A few weeks back I was working with a group of educators from Simon Fraser University who are completing a graduate diploma in Supporting Diverse Learners (SDL). I was explaining that we need to build a social ramp for our students om the Autism spectrum, but that instead of building it with wood or steel, we need to build this ramp with social thinking and cognition strategies and our own modeling of acceptance and understanding. Just telling a child/young … Read More
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About Leah Kelley, Ed.D.
Leah Kelley, M.Ed, Ed.D.,
Writer, Consultant, Activist, Speaker, and Educator, working with Teacher Candidates at UBC. Authors blog: 30 Days of Autism. Projects support social understanding, Neurodiversity paradigm, Disability Justice, and connecting Disability Studies in Education(DSE)to Educational Practice.
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