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What Are Ethics and Social Philosophy?

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[Image Description: The image shows a white balance scale with a gray background. My First Former Buddy Club President logo is in the bottom left corner of this image.]     There are many different types of philosophy along with many different philosophical perspectives and problems within them along with many questions about them. Philosophy as a whole is a study of critical thinking and knowledge. All of the fields of philosophy have been studied by philosophers and even scientists. Two of the most commonly studied forms of philosophy are ethics and social philosophy. A feature of the enterprise of philosophy is that it illuminates a wide array of possible responses to its questions. Unfortunately, in practice, certain philosophical positions have been the object of undue object and criticism. I will argue that philosophy ought to be an inclusive realm of free inquiry, where all perspectives are fairly considered according to their merits. In order to carry out i...

The Principles of Growth and Development

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[Image Description: The image shows a photograph of me as a toddler playing with a toy kitchen set. The toy kitchen is aqua, bright blue, bright pink, and white. There are a white pan and white pot with a pink lid on it on the pink play stove. I am smiling with my baby teeth showing, standing with my back turned away from the kitchen, and head turned facing the right. I am holding a plastic white play pan with a pink lid on it in my right hand with my left hand covering the lid. I am wearing a long sleeve light pink top with a light pink bow center-aligned along the neckline. My curly, dark brown hair was short. ] I would like to mention that I am not a medical doctor, psychologist, or therapist. All content posted on disability advocate/teacher influencer page is for educational purposes with no intent to provide any professional services. Social media should never be used as a substitute for mental nor medical health care advice.  If you suspect that your child is experiencing de...

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, psychiatrist, or therapist. All content posted on disability advocate/teacher influencer page is for educational purposes with no intent to provide any professional services. Social media should never be used as a substitute for mental nor medical health care advice nor legal advice.  If you suspect that you or your child or student are experiencing mental health concerns, it is okay to get help. I highly recommend seeking help from a therapist, psychologist, and/or other mental health professional who is qualif...

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. ] CONTENT WARNING:   I would like to mention that I am not a reading specialist or psychologist. All content posted on disability advocate/teacher influencer page is for educational purposes with no intent to provide any professional services.  If you suspect that your child or student has any academic concerns in reading comprehension, it is okay to get help, and I highly recommend seeking help from a reading specialist, psychologist, and/or other professional who is qualified to do so.     Reading comprehension is an essential life skill fo...

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 based on my own experiences. They do not reflect all educator's opinions, experiences, and actions. 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...