You’re reading your child’s IEP, evaluation report, or behavior plan and suddenly you’re stuck on a phrase that feels important but unclear: adaptive behavior. It shows up in eligibility discussions, ...
School leaders can follow these guidelines to support teachers in dealing with challenging behaviors and ensure that meetings ...
Rachel, a first-grader, has severe attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). I first met her in preschool when we ran around my office and my backyard so that ...
When it comes to ADHD, there’s not a single magic pill to treat it. No single type of therapy will instantly meet all your child’s needs either. Most kids need a multipronged approach: a combination ...
Some common school accommodations for ADHD include providing more time to take tests, access to a low distraction environment, and extra help breaking down larger projects. These accommodations are ...
The Conway Public Schools Board of Education is set to hear an overview of the district’s behavior plan at its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday. Last school year, the district hired a board ...
The Little Rock school board set its focus on quelling behavior problems in the classroom and hiring a new company to develop a districtwide plan at their meeting this week. As all educators and many ...
Cedar Rapids schools superintendent Tawana Grover speaks during a Cedar Rapids Community School District school board work session at the Educational Leadership and Support Center in northwest Cedar ...
“People are really passionately committed to addressing these issues,” Superintendent Kent Pekel said. "Every student feeling safe, and that they belong in our schools, is a foundation to learning.” ...