...Aaaaand we're back!
Hello, neighbor! It's your friendly neighborhood Special Learning Teacher here. It's been a while; I hope you've been doing well. Me? I'm...
Find Your Voice in Your Next IEP Meeting
IEPs are difficult. There's so much information being thrown around in a typical meeting. How do you keep track of it all? When do you...
My Favorite Online Tools for Reading, Math, and Behavior Issues.
I have three questions for you, and I want you to answer them honestly. 1) Do you want your child to become a life-long reader? 2) Does...
Stop struggling with homework! Try these 7 strategies that work!
Does this sound familiar? Your child brings home a small mountain of homework every night. He sits at the dinner table and just stares at...
Teaching Social Skills with Hangman: A day in the life of a special education teacher.
I want to give you a little taste of what it is like to be a special education teacher. I was having a really big problem in my resource...
7 Tips for Parents: Have a Productive IEP Meeting
Here's a question a parent had: "What can I do to make sure my child's IEP meeting goes smoothly? I don't anticipate any problems, most...
When an IEP comes together
There’s so many stories out there about terrible experiences at IEP’s, I just wanted to share from a teacher’s perspective a story about...
Three reasons your kid isn’t doing homework (and what to do about it).
Does getting homework completed ever feel like an epic battle? Or maybe it just takes a very long time for your child to get started....
My Kid Can't Math: 5 Fun Activities to Help Your Child Learn Math
We've all heard someone say it. You might even be guilty yourself. In my classroom, there are 4 harmless words, that become illegal when...
Why reading with Dyslexia is harder than you may think
Most people think that people with dyslexia have trouble reading because they see letters in the wrong places in words. (bead becomes...
