How to Be a Good Communication Partner
Here are 5 simple strategies students can use to be more inclusive of classmates with communication disorders.
Communication
Intergenerational Learning: A Way for Everyone to Shine
For the past nine years, Grade 6 students in Saskatoon, SK, have applied for a coveted program that sees them learning and growing with elders on a daily basis.
A Cooperative Approach: SLPs Turn to Classroom Teachers for Support
Collaborating is a major trend in the SLP world, with K–12 general education teachers and speech-language pathologists frequently working together to support their students.
Living Language: A New Vision for Teaching Grammar
In the K–12 setting, grammar instruction can be tedious and demoralizing. Too often it becomes an exercise in red-lining students' mistakes.
Failure to Communicate: Ending School Violence
What can be done when facing violence in the classroom? There is no one right answer. It often depends on the student and their individual needs.
The End of Discipline in the Classroom
The current thinking on discipline is preemptive, rather than reactive. Change how you run your classroom, experts suggest, and discipline issues will no longer be a problem.
Meet the Parents: Navigating Tricky Waters
Most parents are rational, reasonable, and respectful, but it’s those high maintenance ones that every teacher dreads. And the situation seems to be worsening each year.
Group Work Communication Apps
These apps and websites can help students maintain productivity while exchanging their work and discussing their projects.
Suspending Suspensions
A growing chorus of educators and researchers have lately come together to urge schools away from suspension as a way to tame repeat classroom offenders.
Interrupting and Other “Bad” Class Behaviours
If students are misbehaving in class, there's usually a reason behind that behaviour. It’s an educator’s job to figure out what's going on and find a solution with the student.