Link: Reading Scores
You send your child off to kindergarten, confident she is a capable reader. She comes home one day with a report that says she is reading at Level 5. Is this cause for celebration or panic and self-recrimination? You are not sure.
Link: Books On iPod
Schools in Texas are now using ipod's to increase children's abilities in hearing good grammar and language skills, so they are better able to utilize language when reading and reading out loud.
Link: Exercise Benefits
Data from scientists, teachers and the real-life experience of parents provide growing evidence that physical activity influences the brain.
Link: Home Page
This site is for anyone who lives with, teaches, or otherwise supports children and youth with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), including parents, teachers, and individuals with ASD.
Link: SchoolPulse Article
Parents are benefiting from John Boynton's efforts as they log on to a Web 2.0 platform called SchoolPulse.com - an online community for families, organized not around towns or special interest groups but around schools.
Link: "Clickers"
Hand-held electronic devices for children may catch a lot of flak. But the little plastic keypad that Jill Hanford's sixth-graders use is revolutionizing the way she teaches her classes. The clicker lets students answer Hanford's questions simultaneously and allows her to see what proportion of the class understood the concept.
Link: Home Page
The National Council on Disability is an independent federal agency composed of members appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the U.S. Senate. NCD provides advice to the President, Congress, and executive branch agencies to promote policies, programs, practices, and procedures that guarantee equal opportunity for all individuals with disabilities, regardless of the nature or severity of the disability and to empower individuals with disabilities to achieve economic self-sufficiency, independent living, and inclusion and integration into all aspects of society.
Link: Application of RTI in Iowa
An article discussing the benefits of a new teaching method titled Response to Intervention (RTI) currently being used in school districts in Iowa.
Link: Caregiver's Guide
Useful and beneficial information discussing: what hospital discharge is, who does it, when it should happen, what will be paid for by insurance, as well as other relevant information for caregivers pertaining to hospital discharge.
Link: Bam! Home Page
Body And Mind, a service offered by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention provides an interactive archive of information for both kids and adults about: diseases, food and nutrition, physical activity, personal safety, lifestyles, and overall bodily health.
