NJ Budget Cuts Impact DDD

Apparently the Division of Developmental Disabilities has rescinded the emergency criteria for individuals needing day services.  Additionally, Governor Christie has included a line item in the FY 2011 budget for day services funding for the June graduates.  This means that all graduating students this year who need day services should be able to get them. [...]

Female teachers may pass on math anxiety to girls, study finds

After a year in the classroom with female teachers who say they are anxious about math, girls are more likely to share that attitude — and score lower on tests, researchers say. January 26, 2010|By Karen Kaplan     Girls have long embraced the stereotype that they're not supposed to be good at math. It [...]

BrainWare Safari Program at Bailly helps pupils cultivate cognitive skills

Gary Community School Corp. educators are hopeful a new software designed to boost cognitive skills will in turn increase student achievement. Some 165 students at Bailly Preparatory Academy spend about 45 minutes a day on BrainWare Safari. The software instituted at Bailly in January reinforces cognitive skills such as attention, memory and visual processing and [...]

Brain Awareness Week 3/15 – 3/21 2010

Brain Awareness Week (BAW) is the global campaign to increase public awareness about the progress and benefits of brain research. Every March BAW unites the efforts of universities, hospitals, patient groups, government agencies, schools, service organizations, and professional associations worldwide in a week-long celebration of the brain.  Founded and coordinated by the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives [...]

Research Supporting Brain Training – Neuroplasticity

Violinists show neural growth in the brain  – Elbert, T., Pantev, C., Wienbruch, C., Rockstroh, B., & Taub, E. (1995, October 13). Increased cortical representation of the fingers of the left hand in string players. Science, 270, 305-307. Jugglers show neural growth in the brain – Draganski, B., Gaser, C., Busch, V., Schuierer, G., Bogdahn, [...]

What Research Says About Brain Training

The following is an article taken from Sharpbrains.com.  Posted By Alvaro Fernandez On July 23, 2008 In an emerging, dynamic, high growth market, like brain training, it is difficult to make precise projections. But, we can observe a number of trends that executives, consumers, public policy makers, and the media should watch closely in the [...]

SAT Vocabulary – Brazen

Brazen Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze9HcwD1Qrk&feature=player_embedded   Related Posts:SAT Vocabulary – PersevereSAT Vocabulary – CacophonySAT Vocabulary – InsatiableSAT Vocabulary – LAUDSAT Vocabulary – Plethora

Special Education Terminology

Special Education Terminology by Colleen Bain, M.A. 1.      PL 94-142: PL94-142 is a law that was passed in 1975 requiring that public schools provide a "free appropriate public education" to school-aged children ages 3-21 (exact ages depend on your state's mandate), regardless of disabling condition; also called the Education For All Handicapped Children Act, with [...]

SAT Vocabulary – Semaphore

Semaphore Related Posts:SAT Vocabulary – PersevereSAT Vocabulary – InsatiableDo you know how to read assessment test results?SAT Vocabulary – LAUDBrainWare Safari Research

HOT TOPICS in Neuro & Educational Psychology for Teachers

If you have poor readers in your elementary classrooms, you may interested in new research out this month.  Traditionally we've thought that it is best to improve reading by having students read text that was very easy for them.  This new research shows that in 2nd – 4th grade, poor readers can improve reading rates [...]

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