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How and Why to Use Social/Emotional/Behavioral Highly-Leveraged Practices (HLP) in High School Life Skills Support Classrooms

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[Image Description: There is an image of a classroom with gray desks, blue chairs, a gray floor, a white board with blurry items attached to it, a clear glass window, and a white ceiling. "How and Why to Use Highly Leveraged Practices (HLP) in High School Life Skills Support Classrooms" is in left-aligned pink text inside of a white text box overlapping the top of the image. ] CONTENT WARNING:   I would like to mention that I am not a  psychologist, therapist, or psychiatrist,  and I am sharing this content for educational purposes only.  All content posted on my influencer page is for educational purposes only.  Social media should never be used as a substitute for mental nor medical health care nor legal advice.  If you suspect that you or your child are experiencing any social-emotional health concerns, it is okay to get help, and I highly recommend seeking help from a psychologist and/or other professional who is qualified to do so.     While highly le
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Teaching Reading Comprehension to Students on the Autism Spectrum/Autistic Students/Students with Autism/ASD

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[Image Description: There is a wooden brown bookshelf containing a collection of comics, graphic novels, mangas, and other genres. The comics and graphic novels are arranged in a series including DC, Arrow, Batman, Detective Comics, Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Flash, Green Lantern, Amazing Spiderman, The Sandman, Preacher, Monstress, Paper Girls, Legend of Sumeria. Fever 1793 is also pictured lying flat. ]     Reading comprehension is an essential life skill for people of all abilities to have and be able to use. Reading comprehension is an individual's ability to understand reading of a written text. Typically, students start "reading to learn" instead of "learning to read" once they reach third grade and up. At this point, there are students who begin to struggle with reading comprehension just like there are students who struggle with learning how to read. For some students, this developmental concern will just be temporary whereas so
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International Dwarfism Awareness Day 2024: Horton Hears A Who Lesson story during my student teaching

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                              [Image Description: The bright orange hardcover of the children's book titled "HORTON HEARS A WHO!" written by Dr. Seuss is pictured with the title displayed in center-aligned diagonal white text at the top and the author's name in center-aligned white text in the bottom right corner. Horton is displayed as a cartoon white elephant with large ears, small eyes, and a long trunk. The book is laying on a wooden light brown desk. ]     During January to April of 2024, I was assigned to be a student teacher in a first grade classroom of twenty-two students in a Catholic school in Fox Chase, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On March 1, 2024, I read Horton Hears a Who to my students in honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday coming up. I told my mentor teacher that I performed in Seussical the Musical in high school, and she thought that that was so cool. She asked me if I had any pictures that I could show our students. So, I printed pictures from the pla
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The ableist statement that I can't stand the most

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[Image Description:  The background of the graphic is light pink. There is a face with rolling eyes emoji center-aligned at the top of the graphic. There is a pink brain, rainbow infinity symbol, light blue puzzle piece emoji, motorized wheelchair emoji, prosthetic arm emoji, manual wheelchair emoji, prosthetic leg, and medium skin tone ear with hearing aid emoji below the face with rolling eyes emoji. "Let's talk about the rude saying, 'But you don't look disabled.'" is in left-aligned violet text below the disability symbols. My First Former Buddy Club President logo is in the bottom left corner of the graphic. ]      I need to rant about this. I have been meaning to get this thing that needs to be said off of my chest for a long time. I am SO SICK of hearing people say, "You don't look disabled", "You don't look like you have a disability", "You don't look like (name of disability)," or "You look fine to me&quo
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My Spiritual Philosophies as an Educator

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[Image Description: There is a red apple made of radiating lines with an orange yellow heart in the middle and brown stem with a green leaf attached to it. The background is light yellow with radiating lines creating a glowing sun-like effect. My First Former Buddy Club President logo is in the bottom left corner of the image with "FIRST FORMER BUDDY CLUB PRESIDENT" in center-aligned italicized black text overlapping an enlarged light blue heart with several small red hearts and a light blue background in the background of the enlarged heart. ] CONTENT WARNING: The religious/spiritual opinions in this blog post are mine and do not reflect those of all educators. Commentaries published on my First Former Buddy Club President influencer page represent diverse viewpoints. If you would l ike to submit a commentary, please contact me for more information. All perspectives and experiences are welcome here. TRIGGER WARNING: If you are affected by religious trauma, this blog post may
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What is a Learning Disability (LD)?

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  [Image Description: The image has a light yellow background. There is a pink brain with a spinal cord with black scribbles inside to represent neural activity and thoughts of confusion and stress. There is a white thought bubble with colorful lowercase letters, numbers, and correct, incorrect, and incomplete math equations scattered throughout above the brain along with a partial sentence: "The cat sat on the house..."  My First Former Buddy Club President logo is in the bottom left corner of the image with "FIRST FORMER BUDDY CLUB PRESIDENT" in center-aligned italicized black text overlapping an enlarged light blue heart with several small red hearts and a light blue background in the background of the enlarged heart. ] CONTENT WARNING:   I would like to mention that I am not a  psychologist,  and I am sharing this content for educational purposes only.  All content posted on my influencer page is for educational purposes only.  Social media should never be used
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