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www.edupr.com
Learning and the Brain
Provides information for conferences and news and events related to
brain research and learning.
http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com
Discovery Education’s resource for educators including video streaming,
curricular resources, professional development and assessment pieces.
www.kennedykrieger.org
Kennedy Krieger Institute Baltimore, MD
Kennedy
Krieger Institute is an internationally recognized facility dedicated to
improving the lives of children and adolescents with pediatric
developmental disabilities through patient care, special education,
research, and professional training.
The
website describes diagnosed disorders and definitions, symptoms,
research and available treatment programs.
http://www.devcogneuro.com/
Dr. Adele Diamond,
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience,
the University of British Columbia.
There is a section on useful information for links dealing with special
needs and links to help teachers and parents gain access and
information.
www.braingym.org/
Brain
Gym® International is committed to the principle that moving with
intention leads to optimal learning.
www.bamradionetwork.com/
Bam!radio – the voice of the education community
BAM!
is an acronym for "body and mind." BAM! Radio was conceived in 2007 on
the premise that the key to success in life for children and youth is
nurturing a healthy mind in a healthy body, and that the two are
connected. So to put children on the right track it's critical to
nurture both. The website offers information for parents, teachers and
directors.
http://www.mscd.edu/extendedcampus/toolsofthemind/
Tools of the Mind – A Focus on Self Regulation
Metropolitan State College of Denver
http://www.alertprogram.com/
The ALERT Program – How Does Your Engine Run? A self-regulation program
helping students, parents and teachers promote self-regulation.
www.addvance.com - Answers to your Questions about ADD (ADHD)
Dr. Patricia O. Quinn, Developmental Pediatrician specializing in ADD
and ADHD with a special emphasis in females.
http://www.danielwillingham.com - Professor of Cognitive Psychology
at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
His work on education; radio.tv podcasts, videos, articles, and his
recent book, Why Students Don’t Like School are listed.
www.psych.rochester.edu/SDT/
Dr. Edward L. Deci, the University of Rocherster
This site provides information regarding
Self-Determination Theory (SDT).
This is a
theory of motivation.
It is concerned with supporting our natural or intrinsic tendencies to
behave in effective and healthy ways.
www.braintargetedteaching.org
Johns
Hopkins University School of Education. This is an instructional model
based on the tenets of research-based effective instruction of the arts
into content at all grade levels.
http://www.rti4success.org/
Response
to intervention
integrates assessment and intervention within a multi-level prevention
system to maximize student achievement and to reduce behavior problems.
With RTI, schools identify students at risk for poor learning outcomes,
monitor student progress, provide evidence-based interventions and
adjust the intensity and nature of those interventions depending on a
student’s responsiveness, and identify students with learning
disabilities or other disabilities.
www.responsiveclassroom.org
The
Responsive Classroom is an approach to elementary teaching that
emphasizes social, emotional, and academic growth in a strong and safe
school community. The goal is to enable optimal student learning.
www.ricklavoie.com/
A web site with information and inspiration for parents and teachers of
children with learning disabilities.
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