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Towards Kinder San Antonio Schools: Data on Local Districts’ SPED Performance

September 30, 2020hallmonitor Leave a Comment

When a family is choosing a new home, moving to a new city, or even just looking to change schools after a negative experience, they have ample tools at hand. Great Schools, Niche, and state accountability ratings can tell a… Continue Reading →

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Who Gets SPED Services in Texas? A Special Education Data Analysis

September 16, 2020hallmonitor Leave a Comment

After this summer’s racial reckoning, it should surprise exactly no one that special education services are among the things affected by systemic racism and implicit bias.  An open records request of Texas public schools 2019–2020 special education services disaggregated by… Continue Reading →

Parenting

Can Reading Cure ADHD? It’s More Complicated Than That

August 26, 2020hallmonitor 1 Comment
boy lying on belly on floor and reading book

In 2018, I delved into my first special education story. With no understanding of the learning curve ahead of me, I sat down in a room with a group of parents at IDEA Mays, and listened to them tell me… Continue Reading →

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Evidence-Based Literacy Instruction

August 12, 2020hallmonitor Leave a Comment
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Numerous studies have now shown that the way millions of American children are taught to read is not actually making them fluent readers. It is, instead, leading to lifelong learning struggles and, in some cases, the need for special education… Continue Reading →

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Identifying Hearing Loss in Children, and Finding Help From Friends

July 28, 2020hallmonitor 1 Comment
little boy holding ear with surprised look on his face

“These headphones aren’t working,” nine-year-old Jeremiah Ryan said to his mom, Sheila. They fished around for another pair. Those were “broken” too, he said. And so were his brother’s ear buds and his sister’s headphones. After some back and forth,… Continue Reading →

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Vision Therapy Might Be the Solution for Your Child’s Learning Disorder

July 8, 2020hallmonitor 1 Comment
close up of child's eye and their hand holding purple glasses up to their face

Precilla Pena’s story started out like many stories in the special education world. Things seemed to go well for her daughter Ava throughout preschool and kindergarten. There were little things, here and there, she said, a turned letter, typical pre-literate… Continue Reading →

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One Mom’s Experience with a Dyslexia Simulator

June 24, 2020hallmonitor 1 Comment
dyslexia simulator woman with a book

It was a gorgeous, crisp, spring morning when I sat down on Jasmin Dean’s back porch to walk through the dyslexia simulator. I had my pen ready, my Experience Dyslexia packet printed and neatly stapled. Like Dean, I grew up… Continue Reading →

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Celebrate Dyslexia: Education, Identification, and Celebration of Dyslexic Students

June 10, 2020hallmonitor 1 Comment
boy reading library celebrate dyslexia towards a kinder world special education hall monitor

Growing up, Jasmin Dean remembers being a “teacher’s pet.” Her husband had been a teacher’s pet as well. They assumed that their bright, pleasing first born would be the same. The student who was “a delight to teach” and “the… Continue Reading →

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What Special Education Parents Want to Keep From COVID-19

May 27, 2020hallmonitor Leave a Comment
parents like special education accommodations from distance learning

I have to admit that I was shocked when Maribel Gardea said that she was pleased with San Antonio ISD’s special education services during the COVID-19 school closures. Gardea’s son has multiple medical complexities, and she has been an active,… Continue Reading →

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MTSS: Behavior Support That Comes Before Special Education

May 13, 2020hallmonitor Leave a Comment
MTSS behavior support before special education girl studying

IEP. ARD. LRE. 504. FAPE. PBIS. IDEA. ADA. RTI. ESY. MTSS. SPED. Somewhere, drowning in alphabet soup, are the vital services your child needs. For the parents of students receiving special education services, some of the acronyms become so familiar… Continue Reading →

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