------Issue 37, February 2015 Time Saving Resources to Set You Up for Success in 2015 INSIDE THIS ISSUE 10 Key Strategies to Setting Up Many children with autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, developmental delays, etc. need a Your Classroom 2 range of adaptions and educational supports to engage them successfully in educational Homework 2 settings. My Doctorate research found two of the biggest challenges educators had was Why Making Mistakes is having time and resources. Term 1 is the busiest time for schools settling in all students, Frustrating 3 so in this Newsletter my aim is to guide you to great resources and time savers to make Don’t Say “NO” 3 2015 a success. Teaching Maths Concepts 4
NEW Books for 2015 9 In this Newsletter I have included: Improving Reading, Comprehension 10 key strategies to set up your classroom. and Writing 10 10 key strategies for homework. Reading Comprehension 11 Teaching maths concepts. Why Use Pencil Grips 11 Great range of new books for 2015. Upcoming Workshops 12 Strategies to improve reading, comprehension and writing. ------There are a number of specific areas that need to be taken into consideration when setting Resources 5-7 up a classroom for a student with ASD. The diagnostic criteria for ASD includes social, Order Form 8 communication, sensory, behaviour, cognitive function and motor skills. Each child is ------individual and will need different accommodations depending on how the child is impacted by ASD. Often people don’t realise the importance of putting these things in place up front. New Resources We tend to wait until there is a problem. When strategies are put in place at the beginning See page 8 to order of the year, there will be fewer problems and a better settling in period for the student (see page 2).
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