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Several years ago, my wonderful friend and mentor, Dr. Joan Smith and I were standing around “solving the world’s problems” with learning challenges.  As we talked about what could be done and what techniques to use, I said, “But what about kids with Autism?” Joan said, “Jill, we’re teaching kids.”    Her message was, it’s not…

5 Students. One Common Story. Jeremy wiggles constantly in his chair. It keeps him from getting his work done and is very distracting to the students sitting near him.   Manny talks to his neighbors all the time instead of doing his work. He’s always interested in what everyone else is doing, but he can’t…

I recently sat down with the parents of a high school student who has managed to barely get by in school. When we finished an in depth testing process we discovered he has some serious learning problems. His parents told me with aching regret, that in the past, they had punished their son and taken…