Dr. Janczak holds K - 12 certification in Special Education and School District Administration and was a former special educator for students
with mild disabilities at the primary and middle school levels where she provided explicit and direct literacy instruction to children who struggled with the reading process.
Not exact matches
The More
at Four preschool program helped to reduce the numbers of children classified
with several types of preventable
disabilities, including
mild mental handicaps, attention disorders, and learning
disabilities.
A new study led by scientists
at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) is giving researchers a first look
at the early stages of brain development in patients
with Fragile X syndrome, a disorder that causes
mild to severe intellectual
disability and is the most common genetic cause of autism spectrum disorder.
After four years of the specialized teaching the researchers found that students
with mild or moderate intellectual
disability could independently read
at the first - grade level, and some even higher.
«Little research has looked
at this severely impaired population — most is aimed
at improving relatively
mild movement impairments — and, as a consequence, no validated treatment is available to help those
with the most severe
disabilities,» says Rachael Harrington, a fourth - year PhD student in the Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) who will present the study.
(Btw, some argue that students
with relatively
mild disabilities are achieving well in charters, but I'd love to see more hard data proving that in charters kids
at risk for special ed are not being labeled, and / or they're being exited from sped
at higher rates after meeting grade level standards.)
Over the past 25 years, I have conducted research on the use of technology for enhancing learning in students
with mild disabilities and those who are
at - risk of school failure.
They completed approximately 3 hours of fieldwork each week
at the university's private laboratory school for children
with mild disabilities.
Consulting services for IDEA Planning to enhance effective and successful services to all students — but, especially, students
with disabilities at mild through extreme levels of need.
Dr. Dane Marco Di Cesare has experience teaching a variety of courses
at the university level, related to technology (e.g. Digital Practices in Inclusive Classrooms, Special Education & Technology), literacy (e.g. Language & Literacy, Adapting Reading Instruction for Students
with Mild Disabilities) and behavior managements / assessment (e.g. Classroom Dynamics).
Students
with mild intellectual
disabilities have a learning potential that is
at least 2 standard deviations below average.
In addition to her work
with the NYS RtI TAC, Dr. Janczak is an associate professor in the Exceptional Education Department
at the State University College
at Buffalo College where she teaches graduate level coursework involving single subject research methodology and effective instructional strategies for students
with mild disabilities.
Because children
with mild disabilities are significantly more likely to be mainstreamed during the elementary years than
at any other time during their educational experience, elementary school social studies teachers are in a particularly challenging situation.
Each lesson begins
with a warm up, continues
with exploration
at the three levels (severe, moderate and
mild disabilities.)
Before joining the Thrive team, Dave was an Education Specialist
at High Tech High Media Arts, working
with high school students
with mild / moderate learning
disabilities.
It is recommended that staff
at community - based agencies undertake routine screening of individuals
with mild intellectual
disabilities, using a screening checklist.
Among them are: special schools for students who have a general learning
disability at a
mild or moderate level; schools for visually impaired and hearing impaired students; a few schools for students
with physical
disabilities; a small number of special schools for students who are emotionally disturbed.