@Kateinclusive

Mom of 3 sweet humans; Special Educator passionate about inclusive educational practices and the value of learning differences. All means All ❤️

 San Jose, CA
Joined August 2017
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Please listen to @ehanford's immensely important podcast Sold a Story: features.apmreports.org/sold…. It's the story of how we taught reading wrong for decades to millions of kids bc we believed what was pleasant to believe not what was true about learning.
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More than 650 teachers sign a response to the letter about Sold a Story signed by Calkins and other ed professors, authors and curriculum developers last week. "As teachers, we have seen it with our own eyes." righttoreadproject.com/2022/…

For the Students We Wish We’d Taught Better

This Letter Was Originally Published in The Hechinger Report To the Editor:  Re OPINION: A call for rejecting the newest reading wars Nov. 18, 2022 We are teachers who were sold the very story…

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Why Gen-Ed Teachers Are Essential for Special Education noodle.com/articles/why-gen-… We are all teachers. Now, let's teach some kids!
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"Fundamentally neurodiversity emphasizes the collective strength inherent in cognitive diversity (Chapman, 2020) and that this strength arises from all kinds of differences, including those associated with autism, ID or language impairment" (Kapp, 2020). frontiersin.org/articles/10.…

Frontiers | Autistic Self-Advocacy and the Neurodiversity Movement: Implications for Autism Early...

Over the past two decades, the growth of autistic self-advocacy and the neurodiversity movement has brought about new ethical, theoretical and ideological de...

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“With authentic inclusive education, students do not have to ‘fit into’ the preexisting conditions of the class. Rather, the classroom and school environments are designed to provide the supports and structures that every student needs to succeed." #quotes #inclusion
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“We don’t always succeed in what we try—certainly not by the world’s standards—but I think you’ll find it’s the willingness to keep trying that matters most.”
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Trading ‘Please focus’ for ‘How are you?’: A listening strategy that’s helping some teachers improve the classroom experience kqed.org/mindshift/59477/tra…

Trading ‘Please focus’ for ‘How are you?’: A listening strategy that’s helping some teachers...

Cogenerative dialogues are helping students and teachers better understand one another and reach common goals.

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A new study found kids who used one of the world's most widely used reading intervention programs did worse on exams than those who didn't use it — another hit to its credibility after cognitive scientists refuted its central theory. n.pr/3MRnhA2
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Kids learn as much from guided play as from direct instruction, report finds edsource.org/?page_id=669638 via @edsource

UPDATE: Kids learn as much from guided play as from direct instruction, report finds

The latest education news updates from EdSource.

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Shout out to Union’s own Dr. Lauren Barker on her amazing contributions to Dr. Feifer’s new book. The Neuropsychology of Reading Disorders. @usdlearns @mary_katayama @SJellin @USDsped
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Why some California school districts are changing how students earn grades      edsource.org/?page_id=664226 via @edsource

Why some California school districts are changing how students earn grades     

Dropping D's and F's and working with students to master the material is seen as a way to improve learning and boost equity.

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Union Sped Team CareBears: Inclusion Bear, Behavior Bear, Kindness Bear, Sped Funding Bear, and Compliance Bear, Upstander Bear ❤️ and Wylder the Fox
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Halloween parade fun 👻
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Temple Grandin urges parents and educators to expose children with autism to a range of experiences news.yahoo.com/temple-grandi… via @Yahoo

Temple Grandin urges parents and educators to expose autistic children to a range of experiences

Temple Grandin has co-written a new book, “Navigating Autism,” in which she argues it's too easy to use the autism label to define a person on the spectrum. She urges exposing kids to many experien...

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"Outcomes for CA SWD (students with disabilities) were among the lowest in all 50 states." -CA statewide task force. CA also maintains one of the lowest inclusion rates nationally. (and highest caseloads) edpolicyinca.org/publication… via @edpolicyinca

PACE - Promising Policies to Address the Needs of Students with Disabilities

This report discusses the challenges California faces in improving educational outcomes for students with disabilities (SWDs) and how inclusion in general education classrooms has positive benefits....

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Good Morning America: Create Awareness for Phelan-McDermid Syndrome International Awareness Day on October 22 - Sign the Petition! chng.it/ZHfZfcSg via @Change @JoannaKentMe

Sign the Petition

Create Awareness for Phelan-McDermid Syndrome International Awareness Day on October 22

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