I See The Potential
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Michael B. Horn, co-author of “Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns” will be our guest on this week’s “My Great Kid Radio Program”.
Here’s some links to check out if you’d like to learn more about Mr. Horn and the book before the interview…
Download an excerpt from the book
About the [...]
Proper grammar, spelling, punctuation and the ability to compose a coherent written sentence ….. should any of these be part of the job requirements to be a school board president?
Do DPS control the Foundation or outside group? If an outside group control the foundation, then what is DPS Board row with selection of is director? [...]
Parenting with “Love & Logic” and the amazing physical, mental and emotional benefits of CranioSacral Therapy were the double-barreled interviews we had on this episode of our radio show.
Listen to our interviews on Love & Logic and CranioSacral Therapy ~ HERE (or visit the link on the bottom of this post to listen and download the [...]
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Milk, eggs, fish, peanuts, tree nuts, wheat, soy and shellfish.
Those are the top eight food allergens (literally accounting for 90% of all food allergy reaction in the US) and when they hit the system of somebody with food allergies it leads to their system going bonkers. Okay, not a very scientific [...]
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I’m really tired of the ongoing debate that’s been raging in recent weeks about the “R” word (I guess it’s more impactful when we only use the first letter of words). Not because I don’t agree that there is the potential for offense when the word is used or because I think it’s okay to [...]
Our Guest: Sir Ken Robinson, Expert on Creativity, Education & Human Potential
Listen to our interview with Sir Ken ~ HERE (or visit the link on the bottom of this post to listen and download the interview)
We live in a country with a broken educational system.
Now, factions on all sides of the issue will point at [...]
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“Well, you’re the teacher aren’t you suppose to be able to find a way to ….. teach it to him?”
I love this clip.
I love it not only because I’ve felt this way in so many meetings but also because it’s a good portrayal of an educational culture that is, in many cases, broken.
The little chair, [...]
We’ve had the good fortune to have special education attorney Wayne Steedman provide us with high quality, professional answers to complicated special education law questions (IEP, ESY, LRE, AYP, MET, NCLB … if all these letters are leaving you feeling l-o-s-t, check out our “Special Education Terms” section of the Education tab) on our show [...]
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I’m subscribed to so many different news sources and RSS feeds that in the morning it’s like an avalanche of news and stories cascading down my screen.
Normally, I read through the ones that catch my eye and then throw a couple of good ones in the – blog about it pile. Invariably though I’m only [...]
Guests
Nancy Kaufman – Director Kaufman Children’s Center
Speech challenges and speech delays are a hurdle that many children, and families, have to work exceptionally hard to overcome. Fortunately, if diagnosed early enough and treated properly many of these challenges can be overcome, or eliminated entirely. Nancy Kaufman is a nationally recognized expert in the area of [...]
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Guests
Catherine Lord – PhD, Univ. of Michigan Autism & Communication Disorders (UMACC)
Laura Fitton – Twitter For Dummies, OneForty.com
This was a busy, but exceptionally informative, week on the show where we were fortunately able to land two great interviews that we’ve been working on for some time.
Catherine Lord at the University of Michigan is simply doing [...]
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I came across this biting criticism of charter schools and children with disabilities recently on the Education Week website. The part that caught my attention was that the editorial was written by the former Director of The US Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs under former President Bill Clinton. It’s not uncommon to see [...]
Ben Heywood from PatientsLikeMe.com joined us this morning for a far reaching interview that covered ALS (aka Lou Gehrig’s disease), his brother Stephen’s struggle with the disease which ultimately lead to the creation of the outcome based patient data website www.PatientsLikeMe.com and in a larger sense what REAL health care reform looks like.
Never heard of [...]
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Itchy tags.
Doesn’t like socks.
Won’t sit still.
Always fidgeting and moving around.
Sensitive to sounds.
Sensitive to light.
Difficult time properly using pens, pencils, etc.
Could it be you’ve got an Out-Of-Sync child?
These days it seems like there’s a condition for everything under the sun. If your child (or you even) does anything short of sit still and follow directions there’s [...]
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It’s not everyday you get the chance to speak with a Guiness Book World Record Holder for memory.
How good is this guy’s memory?
Try this one for size – he memorized 59 decks of cards randomly shuffled together. Now that’s some serious brain power.
Even more than that it’s some seriously MANAGED brain power and that’s what [...]
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I’ve got to admit these stories always make me cringe a little bit. I like stories about kids that achieve, but am always concerned when it involves kids with challenges because the skeptic in me wonders are they using the kid as a mascot and not a player …. this isn’t one of those [...]
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