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What is the key factor in a "high quality" teaching environment?
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Is it the teacher's credentials? That may be an indicator but not a guarantee. In fact, the most influential factor in student development in the classroom is the interaction between teacher and child. You can now use CLASS—a valid and reliable observational tool—to assess the elements of high-quality classroom teaching. Find out more and get your free CLASS tip sheet! |
See free video clips of children with typical and delayed development in the ASD Video Glossary!
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Accelerate your ability to recognize red flags of autism spectrum disorder and help children get intervention early when they most need it with this FREE new resource. Created in collaboration with First Signs, Florida State University's FIRST WORDS Project, and Autism Speaks, the new ASD Video Glossary contains more than one hundred video clips to help you spot the subtle differences between typical and delayed development in young children. Many of the clips were drawn from the work of co-developer Amy Wetherby, co-author of the Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales™ and The SCERTS® Model: A Comprehensive Educational Approach for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
See the ASD Video Glossary now! |
How do you motivate students who have difficulty writing?
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Find a wealth of insight from Brookes authors Steve Graham and Karen Harris. Covering many topics from their forthcoming Powerful Writing Strategies for All Students, the Writing Better authors answer parents' and teachers' pressing questions about "LD and Written Expression" in an online talk hosted by LDtalk.org. Read a transcript of the chat. |
What's so great about the new AEPSinteractive™? See for yourself!
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Let hosts Kevin Warg and Lisa Sylvester walk you through the key features of the web-based management system for AEPS® in a free 30-minute demo. You'll see how much easier it is to use AEPSi™ to score the AEPS Test, generate an online Child Progress Record, and create OSEP reports. Sign up for a demo now!
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Free instructor's guide e-book for Young Children with Disabilities in Natural Environments
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An Instructor's Guide e-book is now available for free to faculty members who have adopted Young Children with Disabilities in Natural Learning Environments. (An Instructor's Guide and PowerPoint slides are also available for faculty members who have adopted Life Beyond the Classroom, Fourth Edition.) Request the supplemental materials for these textbooks. |
Find out what's behind math difficulties and disabilities
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Read a transcript of the 2007 LD Talk online chat with Daniel Berch and Michéle Mazzocco. Drs. Berch and Mazzocco, editors of Why Is Math So Hard for Some Children?, answered viewer questions in the National Center for Learning Disabilities talk on "Summing Up the Evidence on Math and LD." |
Listen to a recording of our webinar on Understanding the Nature of Autism: Behavior and Brain Science
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See the world through the eyes of a child with autism—and discover what's behind often-misunderstood behavior, in our webinar featuring top autism expert Travis Thompson, author of Making Sense of Autism, and neuroimaging specialist Anastasia Dimitroupolos. Find out why children with autism do the things they do in this recording of our enlightening webinar. Learn more here.
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