[ad_1] When students walk into Ruby Bridges Elementary School to start their day, nobody is pulled aside or separated from their peers to receive special instruction.There’s no need.Everything at the school—from the seating to staffing—was designed to ensure students with disabilities can learn...
[ad_1] Creating a school community where students with complex learning or developmental needs feel welcomed and valued takes more than merely including them in classes or clubs, according to a leading researcher on the topic.Erik Carter, the executive director of Baylor University’s Center...
[ad_1] Students with disabilities have historically been excluded from the instruction their general education peers receive. When they’re included, oftentimes it’s in an environment that’s not optimized for children with complex learning needs.The result can be a school community where students with disabilities...
[ad_1] Teachers are often among the first to recognize that a student’s classroom struggles hint at an underlying disability. But racial and cultural differences may also lead teachers to interpret the same student as needing different kinds of help.A new study published in...
[ad_1] From their classroom at P.S. 15 in the Brooklyn section of New York City, kindergarten teachers Catherine Lipkin and Sherri Poall work with students of all abilities as part of a pilot program for co-teaching students with intellectual and multiple disabilities in...
[ad_1] The United States does more to ensure access to education for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities than many other countries—but the nation’s schools have work to do to ensure all students feel a sense of inclusion and belonging, said Timothy Shriver,...
[ad_1] Assistive technology—from visual timers to help students with learning differences keep track of their schedules to digital captioning software for those with hearing difficulties—can improve outcomes for students in special education if states and districts take full advantage of those tools, concludes...
[ad_1] By all accounts, 11-year-old Nathan Adler seemed to be set up for early academic success. His father is a teacher; his mother, a speech-language pathologist. They’ve read to their son since he was very young. The local public school he attended screened...
[ad_1] The research on how students with dyslexia and other language-based learning differences learn to read is well-documented. Evidence-based approaches, such as structured literacy, are increasingly making their way into a growing number of schools—especially those designed expressly to serve dyslexic students. But...
[ad_1] Dyscalculia is a learning disability that few people have heard of or understand, even though it affects roughly the same amount of school-age children—about 5 to 8 percent—as the well-known learning disability dyslexia.While dyslexia affects the ability to read, students with dyscalculia...