The Special Education Advocacy Blog

Another new school year, another new slogan: This year we will all be hearing about "Social Emotional Learning [SEL]" and "Trauma Sensitive Schools".  Which is a huge step in the right direction.  For both address relationships and heart-centered approaches at the...

With summer vacation upon us, it's so important that we all take time to refresh, rejuvenate, and rejoice in preparation for 2018-2019 during the upcoming weeks. By doing so, especially, celebrating success and thoroughly embracing the wonderful moments from this past...

Are you ready for the never-ending evolution of life which is quicker, faster, deeper, more complex, engaging, and messy than ever before?   You should be ... for we are all living in this remarkable period of time.  And it won't simply just go away or return to a...

One of things I get to do in my work is to support teachers and principaIs directly when behavior issues rise to the surface.  Whether serving as an Education Advocate / Consultant or as a district Behavior Specialist, I am expected to know what I am talking about....

Imagine a school, where each classroom was based upon the belief that "every child is gifted".  This does make a difference.  For what we believe is often what we see! There have been numerous studies related to teacher's expectations and student performance; many of...

Honeymoon: A period of unusual harmony especially following the establishment of a new relationship ... With each new school year, there is an established "honeymoon" period; where the students [as well as teachers] appear to be on their best behavior due to the...

Sometimes we forget what it was like being a child, and specifically, being a student.  For most of us, we barely remember what the day to day experience was like and most often, we have no clue what we learned in school. But we NEVER forget the teacher who made a...