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Those Who Suffer in Silence People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (DHH) are rarely considered to be people who suffer from a physical disability. Unlike a blind person who walks with the support of a cane or someone who uses a wheelchair, people who have difficulty...

Remote Learning Must Still Be Reckoned With Who would have imagined in March 2020, that a year later schools and daycares still wouldn’t be back to “normal?” At the time, no one thought that the pandemic would last more than a few months. And yet here we are. In a...

Benefits of Teaching Social Skills to Children It is widely understood that social skills learning increases a child’s positive behavior and reduces negative behavior. It effectively prevents a variety of problems such as substance abuse, violence, truancy, and...

Introduction Special education teachers find providing instruction through remote learning especially challenging. From establishing a routine to meeting social-emotional needs, to engaging students through their individualized learning modalities, there are several...

Self-Care Isn’t Optional Self-care has a variety of definitions. However, the common denominator amongst all of them is that self-care is all about nourishing ourselves—and is undeniably vital. As psychotherapist Emily Griffiths, LPC, said, “The opposite of self-care...

As online speech therapy and other remote therapies become increasingly popular, perhaps it’s time to ask, “Isn’t sacrificing client confidentiality through the online venue too high a price to pay?” Or you may be worried that since digital communications are more...

What is Cabin Fever? “Cabin Fever” is the term used to describe the psychological symptoms that many people experience when they are confined to their homes for extended periods. With people around the world in extended lockdowns and quarantined due to the COVID-19...

1. What are Compensatory Minutes? Compensatory Minutes are designed to help students regain what was lost due to their having been deprived of special education and related services. The exact nature of that compensatory education is highly specific, as it is tailored...

1. How to Better Engage in the Age of COVID “How can I get my clients to be as engaged virtually as they were in person?” That is a question that continues to be occupying the thoughts of many online professional groups since clinicians were thrust into online speech...