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Special Education

5 Ways To Help Your Special Needs Child During The Coronavirus Pandemic

My inbox has been full recently with parents and educators asking for advice. During this time of CO-ViD19 based on my journey growing up with autism and me and my family having to deal with natural disasters (Hurricane Sandy). With that, I wanted to share with all of you today 5 ways you should consider […]

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I Have Autism And Am Pursuing A Degree To Help Students With Special Needs

This guest post is by Lauren Roth who is a senior at Carmel High School who will be attending Ball State University in the Fall 2017 to study Special Education. She is active in her community. She participated in Carmel Marching Greyhounds and has over 210 volunteer hours at various organizations. Lauren is applying for our Spring 2017

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Special Education Teacher Invites Entire Class To Join Her Wedding Party

This story will melt your heart. Kinsey French is a special education teacher at Christian Academy’s Rock Creek campus in Louisville, Kentucky who provides speech and occupational therapy to countless students with Down syndrome and other special needs. Her story went viral when her students got to take part in her proposal at the school

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I Used To Be Nonverbal And Was Later Diagnosed With Autism; Now I’m Getting My Doctorate To Become A Teacher

Imagine not being able to tell the people that you care about the most about your basic needs growing up. This used to be my story… When I was diagnosed with autism at 4 I was just starting Pre-K. It was one of the most difficult transitions of my life. Ever since my diagnosis, I

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5 Reasons Why You Need Social Stories in Your Classroom

This guest post is by Trisha Katkin, a special education teacher in NH. She has her Master’s in Education and currently holds certificates in General Special Education, Learning Disabilities and Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities. She has been a guest speaker at the University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability and has been featured on Autism Talk at Patienttalk.org.

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New Book on Succeeding in College with a Disability Now Available!

Hey everyone, A new book I contributed to called College for Students with Disabilities: We Do Belong is out TODAY, August 21, 2015 and I’d LOVE your help with the promotion! This book is very special to me because when I was growing up many experts told my parents they didn’t believe college would be possible

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