Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Different learners enjoy engaging with information in different formats, and some learners have sensory or perceptual disabilities that make it challenging to interact with information presented in traditional print formats. Language and Symbols. Representation. Perception. All learners must be able to perceive important information.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 11, 2021

The same class may have students who don’t have the necessary prior knowledge or language skills to understand the information presented. The class may include students with a hearing impairment, auditory processing disorder, or attention deficit disorder. Teachers want all students to be successful.

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Edsurge

JULY 28, 2021

In less than 12 months, the network has built an impressive coalition of 530 employers, educational institutions and technology providers all focused on ensuring that American workers have the skills and talent to thrive within a labor market aligned on common standards and language. Up until recently, skills-based data has been siloed.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

1 Within this larger pool, a core group is considered to have a reading disability or dyslexia. For example, the Shaywitz DyslexiaScreen (Yale) is a survey that asks teachers to make judgments on how often they think a student displays problems in their language behaviors such as oral expression. 20k+ per year).

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Protecting the data of students with disabilities is crucial for several reasons. However, there is a critical concern: IEPs require detailed information about students’ disabilities, learning needs, medical history, and academic performance. The levels are organized in terms of how much personalization of the tool is possible.

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eSchool News

MARCH 10, 2021

Decades of research have shown that effective readers have a solid and automatic knowledge of how to translate the sounds of our language to the print that represents those sounds. When educators know how to identify a student with a learning or language disability, they can act immediately to begin remediation.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

In a recent edWebinar , Aimee Dearmon, Speech and Language Pathologist (SLP) and Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), says the disruption of routines, schedules, classroom layouts, and necessary social distancing protocols will be very difficult for our most vulnerable students with autism and other developmental disabilities.

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eSchool News

JULY 6, 2022

The differences were quite pronounced, equating to about five months of learning in math and 11 months—more than a full school year—in English language arts. Students from low-income families, those with disabilities, and English language learners were disproportionately affected.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2020

This presents a major problem for students with dyslexia who need specialized help to learn how to read—and for educators who need to play catch up once they realize 20 percent of their students likely have a language-based learning disability. Related content: My tech essentials for students with dyslexia.

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eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2015

44 percent of students are English language learners, have special needs, or both. If schools are to meet the learning needs of every student, including those with disabilities, then “we have to think differently about how we provide instruction,” Hill said. Flipped learning and one-to-one are a powerful combo for some populations.

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Edsurge

MAY 2, 2018

When I was in middle school, I was diagnosed with a learning disability, so the “typical” school experience was always a challenge for me. As a teacher of world language, I want my students to realize that you don’t have to learn Spanish by studying verb conjugations out of a textbook every day.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 19, 2020

HearBuilder is used in Preschool and Elementary School, Response to Intervention (RTI), Title 1, English language learner, Head Start, and Homeschool settings. Not only can you monitor progress, it lets you increase and decrease difficulties of the activities within the program. About Super Duper Publications.

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eSchool News

JULY 15, 2024

This increase–driven by improved identification and diagnosis, heightened awareness, advocacy, and broader definitions of disabilities–presents substantial challenges for school districts. million over the past decade.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 4, 2022

This is considered ‘deficit thinking,’ or thinking that defines a diagnosis by its challenges, in order to treat, fix, or minimize specific features of a student’s disability. My lived experience with a disability and my professional positionality in disability scholarship and education systems is driving my efforts.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

For more than a decade, University of Kansas researchers have been developing a virtual reality system to help students with disabilities, especially those with autism spectrum disorder, to learn, practice and improve social skills they need in a typical school day. Right now, the closest we can come to that is training peers.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Accessibility is a “critical key” when it comes to leveraging technology for all students — including those with disabilities, according to a new toolkit offering accessibility resources and tips for state and district education leaders.

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eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2015

This new case highlights a particularly controversial subject in an era where more colleges and K-12 schools are making lectures available online and developing related content that may not always be accessible to students with disabilities. Next page: Getting Onboard with Accessibility.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Decades of research have shown that effective readers have a solid and automatic knowledge of how to translate the sounds of our language to the print that represents those sounds. When educators know how to identify a student with a learning or language disability, they can act immediately to begin remediation.

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eSchool News

MAY 6, 2024

That level of transparency requires three primary things: context, the use of vernacular and understandable language in an accessible format, and routine use. We are regularly told to avoid jargon and put materials into accessible language. Stakeholders need to be aware of the policies, goals, missions, etc.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Key points: Many educators look forward to the opportunity afforded by AI, but few feel ready to use it Other educators wonder if they have proper district support for AI use See related article: 5 positive ways students can use AI For more news on AI in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning page A resounding 90 percent of educators in a (..)

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Now, the certified academic language therapist and licensed dyslexia teacher at Griffis Elementary School in Caddo Mills (Texas) is leading the way in using technology to help some of her dyslexic students develop a love for reading. Leslie Patterson said she knew nothing about dyslexia when she first became an elementary school teacher.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2021

According to the Centers for Disease Control, approximately one out of every 54 children has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, making it one of the most common developmental disabilities in the USA. I also use the autism assessments on Super Duper’s site,” said Thaashida Hutton, a speech language pathologist in New York.

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2022

Having access to diverse texts helps children expand their vocabularies, deepens their understanding of language, provides opportunities for problem-solving, provides critical affirming experiences to students’ lives, and presents opportunities for students to learn about people with different lived experiences. percent of total books).

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eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2025

Creating opportunities for all kids Key to Engage IRLs success was ensuring partnerships and programs were centered in equity, allowing every child to participate regardless of ability, financial or transportation constraints, or language barriers. There are barriers to finding community for some kids, she shared.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Some of the hardest hit are students with unique needs that require services from qualified professionals, such as speech-language pathologists, sign-language interpreters, teachers for the vision and hearing impaired and special education teachers. Burnout is one of the leading causes of workforce shortages in U.S.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Today, Texthelp is also honoring International Day of Persons with Disabilities , an international day of awareness to promote the well-being of persons with disabilities. Texthelp is committed to raising awareness of the barriers that people with disabilities often face. Together, we can make the world more accessible for all.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

As the sixth-largest school district in the country, serving over 275,000 public and public charter school students, BCPS boasts an extremely diverse student population representing over 200 countries and over 190 languages.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

was first spoken during the height of gang wars in Los Angeles, when I was a new speech language pathologist in the Los Angeles Unified School District. More than 30 years later, I now work at a 700-student elementary school in Washington state and I have a caseload of 50 students consisting of varying disabilities.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Kinsley’s professional interests include autism learning styles, sensory integration, early childhood development, feeding and sleep interventions and working with adolescents with disabilities in transition to young adulthood. About Super Duper Publications. It was founded in 1986 by Sharon and Thomas Webber.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2025

The committee built on the districts existing criteria which already included usability, data privacy and alignment with goals by adding new elements: AI capabilities, language support for English learners and accessibility features for students with disabilities. If students arent engaged, it doesnt matter how much we paid for it.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

In 1990, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) renewed our national focus on the least-restrictive environment. We began providing accommodations through differentiated instruction and teachers figured out what to change or modify to accommodate “disabled” learners.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

For students with learning disabilities such as dyslexia and related language processing difficulties, these struggles are amplified even in the most ideal learning environments. Shifting to remote learning because of the pandemic also posed additional challenges for these students.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2024

We are the only school in the region who started a dual language program,” said Rossina Sandoval, Southwest DuBois County School District’s director of community engagement, in an interview with the Daily Yonder. That has proven to be the most effective way to develop language skills,” she said.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 17, 2022

rated, ensuring Capstone Interactive is accessible to children with vision, cognitive, physical, and hearing disabilities. Among the improvements, the eBook platform and reader will be Section 508 compliant and WCAG 2.1 With multi-user, simultaneous access, Capstone Interactive can be used by every student in a school. About Capstone.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The first complex challenge the UW College of Education will use AI-human collaboration to tackle is co-creating and co-evaluating Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for students with disabilities in Wyoming and beyond. Serving as the cornerstone of special education ( Yell et al., under review ).

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

. – Riverside Insights ®, a leading developer of research-based assessments and analytics, today debuted a new Assessment Playbook focused on streamlining the evaluation of dyslexia, the most common learning disability, affecting 20% of the population.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Educators assured me that his needs were being met with a 12-week Reading Recovery program based on the “whole language” approach. Eventually, I felt I had no choice but to finally take my son for a thorough evaluation that revealed not only ADHD but also dyslexia and dysgraphia, a writing-related learning disability.

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