How This Indianapolis Teacher Uses His Own Learning Disability to Understand His Students – AcceliBEAT Weekly Round Up
July 13, 2018
Our featured stories this week focus on teachers and the important role they play in supporting students in and out of the classroom. One teacher credits his own learning disability to helping him adapt to a variety of learning styles and skill levels to build relationships with a diverse group of students. Recent research highlights the importance of teacher training that includes how to work with families as students excel more in school when their home lives are safe too. In other news, a city mayor stepped in when a high school’s first black valedictorian was barred from delivering his graduation speech; one urban school is partnering with mental health professionals to bring additional resources to the school; a new program at the YMCA is giving kids with disabilities a chance to swim; and more in this week’s AcceliBEAT!
How This Indianapolis Teacher Uses His Own Learning Disability to Understand His Students
One teacher gives the credit to his learning disability for his ability to adapt to a variety of learning styles and skill levels while also building relationships with students.
Getting Involved in Students’ Lives — from School to Home
Research shows that teachers are one the most important assets in a school — a fact administrators know well.
How the Special Olympics Brought Mental Disability out of the Shadows
The stigma of having a child with an obvious intellectual impairment was so great that what Burke and the Chicago Park District were asking was nothing less than a fundamental shift in how people with disabilities were viewed in the community.
Virtual World May Help Those with Autism Sharpen Social Skills
He knows the hurdles that high-functioning adults must jump for acceptance in a world that doesn’t “know what to do with them.”
Principal Forbids First Black Valedictorian from Giving Speech so City Hall Steps In
“To my principal, there’s a whole lot of things I’ve wanted to say to you for a long time. … I’m here as the UPrep 2018 valedictorian to tell you that you couldn’t break me. I’m still here, and I’m still here strong.”
Most Kids Still Aren’t Screened for Developmental Delays
It’s recommended that all young children be regularly screened for developmental delays, but new research finds that’s not happening with fewer than 1 in 5 kids in some areas being evaluated.
How Schools Can Address Mental Health to Reduce School Violence
By partnering with a managed care plan, an urban school district brought mental health resources into its schools.
Adaptive Program Gives Kids with Disabilities a Chance to Swim
A new program at YMCA’s in North Dakota is giving kids with disabilities a chance to do something they may have never thought they could.
Former Interns with Disabilities Land Jobs Through Special Employment Program
“This is where they get the vocational skills training– where we focus very heavily on learning soft skills.”
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