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Special Education

Disrupting Class Author Michael Horn This Week

by Steve on 11, March, 2010

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 [...]

Can’t Write. Can’t Spell. Bad Grammar. Let Me Lead The Schools!

by Steve on 11, March, 2010

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? [...]

MGK Radio: CranioSacral Therapy & Love & Logic

by Steve on 8, March, 2010

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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The Debate Over “Retarded”

by Steve on 3, March, 2010

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 [...]

MGK Radio: Special Education Law Questions w/ Wayne Steedman from Wrightslaw

by Steve on 26, February, 2010

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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IDEA Money To Buy Parents IPODS?

by Steve on 11, February, 2010

This one makes me furious!
The idiots in the Polk county Florida school district came up with an idea to use part of their special education IDEA money on the purchase of IPOD Nano’s to be given away to special education parents who filled out a survey.
The point of the survey was to evaluate how the [...]

Students W/ Disabilities Not Welcome In Charters?

by Steve on 9, February, 2010

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 [...]

MGK Radio: The Out-Of-Sync Child

by Steve on 3, February, 2010

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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My Great Kid Radio: Special Education Law w/ Wrightslaw

by Steve on 2, February, 2010

We had the great honor on October 25th of last year to interview Peter Wright from Wrightslaw.
Pete is a pioneer in the area of Special Education Law and truly one of the ultimate child advocates in this country.  We had the joy of being able to host a Wrightslaw conference in 2008 and were stunned [...]

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Football Player, Wrestler, Autistic – Why Not?

by Steve on 2, February, 2010

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 [...]

Tech To The Rescue

by Steve on 20, January, 2010

You can see the commercials now …… stuck in the rubble? There’s an app for that …. literally.
This guy’s iPhone saved his life in the Haiti earthquake but not the way you’d expect.
There’s also a touching moment in the video when he discusses part of what was going through his mind as he was trapped.
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You Missed A Show? Quick, Get Caught Up!

by Steve on 6, January, 2010

You Missed A Show?
Missed a show?  How could you?
Okay, besides you have a family and the show is on early Sunday mornings.
Then here’s your chance to catch up.  I’ll be posting full breakouts of all the shows we did in 2009 but in the meantime check out any of the shows that you might have [...]

Don’t Miss Pete Wright (Wrightslaw) This Sun.

by Steve on 23, October, 2009

“Parents will always be catalysts for education reform.”
def: Catalyst: An agent that precipitates -or- accelerates fundamental change

In what is sure to be a phenomenally informative show, this Sunday on the  “My Great Kid” Radio Program (Sunday 8:00am-9:00am, WAAM 1600am or online at www.waamannarbor.com;  A podcast will be posted after the show) we will be interviewing Peter [...]

Academic Genocide & Reading “Instruction”

by Steve on 9, April, 2009

Genocide seem like a strong word to use? You may not think so after reading the full story.

The Educational Prison Cell – Autism and Seclusion Rooms

by Steve on 18, December, 2008

“Teachers aren’t trained to handle that,” said Dr. Roger Pierangelo, executive director of the National Association of Special Education Teachers.

“When you have an out-of-control student threatening your class — it’s not right and it can be very damaging — but seclusion is used as a ‘quick fix’ in many cases.”

Autism, Football Players – Visual Thinking In Education

by Steve on 16, December, 2008

An Interview with Laura Johnson from the University Of Toledo.
I really don’t like the way that she phrases and refers to some of the topics in this interview HOWEVER, I do think that some of the strategies and insight that she brings to the topic are not only interesting but VERY RELEVANT as a way [...]

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