#spedchat: Learning Differently

Join us as we discuss assistive technology that can help students who learn differently become confident readers. Follow: @iplante @schoolhealth @julesteaches @bamradionetwork

Jules Csillag is a licensed speech-language pathologist who has worked in a variety of settings throughout New York City. She is the author of Differentiated Reading Instruction: Strategies and Technology Tools to Help All Students Improve.

Join us as we deconstruct and debunk some of the misguided ideas around student motivation.

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For over 40 years, Rick Lavoie has served as a teacher and administrator at residential special education programs. Currently Rick is sharing what he learned over those years as a consultant to school systems and universities. Rick is the author of 6 educational dvds and 2 books dealing with children who struggle and the adults who live with and/or teach them, including The Motivation Breakthrough: 6 Secrets to Turning On the Tuned Out Child.

Join us as we deconstruct and debunk some of the misguided ideas around student motivation.

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For over 40 years, Rick Lavoie has served as a teacher and administrator at residential special education programs. Currently Rick is sharing what he learned over those years as a consultant to school systems and universities. Rick is the author of 6 educational dvds and 2 books dealing with children who struggle and the adults who live with and/or teach them, including The Motivation Breakthrough: 6 Secrets to Turning On the Tuned Out Child.

Education experts and pediatricians have maintained a "no-screen-time" policy for children below the age of two. Learn how the guidelines are being modified.

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Change can be particularly challenging for people with autism. Join us as we talk with a transition specialist who is also a parent of two kids with autism.

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Linda Mastroianni is founder, writer, editor and blogger of www.SpeakingAutism.ca She is a certified life coach providing consulting services on many issues such as special education, life skills, aging out of the school system, employment programs and more.

Our guest astutely observed that most teachers were not trained to handle the sensitive conversations often involved in teaching special education. Here, she offers practical guidelines.

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Jennifer Abrams is a communications consultant, author of Having Hard Conversations, The Multigenerational Workplace, and the upcoming Hard Conversations Unpacked (Jan 2016). She is a speaker and 'voice coach' helping others find their voice around what matters.

When dyslexia is misunderstood, or worse, discounted the impact is harmful to many. We talk with the producer of a film that is opening eyes and minds.

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Kyle Redford has been an educator for over 25 years. She currently teaches at Marin Country Day School and is the Education Editor for The Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity.

Our guest has deep experience as a parent of two children with special needs. She eventually started a career in the field, working to build communities of support.

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Deborah Lynam is currently the Director of Community Engagement at Learning Ally and a member of NJ DOE's State Special Education Advisory Council. She is an active participant in the growing network of statewide parent-led grassroots movements called Decoding Dyslexia. Two of her three children are dyslexic and receiving services through their local public school district.

Our guest has deep experience as a parent of two children with special needs. She eventually started a career in the field, working to build communities of support.

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Deborah Lynam is currently the Director of Community Engagement at Learning Ally and a member of NJ DOE's State Special Education Advisory Council. She is an active participant in the growing network of statewide parent-led grassroots movements called Decoding Dyslexia. Two of her three children are dyslexic and receiving services through their local public school district.

Our guest has children with learning disabilities which led to her interest in advocacy. She is now a professional advocate who shares with parents how to organize and find support.

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Lyn Pollard is the parent advocacy manager for the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD). She works with the NCLD’s Policy and Advocacy team and with the Understood.org team to connect parents to resources and education about raising children with learning and attention issues. Pollard’s writing about her own journey as a parent advocate has appeared on Parents.com, Parenting.com and other outlets.

Twitter @LynPollard