[ad_1] Schools need to take a harder look at how the evolution of AI could help or harm students with special needs because use of the technology in K-12 education is expanding faster than many experts predicted, suggests a new report.“AI & Accessibility...
[ad_1] For students with dyscalculia, learning math, particularly those early math facts, can be far more difficult than it is for their peers. Here, an educator, a researcher, and a student with dyscalculia share methods teachers can use to help students with dyscalculia...
[ad_1] For Tessa Marshall, those things that often come easy to kids—numbers, colors, shapes, tying their shoes—were always a challenge. In 3rd grade, she was diagnosed with dyscalculia and transferred to a Montessori school where the opportunity to learn individually with a teacher,...
[ad_1] Dyscalculia is a severe and persistent learning disability in math that affects about 5 to 8 percent of school-age children. Due to its impact on students’ ability to learn and retain basic math facts, it can be spotted in the early grades...
[ad_1] Not every student learns the same.This seemingly simple concept lies at the heart of the term neurodiversity, which refers to differences in the brain’s form or function that impact how people receive, process, and respond to information.Diagnoses such as autism, attention deficity/hyperactivity...
[ad_1] If, as a teacher, your student asks you what dyslexia is, can you answer? What about dyscalculia?Most students with learning differences are going to spend the majority of their time in general education classrooms. That means their teachers need to be prepared...
[ad_1] A North Carolina mother knew her 8-year-old son who has autism had been having difficulty in school—and asked that he receive additional support. Instead, while undergoing a functional behavior assessment, he ended up in a cop car.The boy was ultimately taken by...
[ad_1] From ADHD to dyslexia, diagnoses that affect how people learn often lead to serious academic challenges that can breed frustration and mask students’ true potential. But increasingly, such learning differences are talked about in more flattering terms—usually by adults who either possess...
[ad_1] “Don’t give up on a student who struggles. ...
[ad_1] Jacquelyn Taylor was diagnosed in elementary school with dyslexia. But it wasn’t until she was 14, entering high school, and struggling with basic math that a combination of her own research, and a professional assessment, provided a dyscalculia diagnosis. She immediately started...