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A blog about early childhood, special education and assistive technology.
Be a Role Model: Find a Healthy Balance with Media and Technology
Young kids learn how to use technology by watching their parents, so model healthy habits early by balancing media time with real time. Advice from Common Sense Media editors.
Instructional Coaching: Finally, an Easy Choice
There are many reasons why instructional coaching is crucial to teacher development, and here are a few ways to do it well.
Quiz Yourself: How Much Do You Know About Math Instruction?
Quiz Yourself: How are teachers using digital games for math instruction, what conditions support effective STEM training for teachers, and how has the Common Core changed math instruction?
How to Increase Participation During Asynchronous Instruction (Part 2)
Learn strategies that boost engagement and increase participation during live video lessons and self-paced, asynchronous instruction.
What to Know About Assisted Living
Assisted living provides a residential setting with personal care services, 24-hour supervision, assistance, activities and health care. Some communities are free-standing, while others are located near or integrated with well-staffed nursing homes or hospitals. Other times, you'll find assisted living in continuing care retirement communities or at independent housing complexes<br>Nationally, you'll find different levels of care in assisted living communities — some provide lighter care…
What Will Assisted Living Look Like 5 Years From Now?
The medical world is a fast pace and forever changing field. Discover how technology will change assisted living for the better in the next 10 years.
Is It Time For Assisted Living?
No one embraces or looks forward to moving from their home into an assisted living facility. However, in some cases, it is the option most likely to keep aging parents safe and healthy<br>To determine if it’s time for assisted living, or if your elderly parent can safely remain at home, take a good look at the present housing situation, health status and medical needs.<br>Some Signs You Should Be Looking For<br>Your parent tells you that (s)he is eating, but you’ve seen…
How to Modify Your Math Instruction to Reach All Students' Needs
Use this resource on differentiated math instruction to help develop effective instructional practice that reaches your whole class.
7 Questions to Ask Yourself While Planning Instruction
Shannon reminds us that thoughtfully planning lessons while managing the day-to-day in our classrooms can be challenging, but is important. She shares seven questions to keep in mind as you plan your lesson to make sure that you are well prepared and have considered all of the essentials.
Assisted Living Memory Unit or Nursing Home: How to Choose
Dear Carol: Your column has been incredibly helpful for my family as we care for my sweet mother-in-law who is in late stages of frontal temporal dementia. As we've struggled to find the right care setting while she progresses through this disease, we've been confused by care options. From assisted living to skilled nursing, there appear to be many choices, but it's not always clear what each provides. Recently, we learned from a nurse in Mom’s current nursing home that some memory care…
Demystifying Adaptive Learning Technology for Math Instruction
How adaptive learning can benefit math instruction in a blended learning environment, with a featured demo to give this technology a try.
How To Secure an Assisted Living Facility |
In assisted living facilities, resident safety is most important. Managing who is leaving the facility, is as important as who is entering Without a doubt, deploying an access control system in an assisted living facility is important on a number of different levels – including emotional, physical, and financial. On an emotional plane, it is …
How to Support Elderly Parents Moving to Assisted Living
How to manage the emotional intensity that comes with difficult discussions.
What Assisted Living Providers Want From Home Care Partnerships
Assisted living and home care providers frequently form close partnerships to help seniors age in place. Working within an assisted living community presents significant business upside for home ca…
How Can Assisted Living Better Serve Families?
3 videos deliver insights from families and professionals in the field
What Do You WANT Kids to Do With Technology?
Why Technology Will Never Fix Education
The real obstacle is student motivation, and no gadget can create that.
HCDE Provides Technology Safety Tips as Students Head Back to School
Technology continues to factor heavily in children’s school lives. As students go back to school, computers and cell phones are being used for research assignments and communicating with teachers …
What Students Wish their Administrators Knew about their Technology Use
Technology is more than a method of downtime; it has shaped the way students process information. Is your website reflective of your students' needs?
