[caption id="attachment_1110" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Image courtesy of Salvatore Vuono"][/caption] A while ago, I wrote about research being conducted at the University of London in regards to early autism diagnosis. The report that its researchers published in January’s edition of Current...
As we head into the weekend, I wanted to take some time to revisit a couple of important topics we’ve discussed before. First, on the heels of my report earlier this week about the new requirements for BMI screenings in...
Special needs students are best served when school and home work together harmoniously. Students perform better. Teachers and parents are less frustrated and less stressed in a cooperative environment. Nonetheless, schools and parents are often in conflict. How can the...
[caption id="attachment_1017" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Image courtesy of photostock"][/caption] A report from the January edition of Current Biology titled, “Infant Neural Sensitivity to Dynamic Eye Gaze Is Associated with Later Emerging Autism” has shed some light on heretofore unknown signs of...
General education teachers, administrators and counselors have a crucial part to play in a student's annual IEP review. By being prepared to participate in the IEP review process, general education teachers, administrators and counselors can more effectively influence the planning...
[caption id="attachment_990" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Image courtesy of Federico Stevanin"][/caption] Ohio residents with special needs ages 3 to 21 are celebrating this week. Not only is it School Choice week in that state and 24 others across the country. To celebrate,...
Unless you’ve been cut off from the news for the past couple of days you have likely heard the big news about the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) and its new definition of Autism...
[caption id="attachment_948" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Image courtesy of dream designs"][/caption] With the state of most education research today, it takes a lot to get me truly excited. It seems every article I read touts new and better ways to “improve test...
[caption id="attachment_935" align="alignleft" width="179"] Image courtesy of wolfhirschhorn.org[/caption] Child with Special Needs Denied Of Kidney Transplant Parenting a child with special needs is tough even under the best of circumstances. However, when that special needs child also has severe medical...
[caption id="attachment_889" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Image courtesy of photostock"][/caption] Autism research is a real hot-button topic for many reasons. With the diagnosis of high-functioning autism and Asperger’s Syndrome on the rise, finding the causes of these disorders and the methods needed...
There’s been a lot going on in education news this week, and I am excited to share a few of these ideas here with you today. First, this morning Medical News Today released a great article regarding autism research that...
Welcome to the inaugural news aggregation here at the CW blog. This morning, I read two really interesting stories on special needs students as well as autism research. I hope you enjoy them too, and a big thanks to the...
