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ED ID Process Step-by-Step

Step 1: An Administrator identifies students who require an educational evaluation (either to update previous eligibility or to determine a more appropriate eligibility category for a student) and confers with the student’s educational team to plan the process Step 2: A lead member of the educational team contacts the parents/guardians to obtain permission to conduct […]

EI Process from Educator’s Viewpoint

INVESTIGATE REVIEW student’s educational file and any available data on performance and behavior ASK teachers and parents to complete a behavioral checklist or 2 that is appropriate for this particular student INTERACT with the student, providing chances for you to observe specific social, communication, and play behaviors SYNTHESIZE the information you’ve obtained, through conversations with […]

Autism: Family & Friends – Lifeskills

Coaching to enable families and caring friends to help individuals with an autism spectrum disorder develop the life skills needed to progress toward independence.

Autism: For Teachers – Behavior

Behavior modification is an important activity when helping students with autism spectrum disorders master the learning environment and process. These proven approaches will help you introduce behavior changes in a positive way.

Tips for Toilet Training

Toilet training can be a very challenging experience for both parents and children. Although the process is often handled in different ways for different children, here are a few general tips to keep in mind as you pursue this important skill: Before you begin: Team up with your child’s teachers and/or therapists so that everyone […]

Surviving Mental Illness

If you’ve ever wondered how to effectively deal with mental illness, Jessie Close has a lot to tell you. Her new book, Resilience: Two Sisters and a Story of Mental Illness, offers a heartbreaking, honest description of her 40 years of personal experience. Jessie, the sister of actress Glenn Close, has experienced decades of great […]

Seven Ways to Be More Effective

The late, best-selling author Steven Covey wrote The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People back in 1989, but he believed the depth and breadth of societal changes and challenges that had taken place between when the book first came out and and our current lives made the habits he described even more relevant today. People […]

Making and Mastering Habits

There are good habits and bad habits. The challenge is to keep your good habits and stop the bad ones. But that’s easier said than done. Habits simplify life, allowing you to do things without having to put energy into thinking about them. The brain makes a behavior into a habit whenever possible. “Because I […]

Healing Trauma

War. Rape. Fear. Violence. Molestation. Sexual assault. According to Bessel van der Kolk, MD, incidents involving emotional trauma and toxic stress are far more common than people generally understand. Since 2001, he says, far more Americans died due to family violence than in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Women are twice as likely to […]

Don’t Let Imposter Syndrome Hold You Back

Does this sound familiar? You love your boss, the CEO. He’s the smartest, fairest, least ego, most supportive leader you’ve ever worked for, and you trust his judgment – business and otherwise – completely. And you love your career, which has provided many opportunities to work on cool projects, with teams of knowledgeable individuals, to […]

Are You Master or Victim of Your Own Mind?

“Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.” – Erica Jong Do you feel annoyed when people complain? If so, it turns out there’s a good reason why. Listening to too much complaining is bad for your brain in multiple ways, according to Trevor Blake, an […]

7 Ways to Rock the Second Half of Your Career

Find yourself sliding down that slippery slope from engaged, curious, enthusiastic professional to defensive, change-resistant, entitled old geezer? At best, it’s really hard to deliver your best stuff when you’ve got a big neon “Stop All This Change Stuff Now!” sign flashing on your forehead. At worst, you may actually be putting your job in […]