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  • Superbowl Monday is Focus of Autistic Teen's Awareness Campaign
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  • Artwork by Elementary Student from Ohio
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  • More on West Virginia Book Festival
    I just ran across this article in our local paper: http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/briefs/x983707081/Authors-to-appear-at-West-Virginia-Book-Festival-in-Charleston
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  • There Are No Words has won a total of NINE literary awards.
    Award count up to NINE!!  There Are No Words has now earned nine literary awards. They are: Mom's Choice Award (Gold) Moonbeam Children's Book Award (Bronze) Creative Child Magazine's Seal of Approval Parent-Tested, Parent-Approved Media Award Eric Hoffer Award International Book Award IBBY's "Outstanding Book for Young People with D […]
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  • West Virginia Book Festival was loads of fun.
    The West Virginia Book Festival Signing at the West Virginia Book Festival. I DO love me some Dr. Seuss! A blast from the past. Valorie and Monica stopped by to say hello.
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  • Did teacher handle this situation with autistic student in the best way?
    This week I received a very interesting question about forcing an autistic child to participate in art class. I'd love to hear your take on it. Mary Q: I'm new to this. I was shadowing a 11 yr severely autistic student for the second time, the teacher was using fruit in art class. The student didn't want to participate. He kept shaking his hea […]
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  • Using cell phones and other tech n the classroom
    Here is the link to a recent guest blog post I created for Iste Connects: http://www.isteconnects.org/2010/08/23/keeping-students-engaged-using-cell-phones-and-other-tech-in-the-classroom/ Here is the text of the blog: Student Engagement: Using Cell Phones and Other Tech in Classrooms Last night I sat in the auditorium of my sons’ high school for orientation […]
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  • There Are No Words Book Trailer
    There Are No Words book trailer
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  • The story behind There Are No Words is now up on fReado
    How does a mom of three boys... one of them autistic... end up writing an award-winning book? The story behind the story is now featured on fReado at this link:  http://www.freado.com/featured.php The photo above is my son, William, outside his dorm at Harvard University. He is 15 and a constant source of inspiration.
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  • An easier way to teach multiplication tables to your students
    Recently some friends of mine on Teachers.net asked me to share the songs I used to teach my autistic son his multiplication tables. After some arm twisting, my 11 year old agreed to sing the songs for a Youtube video. Then he showed up dressed like a gangster with his shorts hanging low and a Memphis Grizzlies t-shirt on that he had slept in. When I asked h […]
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