Every family is doing the best they can with the reality they are in. Full stop. I’ll say it again. Every family is doing the best they can with the reality they are in. Period. You may say, But, Jen, I have a family who **enter an atrocity adults enact upon children**. That family does …
Recently, after working with teachers on shifting our approach from punishing to teaching, a teacher in attendance emailed me saying, “At first, I wasn’t sure I was going to “buy in to it.”But the more I thought about it, the more compelled I felt.” Such a powerful statement and one I’ve thought about since. Let’s …
It’s that time of the semester again. Course evaluations. True confession time: I don’t actually read mine. I am far too thin skinned for that. I send them to a trusted friend who reads them, tells me the things I need to know to improve my teaching and the course, and we leave the rest …
Scrolling through social media, as I often mindlessly do, I am repeatedly reminded of the powerful educators with whom I am in community. It is not my community. It is a community in which I am a learning, growing, contributing member. These educators inspire me, motivate me, encourage me, and remind me of the change …
What is Special Education? When I began my undergraduate studies in Elementary and Special Education, I hoped to gain a deeper understanding of how to support students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) within the general education classroom. I viewed the work of special education as a fund of knowledge that I would utilize as a …
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