Inclusion

What is “best practice” now for our kids in inclusive classrooms? Stay in for reading instruction or get pulled out? Here’s valuable input… In or Out? One mother recently [...]

Classroom Woes One mom recently wrote me about her teenage daughter, whose special ed teacher, though a good egg, is teaching reading materials not only ‘way above the teen’s head, [...]

7 More Essentials for Best Practice in the Classroom Last week, I invited you to dream with me and imagine ideal classroom support for our emergent readers with Down syndrome. I gave you 7 [...]

Let’s Dream: The Ideal Reading Support I’m going to dream here for a minute. I hope you can take this dream and morph it into a reality for your child, or as close to it as possible. [...]

“46/47” is a Short Film from Germany This film is a real treat, short but powerful. Everyone in this imagined world has Down Syndrome except for one young man. He’s [...]

Choose Your Attitude We’re beginning a new year and a new semester, so it’s a good time for AAA, Adjustment All-Around. Here’s the truth: it’s critical that you approach [...]

Across the Pond… Well, this is a bit of British life we certainly want to imitate here (along with the civilized custom of High Tea, which I totally support.) Here it is: Essex County in [...]

Princeton Disabilities Awareness I just returned from speaking at a fabulous (and frigid) conference at Princeton University. An awesome, incredible, terrific student organization, Princeton [...]

This is a short but awesome addition to your Tuesday: “Boy With Down Syndrome Saves Student” reads the headline. This is a short article about Mason, a little First Grader in Indiana. [...]

We Walked the Walk Jonathan (28, DS), my daughter Becca and I went to Disneyland Friday. I want to keep this blog upbeat, as my blogs always are. So I’m not going to say “The new [...]