"I know what he means." WHAT?! HOW?!
Every child needs a voice. Every child. That means for a child with a cognitive disability who does not have a voice that...
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DJ Nicholson
- Dec 28, 2022
- 2 min
"Looking Good" Since 1975...
According to the US government website about IDEA , disability is "a natural part of the human experience and in no way diminishes the...
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DJ Nicholson
- Dec 26, 2022
- 2 min
Forty-four Percent?!
Forty-four percent of parents of students with cognitive disabilities reported that schools abandoned their child’s legal right to access...
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DJ Nicholson
- Dec 21, 2022
- 1 min
Modification "Cans and Cannots"
What do these 4 words have in common? Adaptation Alteration Variation Difference They are all synonyms for the word modification. They...
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DJ Nicholson
- Dec 15, 2022
- 2 min
Middle Schoolers Get It.
As a collective unit, they are are work in progress, but if you pay close attention, sometimes they show us and teach us what it means to...
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DJ Nicholson
- Dec 9, 2022
- 2 min
Is It Really Learning "Loss"? Let's Re-Frame It.
Since the onset of the pandemic, we have been hearing the phrase learning loss in regards to children's experiences in school. But does...
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DJ Nicholson
- Oct 19, 2022
- 1 min
Teachable Moment: "We Don't Do That Here."
How do we ever decide that a child does not belong at a school? The sad fact is that it still happens all the time. "There is another...
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DJ Nicholson
- Sep 15, 2022
- 1 min
Want a Confident Child?
Who wouldn't want a confident child? A child who feels good about their choices, their ability to make decisions, and have some freedom...
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DJ Nicholson
- Sep 10, 2022
- 2 min
We've Heard the Phrase "It Takes a Village"...
We've heard "it takes a village", but that's not the entire phrase. "It takes a village to raise a child" originated in Africa and...
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DJ Nicholson
- Sep 2, 2022
- 1 min
What Do We Mean By "Inclusion"?
I recent asked the question on social media, "How do you define inclusion?" The responses were thought-provoking. Of the 48 responses I...
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DJ Nicholson
- Aug 18, 2022
- 1 min
When Did We Decide That "You" Don't Belong?
This is somewhat of a rhetorical question because "we" (those of us who are actively engaged with children presently) do not seem to be...
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DJ Nicholson
- Aug 12, 2022
- 2 min
"Where is My Child's Teacher?"
In 2019, 44 states reported special education teacher shortages to the federal government. This school year, that number jumped to 48...
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DJ Nicholson
- Aug 7, 2022
- 2 min
Back to the Ol' Routine... and School!
Aaahhh... routines. Sometimes, I suppose, routines can feel dull. As in "doing the same thing over and over again". Merriam Webster...
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DJ Nicholson
- Jul 29, 2022
- 2 min
Is THAT Cheating?!
Picture this: Your students are taking a 10 question quiz to determine what they have learned about your lesson on the Inner Planets of...
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DJ Nicholson
- Jul 24, 2022
- 2 min
Making a Shift in Definition
I would like to think that the definition of words which are often used to define something negative can be reconsidered. To look at the...
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DJ Nicholson
- Jul 13, 2022
- 2 min
Can't Calculate?... Let's Investigate... Dyscalculia
Never heard of it? Many of us have heard of dyslexia, a learning disability that affects a child's ability to identify speech sounds and...
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DJ Nicholson
- Jul 10, 2022
- 1 min
A, B, C, D, or E for Exceptionality
Brace yourselves... Florida School grades are out... It's always an exciting time to find out your school's grade, right? Is my school...
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DJ Nicholson
- Jul 2, 2022
- 2 min
"No! We're Not There Yet!"
I remember being a kid in the back of the family station wagon on the way to White Sands Beach on the Connecticut shore. My grandparents...
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DJ Nicholson
- Jun 27, 2022
- 2 min
Ready, Aim, Now What?!?!?...
Well... FIRE at the target, of course! For children that need instructional modifications to access grade level content, it is possible...
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