…by the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) in Northampton, MA. At Mount Tom, Barbara works with students who have struggled in traditional educational settings. Students entering Mount Tom Academy have…
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Understanding and Addressing Young Children’s Challenging Behaviors
…Information on brain development, the importance of healthy social emotional development, and the impact of trauma will all be discussed in the context of understanding and addressing young children’s behaviors….
MOEC Highlights Work of Collaboratives to Support Student Mental Health
…of the event was “Social Emotional Wellness: Building Resilience.” The symposium featured presentations by field experts discussing unique topics in mental health and wellness to support students and educators. Topics…
Area officials respond to governor’s order students won’t return to regular classrooms
…end of June was already written into the district’s memorandum of understanding with its staff, Sullivan said, so classes will continue as they have been. Superintendent Jordana Harper said students…
Fond farewell: Bittersweet final day at Cheshire Elementary
…retiring paraprofessional, Linda Giroux, with a special ceremony. The day was a reminder of not only the “kind of school we are,” Bachli told staff and students, “but the kind…
Assessment for Reading Instruction
Required for License(s): Moderate Disabilities – Initial Reading Specialist The focus of this course is the assessment of what students identified with reading and/or writing difficulties understand about the reading…
Grant Will Boost College’s Efforts To Teach Disability History in Rural Communities
…citizens, in New Hampshire, Iowa, and Texas. Disabled veterans; almshouses / poor farms; county homes; centers for independent living; schools for deaf, blind, and deaf-blind students; students with intellectual disabilities;…
Back to school: Dual enrollment, early college programs a boon for area high schoolers
…explained that there are actually three distinct programs in the state that offer different experiences to students — traditional, early college and inclusive concurrent enrollment for students with intellectual disabilities….
Green Room 21st Century Community Learning Center after school program continues to thrive
…says Sullivan. On this Tuesday, some students move to Gamesmithing. Program Leader Anna Hartmann works with students playing Poetry for Neanderthals, a tabletop game which exercises students’ ELA skills and…
Art Inspires at HEC Academy
…is a public day special education program in Northampton, supporting local districts and students with a small school learning environment for high school aged students with learning disabilities, and/or social,…