According to 2002 regulations from the U.S. Department of Education, No Child Left Behind's highly qualified teacher designation requires that all teachers, at all schools, be highly qualified by the 2005-06 school year. This can be applied to someone working on their certification. The rule allowed [...]
When dealing with students with special needs, it is important to keep your expectations for the student high, and resist giving too much, unnecessary assistance.
One important issue that we often see when teaching students with special needs is the difference between helping students to complete tasks themselves and hovering over them. The Council for Exceptional Children published a study that addresses and clarifies this issue, Helping or Hovering? Effects [...]
I'm researching resources for special education case management. I'm amazed at how little I can find on the web about the topic. I've not found any books that handle it well either. Does anyone know of a school that does case management exceptionally well, or a resource that covers the topic? [...]