Serve Others As a special education teacher, you will have the opportunity to serve students with disabilities and their families an incredibly rewarding and humbling experience. Make a Difference One of the biggest rewards of being a teacher is the ability to make a difference every single day. As a special education teacher, you will …
For parents of neurodiverse learners, the “back to school” season usually brings with it one consistent emotion: feeling overwhelmed. Any kind of abrupt change, in general, can be difficult for learners with autism, attention deficit disorders, oppositional defiant disorder, or other neurodiverse diagnoses. Tack on navigating a post-pandemic world, and we are all facing challenges that are unprecedented, …
Have you noticed challenging behaviors in a student? Do you want to change or replace those behaviors? Check out three tricks from ABA’s Discrete Trials Teaching. They work for our Little Dreamers and they should work for your students, too! Discrete Trials Teaching (DTT) After three months of working with a student during Discrete Trials …
All young children struggle on some level with sharing. This is a common developmental milestone for children. For the students in the Little Dreamers Early Childhood Education program, sharing is sometimes a challenge, and it is an important area of focus for our social workers and instructors. Why Sharing Is Important Sharing toys, learning tools, …
The importance of repetition cannot be understated. In fact, it should be repeated that repetition is an essential learning aid. It allows a conscious skill to transfer into one’s subconscious, freeing up working memory and allowing for further skills learning (“The Power of Repetition”, 2016). A key thing to remember about repetition is that perfect …
It is true that no two learners are exactly alike. Some learn better through reading, and others excel through listening or doing. For students with developmental disabilities who may have difficulty communicating or understanding others’ communication, it is important to present information in ways that match the students’ unique learning styles and optimize their ability …
It is natural for parents to be nervous while searching for the best programs for their children. At iCan Dream Center, we strive to alleviate that anxiety. Once students are enrolled in our Daydreamers After School Program, they instantly become part of our iCan Dream family. We care deeply about our students and their families, …
If a job is not satisfying, work and the work environment can be a major source of stress. Imagine a job that is not only satisfying but also inviting. Some may think the saying, “If you love where you work, you will never work a day in your life,” seems impossible, but fulfilling work environments …
The Age of Enlightenment transformed how humans in the entire Western world and, eventually, around the globe approached the world and each other. It was a relatively brief period (1685-1815, approximately) on the timeline of human beings’ existence. It could be argued that the roughly 130 years we call the Enlightenment period is just a …
