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Category: Education
Teacher’s Convention 2016
Myrtle Beach 2016 This past week, I was able to attend the annual teacher’s convention in Myrtle Beach with my colleagues. The last time our school went to Myrtle Beach for the Southeast Christian School Association, I had just been diagnosed with a recurrence of breast cancer. My presentation on ADHD was already prepared, but I would not be…
One Size Does NOT Fit All! Differentiating Education: Including Special Needs Children in the Regular Classroom
Differentiated education is a relatively new term for a style of teaching that describes instruction that includes a variety of methods for teaching and accessing all learners. Every year teachers are presented with a new classroom full of students. Some of the challenges each year will be similar to others we have encountered, but the…
Parenting with the Ten Commandments: Thou Shalt Not Steal
The Memory Dump I teach a Bible class to foreign exchange students, and last month I went through the Ten Commandments. In the middle of my explanation of the Eighth Commandment, my mind pulled out a memory from about 45 years ago. I read somewhere recently that the reason we have so few memories of…
Invisible Learning Disabilities
Children come in all shapes and sizes, colors and shades, abilities and disabilities. Some of their differences are visible at first glance, but their most important differences are under the surface, hidden from view. What kinds of disabilities are obvious? Downs Syndrome, Vision Impairment, Hearing Impairment, Cerebral Palsy, etc… What kinds of disabilities are invisible?…
Not What I Had in Mind – How I Ended Up in Special Education
Nineteen years is a long time! I had to use both hands – twice! – to count up the number of years that I have been teaching. The fact that I’m a teacher at all is a surprise to me! While cleaning out a closet recently, I came across a paper that I had penned…