Sentences with phrase «kids about disability»

But how many take the time to talk to their kids about disability?

Find out if your child's school has any type of curriculum that teaches kids about disabilities.

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How about calling kids with Downs «retarded», or kids with disabilities «gimps»?

It's true that more men are at home caring for the kids than ever before — there are about 2 million stay - at - home dads — but, and this is a big but, the largest number of stay - at - home fathers, 35 percent, are at home because of illness or disability, according to the Pew Research Center, not by choice, versus 73 percent of stay - at - home mothers, who either are choosing to be at home (presumably with the blessing of their partner) or who have had to opt out for any number of reasons (the cost of child care perhaps).

Eschewing the extremes occupied by the loudest voices in the national concussion and youth sport conversation, the ones who either deny there is a serious issue that needs to be addressed (who they characterize as the «just a knock to the head» crowd) or have become so convinced that contact sports inevitably result in lifelong disability that they are so fundamentally unsafe that they should be abolished, they opt instead for the common sense middle ground - a place where MomsTEAM and I have been all along - a magical place where it is possible to have a «more thoughtful, science - based» dialog about the role of sports in our kids» lives.

Talk about the science behind your child's disability, or acknowledge that while other kids can take the stairs, she needs to use an elevator.

While it may be tempting to shy away from talking about physical disabilities that our kids notice because we don't have all the answers, it's better to seize teachable moments and address questions honestly in age appropriate ways the best we can.

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I was team mom for little league, cheer mom, pta mom, chaperoned school field trips, volunteered as a classroom helper and parent at their schools (when in public school) attended toddler tumbling and mom classes, was a homeschooling parent for one of my kids with leaning disabilities, I didn't have to scramble to figure out what to do about work or where to take my kids for child care if they were sick, I led and was involved with the church groups with my kids, I spent summers with them doing all kinds of things like traveling, visiting grandparents out of town, amusement park trips, swimming, picnics, and hiking, instead of them being stuck with a sitter every summer.

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You have covered off so many crucial points about dads and stereotypes related to raising kids with disabilities.

She also noted the story's «very humane and thoughtful guidance about how to talk to kids with disabilities.»

I love the story you shared about the kids with disabilities.

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But busy teachers with 30 other kids in each class need help, says Kathleen Laundy, a therapist who has worked extensively on identifying learning disabilities in Connecticut schools and has written a book about school teams that benefit these students.

«A lot of people in special education have a mindset that it's all about compliance, but if you take a step back and understand the purposes of the law, I think you'll see this is less about complying and filling out IEPs left and right, and more thinking about, «Well, how do I problem solve to ensure my school is better meeting the needs of kids with disabilities?»»

A lot of people in special education have a mindset that it's all about compliance, but if you take a step back and understand the purposes of the law, I think you'll see this less as compliance and filling out IEPs left and right, and more thinking about, «Well, how do I problem solve to ensure my school is better meeting the needs of kids with disabilities?»

By now, if you know anything about special ed you're probably asking «How on earth are all the therapeutic needs of kids with disabilities going to be met in an online environment?»

This site includes Listen Up, a student's guide to the Individualized Educational Program; Speak Up, tips on dealing with and compensating for LD - related problems; Read Up, a list of books about LD and kids with LD; and Interact Up, an activity page where students can take a quiz to learn about celebrities with learning disabilities and print a page to show other people what it's like to have a learning disability.

Editor's note: Be sure to see this week's CURRICULUM story, Teaching Special Kids: Online Resources for Teachers, to learn about on - line activities, lesson plans, and resources for teaching students who have disabilities.

Understanding Kids Who Are Different: Activities for Teaching About Disabilities In the classroom, every day is a day when special students need to be recognized, appreciated, and understood.

If you see education reform as a social justice or civil rights crusade, you will care mightily about whether every charter is educating its share of kids with disabilities and whether enough «people of color» are running these schools.

I'm on the Professional Advisory Board for the National Center for Learning Disabilities, and we often talk about how it's so important for kids to get diagnosed and get their labels so that they can get access to services.

Overall, charters enroll higher percentages of kids with «specific learning disabilities,» which is the most common classification (about half of all special ed students).

Plenty of stakeholders who are committed to better outcomes for kids with disabilities disagree about what that means.

Formerly known as CTT, or collaborative team - teaching, ICT classes are made up of about 60 percent general education students with up to 40 percent of kids who need some kind of extra support, be it for a learning difference, behavioral challenge or physical disability.

Good things about this: Travel, enjoy, surf, culture, socialize, cheap, and you will be supporting kids with disabilities in Peru who otherwise receive no help.

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Chagrin Falls, Ohio About Blog Promoting meaningful connection between churches and families of kids with disabilities for the purpose of making disciples of Jesus Christ.

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Philadelphia, PA About Blog This blog provides me with an outlet for the thoughts and emotions that I imagine are common for parents of epileptic kids or parents of children with any disability.

In particular, I was impressed by his level of expertise and intrigued by his astute observations about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and how some kids who are bullied — and some kids who bully others — may be entitled to the federal law's protections as «children with disabiliDisabilities Education Act (IDEA), and how some kids who are bullied — and some kids who bully others — may be entitled to the federal law's protections as «children with disabilitiesdisabilities.»

Kids on the Block performances are part of the organization's A.P.P.L.E. program, an abilities awareness presentation where individuals share what it is like living with a disability while kids rotate through stations learning about the how alike all people really Kids on the Block performances are part of the organization's A.P.P.L.E. program, an abilities awareness presentation where individuals share what it is like living with a disability while kids rotate through stations learning about the how alike all people really kids rotate through stations learning about the how alike all people really are.

Kids» Health Kids» Health, a website produced by the South Australian Children, Youth and Women's Health Service, provides high quality information for children about having a brother or sister with a disability.

About Blog Teaching moms how good nutrition, a nontoxic life and following God helps you to raise kids with disabilities, allergies, autism and medical issues.