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Many special education teachers are getting nervous because they have not had training in the new common core standards. They will be evaluated as their students reach the individual learning objectives, derived from the common core standards. They may be similar to IEP goals, but are not necessarily the same.Teachers who are responsible for the ...

I agree that there needs to be a good rapport between the student and the teacher. Colleagues have said to me, ''...how did you get him to do that?...''   A psychiatrist working with the program I taught in once said, ''bypass the behaviors and see where they are coming from''. Change the antecedent or what the child reacts to, ...

This is an excerpt from my article, “When Children Fail in School: What Teachers and Parents Need to Know about Learned Helplessness.” You can read the complete article, plus 50+ articles in psycho-education and in alternative teaching techniques to build low academic skills on my blog, “The Psycho-Educational Teacher.” Learned ...