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Mental Health First Aid training for school staff

"The human voice appears to trigger pleasure circuits in the brains of typical kids, but not children with autism, a Stanford University team reports. The finding could explain why many children with autism seem indifferent to spoken words."

"Individuals who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and their families have new expectations for life after high school, including attending college, becoming employed, managing personal assistance services and transportation, and having intimate relations. However, the vocabulary needed to support these socially-valued adult roles is frequently not be available in pre-programmed devices nor in commonly used visual symbol systems. This website contains vocabulary needed to participate in 8 socially-valued adult roles: * College Life * Emergency Preparedness * Employment * Sexuality, Intimacy, and Sex * Reporting Crime and Abuse * Managing Personal Assistance Services * Managing Health Care, and * Using Transportation "

"The Communication Matrix is an assessment tool designed to pinpoint exactly how an individual is communicating and to provide a framework for determining logical communication goals. It was first published in 1990 and was revised in 1996 and 2004 by Dr. Charity Rowland of Oregon Health & Science University. It was designed primarily for speech-language pathologists and educators to use to document the expressive communication skills of children who have severe or multiple disabilities, including children with sensory, motor and cognitive impairments."

EncycloMedia.com™ is a free video encyclopedia that covers everything you need to know or want to learn. If your passion is entertainment, fitness, health, history, nature, people, science, spirituality, religion, or travel - free video encyclopedia provides the access you need. And if you'd like to take a break and have a little fun, we have free videos that will make you laugh too."

"Operation: Resilient Planet puts students on a mission to investigate the health of our environment and discover how to protect our planet's ecosystems. Students will visit some of Earth's most diverse ecosystems to uncover the mysteries of our planet. Through their Missions, students will: * Work side by side with host researchers such as Bob Ballard and Sylvia Earle Images from Operation: Resilient Planet * Join the Argonaut Team as they snorkel over a coral reef in the Gulf of Mexico * Investigate alien invaders in the Great Lakes * Protect whales in the Atlantic Ocean * Discover why there are so many sharks on the reefs of Hawaii"

This project has been produced by the Consortium for Children and Youth with Disabilities and Special Health Care Needs and an interdisciplinary team of AT and Telehealth experts across the country. The interdisciplinary team designing this AT curriculum is comprised of experts in the fields of informational technology, assistive technology, telehealth, rehabilitation engineering, and service provision. The team consists of includes Rachel Brady, Toby Long, Jean Minkle, Penny Reed, John Richards, Mike Rosen, Steve Sulzbacher, and Joy Zabala.

"The Communication Matrix is an assessment tool designed to pinpoint exactly how an individual is communicating and to provide a framework for determining logical communication goals. It was first published in 1990 and was revised in 1996 and 2004 by Dr. Charity Rowland of Oregon Health & Science University. It was designed primarily for speech-language pathologists and educators to use to document the expressive communication skills of children who have severe or multiple disabilities, including children with sensory, motor and cognitive impairments."

"Institutions of higher education are experiencing major shifts in pedagogy with teaching approaches that focus on student centered learning and increased access for learners who face challenges due to social, economic and cultural pressures. The traditional lecture based, face-to-face classroom is not as viable in light of information technology and learning tools offered by online instruction. More learners are participating in expanded learning communities unrestricted by geographical location and time restraints with more flexible access to content anytime and anywhere. The demographic composition of the college student population is shifting in response to economic, social, educational, health and political changes in the United States. In addition to students with disabilities, English language learners, and ethnic and racial minorities, other forms of diversity need to be considered in the classroom including gender, class, age, employment status, race and culture and family and work related responsibilities. Meeting the needs of these students is critical to insuring they have equitable access and opportunities to participate in higher education"

What Makes Mentor Relationships Successful

"Most recently, Dr Ratey has penned, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain published by Little Brown. In Spark, Dr. Ratey guides the reader to an understanding of neurobiology and inspires the reader to reach for their potential, and embrace exercise that is crucial for the brain and body to operate at peak performance."

Karen Erickson's observation forms for visiting their model classrooms. "# Read about some of the key activities that will be observed in the classrooms: * Shared Reading * Self-Selected Reading * Self-Selected Writing # Download the three guided observation forms for the above activities. Visitors will need to bring these forms to the visit. Visitors will use these forms to guide their observation of shared reading, self-selected reading and self-selected writing. The forms are organized by the key components and steps of the lessons with places to take notes, as well as places to jot down questions for the teacher. In order to make the time as productive as possible, these completed forms will be used to structure the discussion with the teacher /after/ the lesson. When the school visit is over, the observation forms can be a valuable lesson planner for visitors who want to implement these activities in their own classrooms. * Shared Reading Guided Observation Form * Self-Selected Reading Guided Observation Form * Self-Selected Writing Guided Observation Form"

Interactive activities appropriate for Preschool - high school, all content areas