...
More I am a parent of two children with special needs, and a special education teacher. I have been working in the field of special needs for 15 years, and currently teach teachers about special education. One of the keystones of...
More What is memory?
More Everyone learns at his own pace, but some children require a little extra push or have special needs in education. Special ed, the common lingo for special education, refers to alternative education programs that teach children with...
More Dear Developmental Doc,My daughter is 5 years old and I think she has Selective Mutism. She is incredibly verbal at home but shy around strangers. Her camp counselor expressed concern that although she was friendly, she never spoke to anyone at...
More The “Three R’s” are a well-worn cliché of education, and often the traditional neighborhood school will meet your child’s needs. But if you think your special needs child needs more help than their district school is providing, or the district is...
More Operating pursuant to a charter granted either by a local educational or the State Board of Education, charter schools are primary or secondary schools created by interested agencies and individuals and receive public money for the students who...
More In the educational field, “inclusion” means that children with and without identified disabilities are taught together in the same classroom to the greatest extent possible. Services such as speech, physical therapy, or assistive technology are...
More The “Three R’s” are a well-worn cliché of education, and often the traditional neighborhood school will meet your child’s needs. But if you think your special needs child needs more help than their district school is providing, or the district is...
More Operating pursuant to a charter granted either by a local educational or the State Board of Education, charter schools are primary or secondary schools created by interested agencies and individuals and receive public money for the students who...
More Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) face significant challenges with social interaction. This stems from difficulty in reading social cues such as tone of voice and body language. Due to a tendency to commit “social errors,” children...
More Selective Mutism is a psychiatric disorder that affects 7 out of every 1,000 children (making it almost as common as autism), yet it is seldom dealt with within the confines of a psychotherapist’s office. It is an extreme form of social anxiety...
More “My child has special needs.” That phrase can be uttered with either a sigh or confidence. Which one depends upon the spirit with which the parent greets the teacher. As an educator and administrator, I love to tell our parents that “every...
More Paula: Anna, I’m excited to interview you. It gives me a chance to publicly thank you for the help you gave my children and to let others know there’s healing available for kids who struggle! Could you tell us a little about Anna’s House?...
More Bullying is a serious problem affecting many children and teens, but it is not likely that most children, especially those with special needs, will walk up to their parents and tell them, “I’m being bullied.” Bullying can involve name-calling...
More When signing up my child for baseball one cold Saturday morning I asked the chairperson, “Is there a coach familiar with autism?” He responded kindly enough, “Yeah we have one that is ADHD.” Wow, I thought. Autism has been...
More The elite high schools of New York City have been put on notice. Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott has mandated that screened high schools must either admit more students with special needs or the Education Department would place the teens for...
More I am an elementary school reading specialist in a large public school system, so I have the opportunity to work with a large range of reading needs on a daily basis. For me, dyslexia is one of the most intriguing reading deficiencies I have...
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