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Things I wish I learned at school…

Educators have far exceeded all expectations during the most challenging school year in history By Joyce Whitby We support #SELDAY 2021 – March 26, 2021 – https://selday.org/ One silver lining about the school closings, quarantines and remote/hybrid learning  since March…

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This Video Game Is Helping Kids with Special Needs

Marc Zimmerman created Social Express to help his autistic twin boys understand the world around them. Now the game is helping kids all over the world. by Jessica Toomer Musician Marc Zimmerman had been disappointed with how schools handled his twin autistic boys for some time. As a result of autism, his third-grade sons needed extra help developing social and emotional…
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Parents of Twins with Autism Open Up About the App They Created to Help Kids Develop Social Skills: It’s ‘Incredible’ to See Its Impact

By Tiare Dunlap @tiaredunlap 04/29/2016 AT 01:50 PM EDT Shari Grande and her husband call the day their two-year-old son Elijah was diagnosed with autism “the day of nevers.” “His physician told us he’ll never talk, he’ll never interact, it was just one ‘never’ after the next,” Grande, 49, tells PEOPLE. Eleven years after his…
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These Parents of Autistic Twins Are Helping Kids All Over the World with Social Skills

When Marc Zimmerman’s twins were given an autism diagnosis, he decided to create something to make their lives better. By Jamie Pacton Courtesy Marc Zimmerman Marc Zimmerman has been a rockstar, composer, real estate broker, and software startup entrepreneur. But his latest project—founding and running the company responsible for the incredible social situation simulator The…
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Social-Emotional Apps for Special Ed

November 2, 2015 Photo credit: Jayne Clare Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the cornerstone of emotional intelligence, as these abilities do not come naturally for some special education students. Children in special ed settings need to have their confidence, courage, and emotional awareness nurtured in order to successfully play, work, cooperate, and be productive…
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Social Express named in Common Sense Media Power Up Special Needs & Learning Difficulties Guide for kids!

Congratulations! We just launched Common Sense Media’s updated Power UP Special Needs and Learning Difficulties Guide for kids — and it includes The Social Express II! Being included in our Special Needs and Learning Difficulties Guide is quite an achievement. Our team spent several months surveying research, conducting interviews, and field testing products with experts, field…
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Helping Your Child to Understand Idioms

Use pictures to help your child to understand idioms used in conversations.
Use pictures to help your child to understand idioms used in conversations like, “piece of cake”.

Does your child have difficulty understanding idioms? Idioms are commonly used phrases that say one thing but mean something completely different. Like “spill the beans”, “piece of cake” or “it’s raining cats and dogs”.

All age groups use idioms and it’s important that your child

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