Lately, I have found myself thinking about the future of special education. I'm always reading about special education, talking with parents, discussing with school personnel, so the various issues are never far from my mind. A couple of weeks ago, I read an article written by a special education professor...
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My entire adult life has been devoted to those individuals with special needs, twenty-six of those years, professionally. I have worked with students whose diagnoses span a vast array of medical terms. Some of my students had medical names for their diagnosis that when written out, were as long as...
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This past week I read an article about a special education teacher that ended up quitting due to the the ridiculous and inappropriate testing that was being required of her students. As I read through the story, and the subsequent comments on the story, I found myself shaking my head...
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This week I read an article by Tim Walker, entitled The Joyful, Illiterate Kindergartners of Finland. I found the article both interesting and intriguing. Evidently, in Finland, they call kindergarten "pre-school" and the children in these classes are five and six year olds. Finland believes that young children should...
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