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Parent-led discussion enhances children's learning from television | Research News @ Va... - 0 views

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parents television

shared by Roger Holt on 08 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • Children learn more from television viewing when parents participate as they would during book reading, new research from Vanderbilt University finds. In a first-of-its-kind study, children showed significant gains in vocabulary and comprehension when parents asked them questions about the content, rather than simply parking them in front of the screen.
Sierra Boehm

*UPDATE* Temple Grandin Speaks About Autism - Bozeman - Mar. 5, 2013 - 0 views

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autism events Montana

shared by Sierra Boehm on 28 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • Sierra Boehm on 28 Jan 13
     
    *UPDATE* Due to overwhelming interest in Dr. Temple Grandin's upcoming visit on March 5, her evening talk locations have been moved to the Wilson School Auditorium, 404 W. Main Street, Bozeman, MT.  
     
    What:
    Hear Temple Grandin, PhD, speak on autism. Dr. Grandin will be hosted by MSU's Department of Animal & Range Sciences, and her autism talk is co-sponsored by the Montana INBRE and COBRE Programs. Dr. Grandin obtained her B.A. at Frankin Pierce College and her M.S. in Animal Science at Arizona State University. Dr. Grandin received her Ph.D in Animal Science from the University of Illinois in 1989. Today she teaches courses on livestock behaviour and facility design at Colorado State University and consults with the livestock industry on facility design, livestock handling, and animal welfare. She has appeared on television shows such as 20/20, 48 Hours, CNN Larry King Live, PrimeTime Live, 60 Minutes, the Today Show, and many shows in other countries. She has been featured in People Magazine, the New York Times, Forbes, U.S. News and World Report, Time Magazine, the New York Times book review, and Discover magazine. In 2010, Time Magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people. When:
    Tuesday, March 5, 2013
    8:00 pm - 9:30 pm Mountain Where:
    Wilson School Auditorium
    404 W. Main Street
    Bozeman, MT 59715 Cost:
    As before, the talks are free and open to the public. Tickets will no longer be required for either the animal science talk beginning at 6:00 PM, or the autism talk beginning at 8:00 PM.
Roger Holt

DTV Transition Survey Identifying Caption Problems - 0 views

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survey digital TV captioning

shared by Roger Holt on 12 Jun 09 - Cached
  • Roger Holt on 12 Jun 09
     
    Communication Services for the Deaf (CSD), in partnership with the National Center for Accessible Media at WGBH, the National Association of the Deaf, the Hearing Loss Association of America and a representative of the Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT), has developed a survey to address captioning issues following the nationwide conversion to digital television (DTV). CSD will compile the data and submit it to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for their review.
Roger Holt

HBO film looks at autism through mother's eyes - 0 views

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autism documentary

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  • Roger Holt on 02 Apr 10
     
    (Reuters) - A documentary narrated by actress Kate Winslet debuts on U.S. television Friday aiming to take audiences beyond narrow depictions of autism in films like "Rain Man" and expose them more broadly to the disability.
Terry Booth

Independent Lens: Lives Worth Living - Television (PBS) - Oct. 27, 2011 - 0 views

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Civil Rights disability Human Rights

shared by Terry Booth on 29 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • What: Fred Fay's life proves that one man can change the world, even though he has to lie flat on his back just to stay alive. LIVES WORTH LIVING looks at Fay's struggle to survive after a spinal cord injury and the small group of dedicated activists who formed the Disability Rights Movement to drive the nation towards equal rights. When: Thursday, October 27, 2011 10:00pm on local PBS affiliate
Roger Holt

Gazette opinion: Montana's future depends on raising fit kids - 0 views

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montana Children

shared by Roger Holt on 23 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Children in Montana are more likely than their fellow American kids to engage in physical activity daily, spend less time watching television or playing video games and are less likely to have a television in their rooms. Thirty-two percent of U.S. children ages 10 to 17 are overweight or obese, compared with 26 percent of Montana children. This information comes from the 2007 National Survey of Children’s Health, which included telephone interviews with 1,800 Montana households.
Roger Holt

Woog's World / A special designer for special-needs kids - Westport News - 0 views

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design special needs

shared by Roger Holt on 11 Dec 12 - No Cached
  • Her career blossomed, with residential and commercial design work. At the same time, she began watching home improvement shows on television. She realized there was important work to be done in designing -- or redesigning -- spaces for children like her son. And for those with other special needs, whether physical disabilities or challenges like autism, the key word, Schutte says, is "functionality."
Roger Holt

Miss Montana: Autism doesn't define me - CNN.com - 0 views

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Montana autism

shared by Roger Holt on 17 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • (CNN) -- I knew there had to be a reason my family and I went through tough days together. I didn't understand why then, but the past couple of weeks have put so much into perspective. The lonely days of pacing around my kitchen seemed like some of the longest days of my life. If anyone had told me then that I would be wearing a crown, an evening gown, heels and a swimsuit in front of a live audience with bright lights and television cameras hovering around, I'd have been the first one to dismiss it. I realize now that even my toughest days pale in comparison to the toughest days of others living with an autism spectrum disorder. I've been given this opportunity to use my voice for those who don't have one or have yet to find theirs.
Sierra Boehm

How My Autistic Son Got Lost in the Public School System - 0 views

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autism

shared by Sierra Boehm on 18 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • The waiting room was loud and chaotic. Toddlers were stacking blocks, then squealing with excitement as they knocked them over and watched them fall. Baby toys were chiming and buzzing. A cartoon was blaring on the television mounted above us. My son Henry (not his real name) was not playing with the other children. He was nestled in my lap, quietly leafing through a picture book. My winter coat partially enshrouded him from the bedlam encircling us. When we were finally called in, our pediatrician examined Henry physically and declared him a healthy 15-month-old. Then she began to ask me a lot of questions about his behavior.
Roger Holt

With 'World Of Jenks,' MTV Tackles Transition - Disability Scoop - 0 views

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autism transition television

shared by Roger Holt on 01 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • MTV is putting a spotlight on the ups and downs facing those with disabilities as they transition to adulthood, with a documentary-style series following a 21-year-old with autism.
Roger Holt

Beauty Queen With Autism Vies For Miss America Title - Disability Scoop - 0 views

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Montana autism

shared by Roger Holt on 08 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • The reigning Miss Montana, Wineman arrived in Las Vegas last week for the Miss America pageant with her parents and two sisters — one of them her twin — after a two-and-a-half-day drive from her hometown of Cut Bank, Mont. A week of interviews and competitions kicked off Monday ahead of the televised pageant Saturday at 9 p.m. ET on ABC.
Roger Holt

Golden Triangle News > Cut Bank Pioneer Press > News > Miss Montana captures attention ... - 0 views

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Montana autism

shared by Roger Holt on 09 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • “The Road to Miss America,” is what ABC’s 20/20 television show is calling their Jan. 12 program about the women of the upcoming 2013 Miss America pageant. Eleven women will be featured, including Cut Bank’s own Alexis Wineman, who is representing Montana at this year’s Miss America competition.
Roger Holt

Our ignorance of learning disabilities - Class Struggle - The Washington Post - 0 views

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Learning Disabilities

shared by Roger Holt on 04 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Raising the achievement of students with learning disabilities is hard, expensive, controversial and complex. School systems must pay private school tuition for students they can’t adequately serve. Educators and parents sometimes disagree on what methods to use. Education writers like me rarely deal with the subject because it is difficult to explain and lacks many success stories. That explains in part why learning disabilities are so poorly understood, as revealed by a remarkable survey just released by the nonprofit National Center for Learning Disabilities. The representative sampling of 2,000 Americans provides a rare look at the depths of our ignorance. Forty-three percent believe that learning disabilities correlate with IQ. Fifty-five percent think that corrective eyewear can treat certain learning disabilities. Twenty-two percent believe that learning disabilities can be caused by spending too much time watching computer or television screens. All of those impressions are wrong.
Roger Holt

Transition Focus Of New Documentary On PBS - Disability Scoop - 0 views

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transition autism PBS

shared by Roger Holt on 08 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • A documentary following a special-education teacher as she prepares her students with autism to leave high school and enter adult life is set for its national television debut. The film “Best Kept Secret” examines the transition process through the eyes of teacher Janet Mino and her six students at John F. Kennedy High School in Newark, N.J. over the year-and-a-half prior to their graduation in the spring of 2012.
Roger Holt

The Future of Universal Design | Disability.Blog - 0 views

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universal Design

shared by Roger Holt on 05 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • Universal design (UD) is an idea that developed in the mid-1990s as advocates of making buildings and products accessible to people with disabilities realized that these features often had benefits for a broader population. Examples include curb ramps, automated doors, closed captioning in television sets and accessibility features for computer operating systems.
Roger Holt

State Legislative Candidates Discuss Disabilities - KULR-8 Television, Billings, MT - 0 views

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montana candidates disabilities

shared by Roger Holt on 18 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • BILLINGS - State Legislative candidates gather at MSU Billings City College to hear about the issues surrounding citizens with disabilities.
Terry Booth

Eustacia Cutler: Raising Temple Grandin -- Our Family - Webinar - Aug. 3, 2010 - 0 views

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Autism webinar

shared by Terry Booth on 07 Jun 10 - Cached
  • Eustacia Cutler is the mother of four children. Her oldest child is Temple Grandin, who is known as the most  successful person with autism in the world today. Eustacia is a graduate of Harvard. She has been a band singer at the Pierre Hotel, New York City, performed and written for theater and cabaret, and written documentaries on disabilities for major television networks. Her current book, "A Thorn in My Pocket" describes raising Temple in the conservative world of the 1950’s. Eustacia was one of the first to tread new territory as she overcame the difficulties of "challenging the system." Like every parent, she wanted the best for her child. She understands the myth, reality, angst, and guilt a family experiences in society. She is where you will be in the future: looking back on the things you did to help your child.  When the “system” is not meeting the needs of your child, you must be creative and design your own program. Piece by piece, you and your child can develop a meaningful, interrelated reality. Eustacia will inspire you to reach beyond your current resources and make it work for you and your child.
Roger Holt

FCTD - Sep 2009 - Assistive Technology - 0 views

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assistive technology Newsletter fctd

shared by Roger Holt on 01 Oct 09 - Cached
  • “Nobody Is Too ‘Anything’ to Read, Write or Communicate” The late news broadcaster Walter Cronkite catalogued the ills of the world every night for television viewers. But through the cataract of daily despair he always glimpsed a reason to hope, to be joyful about the possibilities of the moment and beyond. For the tens of millions of viewers who watched his coverage of the first lunar landing 40 years ago that enthusiasm reached out from their TV sets, when, at the moment of human touchdown on the surface of the moon, Cronkite shed his cloak of objectivity and exuberantly exclaimed, “Oh, boy!”
  • Despite the many daily challenges that confront them in their sphere, members of school district assistive technology teams nationwide share Cronkite’s enthusiasm for the vast potential of technology to change the lives of individuals with disabilities. Sure, the struggles AT team members face are daunting: lack of time and money; too many pre-service and in-service teachers without sufficient AT training; funding-strapped districts that are sometimes reluctant to approve teams’ AT recommendations for individual students; the reluctance of some districts to accept AT’s viability, and a continuing belief in a few education quarters that some children with disabilities may never learn to read and write. Fortunately, among district AT team members – speech-language pathologists (SLP’s), occupational therapists (OT’s) and others – the technology flame burns brighter than ever. Their enthusiasm still bubbles. Their thirst for information about the latest technology developments that may aid their district’s children is unquenched. And their conviction that no child is too disabled to read or write remains not only ironclad but often translates into a hard-won happy reality for the children with whom they work.
Roger Holt

Reading Rockets: Reading and the Brain - 0 views

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reading PBS video television

shared by Roger Holt on 12 Mar 10 - Cached
  • What happens when neuroscience meets Dr. Seuss? Hosted by Henry Winkler, who has had his own struggles with reading, Reading and the Brain explores how brain scientists are working to solve the puzzle of why some children struggle to read and others don't. Startling new research shows the answer may lie in how a child's brain is wired from birth. This program is the eighth episode of Launching Young Readers, WETA's award–winning series of innovative half-hour programs about how children learn to read, why so many struggle, and what we can do to help.
Roger Holt

LD OnLine :: Captioned Media: Literacy Support for Diverse Learners - 0 views

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reading Learning Disabilities captioning

shared by Roger Holt on 12 Apr 10 - Cached
  • In a typical classroom, a teacher may find many students who are struggling readers, whether they are beginning readers, students with language-based learning disabilities, or students who are English language learners (ELLs). One motivating, engaging and inexpensive way to help build the reading skills of students is through the use of closed captioned and subtitled television shows and movies.
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