Special Educators’ Perceptions of High-Leverage Practices Cynthia Ann Farley, PhD Rhonda S. Black, EdD University of Hawaii at Manoa Abstract The most effective way to improve the performance of students is to improve the practice of their...
Speech and Language Impairments Speech and Language Topic Categories Acroynms, Abbreviations and Definitions Activities for Speech American Sign Language Anatomy Aphasia Apraxia Articulation Assessment Auditory Processing Disorder Central...
Speech and Language: Developmental Milestones Introduction There may be times when parents become concerned with the developmental milestones of their children. Since many parents do not have a frame of reference this Parent Teacher Conference...
Spina Bifida Table of Contents What is Spina Bifida? Is there any treatment? What is the prognosis? What research is being done? Organizations What is Spina Bifida? Spina bifida (SB) is a neural tube defect (a disorder involving incomplete...
Spinal Cord Injury What is Spinal Cord Injury? Spinal cord injury (SCI) occurs when a traumatic event results in damage to cells within the spinal cord or severs the nerve tracts that relay signals up and down the spinal cord. The most common...
What is spinal muscular atrophy? Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a group of hereditary diseases that progressively destroys motor neurons—nerve cells in the brain stem and spinal cord that control essential skeletal muscle activity such as...
Description: Springall Academy is a private, non-profit school for special education. Our purpose is to develop each individual’s academic, social abilities, and self-esteem to the point where a student may successfully re-enter the mainstream...
Description: Springall Academy is a private, non-profit school for special education. Our purpose is to develop each individual’s academic, social abilities, and self-esteem to the point where a student may successfully re-enter the mainstream...
St. Elizabeth School Description St. Elizabeth School is a nonpublic, coeducational special education Middle and High School located in Baltimore, Maryland that offers a graded diploma program (grades 9-12) and a non-graded certificate program...