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Education
Susan ‘s Articles for
Education
When Hovering Isn’t Helping: Give Students Some Space to Grow
What is “hovering?” It’s a term used to describe an assignment in which a paraprofessional spends most, if not all, of his or her day working with a single student. The trouble is, such close...
Help! My Co-teacher is Completely Different from Me
What do you do when your co-teacher is so completely different from you? Sometimes we relish the differences and sometimes the differences pose challenges. A few years ago, I worked with a...
Sources for Supporting Multisensory Learning in your Classroom
Here are some great articles on multisensory learning to help you with your classroom challenges. Make Multisensory Teaching Materials, Very Well Family...
Should We Burn Books on Learning Styles?
In 2017, the general scientific consensus was that learning styles may not exist because there is not enough evidence to prove that they do. Why is this? Mainly because there is very little...
Assumptions Can Blind Us When Dealing With Behavior Problems
Often, students with special needs have trouble communicating how they’re feeling or if they have a problem that is affecting their ability to learn. This may often lead to behavior problems with...
Dear Susan: Visual Math Strategies to Help Kids
Dear Susan, I will be starting as a temporary one-to-one teaching assistant with a 7th grader on the spectrum. I’d love any links to articles that can help me to help him grasp...
Teaching Strategies – Providing Students with Choice
Teaching Strategies to Empower Students How do we help our students to see the big picture – to think around a question or math problem, to visualize it from different angles? How can we round...
Teaching Strategies & Tools to Help You and Your Students Excel In the Classroom
Most of us are excited to get back into the classroom and teach a new group of students at the beginning of a new school year. Many of us are thinking about new teaching strategies to inspire...
Bring Joy Into your Classroom Next Year… Here’s How!
This summer, paint your classroom! Here’s why: Color has an impact on students’ ability to learn, grow and achieve. As it turns out, quite a lot. Bright colors and fun shapes engage kids...
Teaching Strategies: Use speech-to-text software to make life easier for you and your students!
Speech-to-text can be a real game-changer in the classroom, especially for students who have difficulty getting their thoughts onto paper. And today, speech-to-text programs and apps are...
I Visited a Forest School in China – What I Found Was Amazing!
Editor’s Note: this is Part 2 of a two-part article about schools Susan Fitzell visited during her trip to China in February of 2018. Click here to read Part 1. According to The Forest...
I Visited a School for Autism in China – You Won’t Believe What I Learned!
I recently had the opportunity to visit my daughter while she was in China on a short-term training assignment for her company. While I was there, I was thrilled to have the opportunity to visit...