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• NASET’s Education Development Courses, Professional Development Courses, and Board Certifications are available instantly and fully accessible 24 / 7! Some recent additions include: Recreation And Leisure Activities For Students With Disabilities, IEP Development, and Identification and Evaluation of Children with Suspected Disabilities
  
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• June Classroom Management Series: Reward Me! That Ever-So-Powerful Reinforcer By David K. Griffin, Ed.D., BCBA-D. The article focuses on evidence-based approaches to identifying potential rewards for students in the classroom. A definition of a reinforcer, along with a sample of research articles that focus on the importance of establishing that “True Reward”, are included. Also discussed are the various schedules of reinforcement which can be implemented to maintain desired behavior. These include continuous, interval/time based schedules and response based schedules. Specific examples for each schedule are presented. Finally, key points to remember and the importance of establishing intrinsic rewards are discussed. 

  
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• Additional Note: the Special Education Legal Update from last week has been slightly revised. Read it here

📰 SPECIAL ED NEWS LINKS

• The Law That Transformed Disability Education

• Assessing the Association Between ADHD and Brain Maturation

• School Districts Face Soaring Demand For Special Education

• The Pandemic's Impact on Children's Language Development

• No Clinical Differences in Core Autism Traits Between Female and Male Autistic Children Aged 12-48 Months

• Trump’s Ed. Dept. Wants to Fund ‘Evidence-Based’ Reading. What Will That Mean for Schools?

• What’s Happening to Federal Money for Teacher Training?

• Association Between Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorders and Intestinal Disorders

💼 LATEST JOB OPPORTUNITIES

• Special Education Teacher (Moderate/Severe) @ Morgan Autism Center (San Jose, CA) - $75K - $95K / year

• Teacher for the Visually Impaired @ St. Jude (Memphis, TN) - $60K - $105K / year

• ESN SPED Teacher (Santa Barbara, CA)

• Special Education Teacher @ Elevation Ability Services (Aurora, CO) - $60K - $80K / year

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🧩 EXCEPTIONAL TRIVIA CHALLENGE!

Shout Out to Last Week’s Winners Who Correctly Guessed, “Therapy Balls / Balance Balls / Yoga Balls / Flexible Seating”: Autumn Matthews, Bonnie Baldwin, Cheryl Blocher, Tracey Christilles, Karen Frantz-Fry, Alex Regorgo, Joycelyn Cooper, Lauro III Esquilona, Patsy Jo Ray, Theresa McGee, Pamela Reed, Latorrya Buie, Kelly Jacobsen, Maya Parry, Patsy Jo Ray

This Week's Question: What requirement was added to IEPs after a study in the 1980s showed that students with disabilities had extremely high unemployment rates after leaving school?

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💭 QUESTION OF THE WEEK

Q:What’s the secret to getting students to use their AAC consistently?

A: Treat it like a toothbrush—used daily, not saved for special occasions. Model, model, model! If they see you tapping it naturally, it becomes part of their language diet.

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💡 RESOURCE ROUNDUP

• What Teachers Need To Level Up Their AI Use: 4 Lessons Learned

• How Spelling Bees Can Improve Students’ Reading Skills

• Putting AI to Work in Schools Is Difficult. A New Toolkit Outlines How to Do It

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📣 QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”
-Arthur Ashe