Proponents for boy-only schools attract people who want a choice over coed schools. The increase in single-gender schools has prompted a strong movement for advocates to defend them by stating advantages such as the absence of female competition and teachers being able to embrace the unique learning styles of boys who …
Looping, or keeping a teacher and her class together for two or more years, has many advantages. Most find the experience extremely rewarding. Although, teachers who have never looped with their class may hesitate to try it and parents of children being asked to loop may worry. In fact, being in …
Looping in education is the practice of placing the same group of students with one teacher for more than one year. Still considered extremely innovative and used infrequently, looping often occurs for two years and occasionally for three. The idea of a teacher moving with his or her students to …
Often called “Service Learning”, community engagement pedagogies are ones that combine learning goals and community service in ways that can enhance both student growth and the common good. As it is said by the National Service Learning Clearinghouse, it is “a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service …
“Language” is not the same thing as “speech”. Language refers to thoughts, concepts, and meaning, and can be communicated through speech (which is the expression of language through vocal sound), writing, or signing. When a student is diagnosed as having a language processing delay, it means that he or she …
Language delays are the most common developmental delays. It affects roughly 20% of children. In many cases, these delays are temporary, and the child will simply grow out of it. However, language delays may signify a more permanent condition which if without proper intervention, may cause significant problems for the child …
“Executive Functioning” is the series of mental processes that allow us to plan and organize, and to visualize the steps required to complete a multi-step task. Asperger’s Syndrome is distinguished by deficiencies in executive functioning, which means that students may be overly forgetful and disorganized. Forgetting homework assignments, or losing track …
Asperger’s Syndrome is often characterized by hypersensitivity to certain sensory input as with autism. Students may be unable to tolerate the texture of their clothes against their skin, for instance, or the sound of the radiator, or any number of sensory stimuli. These sensory issues can lead to behaviors which …
Students with Asperger’s Syndrome often display several areas of outstanding academic ability balanced by areas of ability far below their grade level. Your student may be a genius with computers and technology, but be unable to write a grammatically correct sentence. He or she may have an encyclopaedic knowledge of …
An obsessive focus on one favorite subject is a hallmark characteristic of Asperger’s Syndrome. Students often become fixated on this subject to the complete exclusion of everything else, and their academic experience and social relationships can suffer greatly as a result. Don’t try to eradicate this interest. You won’t be successful, …
