#spedchat: Learning Differently

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.

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In this segment, we get an overview of the resources that are available to students who learn differently.

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June Behrmann is retired for about two seconds from teaching students with special needs, from mild to severe. Instead, she goes prospecting for accessible learning materials to share on the AIM-VA blog with hopes that information and resources will help learners who struggle to read books in print, stay on grade, and meet their learning standards.

Our guest leads an innovative organization that brings together teachers, parents and students to support those who learn differently.

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Laura Maloney is the Executive Director of Parents Education Network, a national coalition of parents collaborating with students, educators and the community to help bring academic and life success to students with learning and attention differences. Laura herself is a dyslexia learner and was diagnosed with ADHD in her 40's.

As the the law commonly known as No Child Left Behind is being amended, we look at what policy changes are in store for children who learn differently.

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Lindsay E. Jones, Esq. is the director of public policy and advocacy for the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD). She leads a team that designs and implements NCLD’s legislative strategy in Washington, DC, aimed at advancing government policies that support the success of individuals with learning and attention issues in school, at work and in life. She also develops advocacy campaigns and works closely with NCLD’s grassroots network of committed parents.

As the the law commonly known as No Child Left Behind is being amended, we look at what policy changes are in store for children who learn differently.

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Lindsay E. Jones, Esq. is the director of public policy and advocacy for the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD). She leads a team that designs and implements NCLD’s legislative strategy in Washington, DC, aimed at advancing government policies that support the success of individuals with learning and attention issues in school, at work and in life. She also develops advocacy campaigns and works closely with NCLD’s grassroots network of committed parents.

Our guest has deeply explored the use of Chromebooks as an assistive tool for students who learn differently. In this segment he shares the unique benefits he discovered.

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Mike Marotta, ATP - AT Specialist, Inclusive Technology Solutions, LLC. Mike is a RESNA Certified Assistive Technology Professional who has been providing AT evaluations and training to individuals with all disabilities for over 25 years. Mike is a nationally and internationally recognized presenter as well as an Adjunct Professor at Felician College and California State University, Northridge.

In this segment we discuss why it's important to allow autistic children to learn at their own pace and strategies to help make this happen.

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Martha Gabler, B.A., M.A. and her husband are the parents of two boys. The younger one, now 18 years old, was diagnosed at age 3 as having severe autism and being profoundly non-verbal. She is the author of Chaos to Calm: Discovering Solutions to the Everyday Problems of Living with Autism

and Behavior Basics: A Primer for Autism Parents.

The world of assistive technology has changed profoundly, but some fundamentals remain the same. Learn more...

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Karen Janowski is an Assistive Technology Consultant in the Greater Boston area who is passionate about supporting struggling learners using Universal Design and appropriate technologies.

Our guest has spent over 30 years working with students who learn differently. In this segment we talk about how the field of special education got started, how far it has come and the road ahead.

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Jeffrey Benson is the author of the book "Hanging In--Strategies for Teaching the Children Who Challenge Us Most." His career is highlighted by over 30 years of direct teaching and administration of school programs for students who have struggled.

Our guest in this segment is both a teacher of special needs students and the parent of a special needs child. She shares with us what she's learned about the role of expectations in the process of working with children who learn differently.

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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.