Apr
22
2009
uraimondo
Lucy Studd, founder/initiator of NAMI, Chautuaqua County ( National Association for the Mentally ILL) will be visiting the Hewes Center on April 30 and May 7, 2009 to present on the topics of Depression and Bi-Polar Disorder. The April 30 presentation will be for Aides and Teacher Assistants. The May 7 presentation will be for Teachers and all Related Service Professionals. The thrust of Lucy’s presentation will be a general understanding of both illnesses and how they affect daily functioning, reasoning and responses of students/clients. Our staff at the Hewes Center will be able to develop an understanding of the instructional challenges faced by students who are diagnosed with these illnesses in terms of stigma and societal expectations which are blurred when one is not on medication or receiving therapy.
The Tiger’s Tale, student newspaper of the Hewes Center will feature an article on NAMI and Lucy Studd after the student editorial board interviews her on April 30. The Student Council of the Hewes Center has already endorsed NAMI and are de facto members of NAMI, Chautauqua County.
Apr
17
2009
uraimondo
Three of our teachers at the Hewes Center have been signed up for the Layered Curriculum professional development opportunity offered at St. Bonaventure University by Dr. Kathy Nunley. They are Laurie Wilcox, Valorie DeLeon and Jamie Monaco.
All these teachers are special education certified grades 7-12 and are attending a training workshop focussed on the knowledge that all educational programs are special.
There a three layers in this method, A, B and C. A and B focus on higher thinking skills, problem solving, analysis etc. C deals with understanding, information gathering and retention at the lower levels of student learning. The layered curriculum was initially pioneered in high school classrooms but is adaptable to elementary and middle school as well.
Go to her web site for many free instructional resources.
Apr
17
2009
uraimondo
Susan is still teaching and learing at 47 years old. A spinster, never been married far less been kissed. Has lived with her mother all her life in rural England. You have just got to see her in the following clip!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdT3ZPV-A4A
Apr
04
2009
uraimondo
- Reduce discipline referrals to the office
- Teachers reaching out directly to students
- Reduce fights in school
- social engineering in schools
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/05/education/05empathy.html
Education
Gossip Girls and Boys Learn to Be Nice
By WINNIE HU
Published: April 5, 2009
Privileged teenagers at one middle school are learning to empathize this year, whether they like it or not.
Apr
04
2009
uraimondo
Open the link below to see what some of our students are doing before they walk into school each day.
Published: 09#
Christina Powell is one of hundreds of thousands of children who take care of sick parents or grandparents. Experts say there are likely to be more kids like her as the economy falters.
ttp://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/02/23/health/1194837805515/child-caregivers.html
This article reminds me of the Shavelier family, or Brandon N. mom – parents that need help from their children before they the students, come into school each day. We live in rural America but do not for a moment think that multi-generational families do not exist in larger cities like New York city or Los Angeles. I saw these families in the 1990s when I lived in NYC, bag people and street people with no homes who slept on park benches and huddled in corners of buildings or near garbage dumps frequented by cats and prowling rats- white, black, Chinese, Vietnamese, Puerto Rican; with the declining economy this situation is only getting worse.
I am hopeful that this video stream will continue to build compassion for all students and an appreciation for the lives they live before they gift us with their presence in our schools.
