by Oran Tkatchov | Oct 30, 2018 | Behavior, disabilties, IDEA, IEP/MET, instruction, instructional assistant, instructional assistants, Itinerant Teacher, Nonviolent Crisis Intervention, pararpros, special education, Strategies, teaching
Oppositional defiant disorder is a condition in which children regularly demonstrate anger, opposition and defiance, especially toward those in authority. This article provides four tips from experienced teachers on working with students who are diagnosed with this...
by Oran Tkatchov | Oct 24, 2018 | ASL, Blind, Deaf, deaf-blind, disabilties, Early Childhood, instruction, learning, special education, Strategies, Teach and Enrich, teaching
The Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) provides unlimited access to over 8,000 accessible, educational videos. Because they are funded by the U.S. Department of Education, there is no cost for any of the services. They have videos for early learners through...
by Oran Tkatchov | Oct 22, 2018 | AT, special education, Strategies, UDL
The Universal Design for Learning Center at OCALI was created to help remove barriers to learning through purposeful planning that leads to meaningful instruction for all students. This webpage contains an archive of their 30 minute captioned webinars on the topic of...
by Oran Tkatchov | Oct 22, 2018 | assistive technology, AT, autism, Classroom Management, disabilties, Early Childhood, instruction, learning, special education, Strategies, teaching
Discover a choice board; a visual support that may include objects, photographs, icons, black and white line drawings or words, and which is used by an individual to communicate a desired activity, item, location, etc. Click here to learn more!
by Oran Tkatchov | Oct 11, 2018 | AzMERIT, EEI, instruction, instructional assistant, instructional assistants, Itinerant Teacher, language, learning, Literacy, special education, Strategies, Teacher Leaders, teaching, Writing
This presentation provides the rationale for using sentence frames with struggling writers, as well as provides example sentence frames to use in various forms of writing including character analysis, compare and contrast, opinion, and others! Click here to access the...
by Oran Tkatchov | Aug 20, 2018 | Behavior, Classroom Management, instruction, learning, Nonviolent Crisis Intervention, pararpros, SEL, Social-Emotional Learning, special education, Strategies, teaching
This presentation discusses the importance of having routines and schedules within a classroom, and how to help children follow them. Click here to read the presentation.