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Steve Bigaj

Rising Concerns About Childhood Anxiety | New Hampshire Public Radio - 0 views

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    "Childhood has always had its fears - from monsters under the bed, to sleep-away camp, to schoolyard bullies. But normal jitters, about these and other childhood challenges, become an issue when they interfere with regular activities, from riding the bus to going to bed at night. And this kind of debilitating anxiety seems to be on the rise: now affecting close to 1 in 5  kids"
Andrea MacMurray

From High School to College - The Transition - Student.com Articles - 0 views

  • High school was a breeze, you aced exams, graduated at the top percentile of your class, and you were a natural. You feel in touch and aware of your academic abilities
  • often away from your parents, free to make your own decisions, decisions often based on new peer pressure
  • isolated
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  • major move to a new location,
  • depression, anxiety, and other psychological changes you may have not been aware of or prepared for.
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    Transitioning from high school to college is a huge transition. For many it is an exciting time but for others it is the fear of the unknown. You go from your parents being in charge of your everyday life to you being the sole oerson in charge. You suddenly have to be organized and in charge of not only your own learning but your living quarters. To be successful in college you need to make social connections, use the school they have resources to help you. This is a great resource to use with seniors in high school or juniors preparing to go to school. This gives them a taste of what to expect and that is okay to feel anxious and scared. Those are valid feelings but know who to contact at the school who can support you such as a RA or guidance. Schools have many resources discover them before you really need them so that you are prepared and feel secure that they are there if and when you need them.
Andrea MacMurray

Education Week: Assistive-Tech Connections - 0 views

  • facilitate better communication between parents and teachers of children with autism and provide more affordable, higher-quality education to those students.
  • Autism, a developmental disorder that can impair communication and social-interaction skills
  • struggles in school both academically and socially, forcing schools to find better ways to help them cope.
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  • The idea is that if you can show progress to the parents, and they can see how the child is doing, it creates a more effective communication system and reduces anxiety
  • reduces the amount of time special education teachers have to spend on paperwork,
  • provides a database of resources, lessons, and intervention strategies for teachers of students with autism. “We wanted to use the technology to help the teachers,” says Kevin Custer, the chief
  • “Computers and video games are not going to teach a kid with autism how to interact socially.”
  • “Children with autism like to look at videos and TVs over and over again,” she says, which can be an effective way of conveying information, but, she says, “my fear always with technology is that by the very nature of autism, [the students] find it easier to interact with inanimate things rather than with people.”
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    This article focuses on children with autism. Children with autism typically have communication and social needs. Technology can assist in the communication needs but the author warns against using technology to teach social skills. This is due to the fact that a computer is not a real person. To teach social skills children need to be interacting with other people. It is all about creating a balance. This reitterates the fact that no child autism or not is the same. Not one thing is going to work for all. Through having this resource and using co-workers, parents, etc... as resources we can better meet the needs of all students. Not one particular learning experience will meet the needs of all students. We as teachers need to vary the methods we use to teach depending on our individual students.
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