instructional strategies


  • Transition Challenges Enumerated by Stakeholders

    This is a snap shot from Interesting report about a profoundly important issue in special ed but is largely minimized. Stakeholders from across the United States, with expertise regarding transition of students with disabilities to college and careers, were invited to participate in a one and one-half day focus group to identify key challenges and solutions…


  • Special Ed = Problem-Solving

    Received a Tweet from a parent asking about a particular disability. While I do not have experience with the disability in question, I feel I have the tools to address any disability. This is largely due to my professional training. For my master’s in special ed I took an assistive technology (AT) course at the…


  • Memory

    One model for memory is called the Information Processing Model or Dual Storage Model. Here’s the suggested process in this model in a class instruction context: Our senses receive stimuli. In the classroom students hear the teacher or a classmate talking, see the teacher’s notes or the note being passed to them, smell various things…


  • Visual of Inclusion

    This image is making the rounds through various social media outlets. I think it is a wonderful representation of the various settings and situations encountered in special education. I will share my take on each of these. Full inclusion is the ultimate LRE (least restrictive environment) but is simply not the appropriate placement or LRE…


  • Presentation to Autism Class USJ November 2012

    Presentation to Autism Class USJ November 2012 This is the PDF file of a presentation given to the Intro to Autism class at the University of Saint Joseph in November, 2012. Please email me if you have any questions or requests.