One of the primary goals of Gateway and its’ sister schools is to prepare students for workplace success after graduation.Young adults with disabling conditions who turn 21 have many options to purchase services once they are assigned individualized funding through the state Division of Developmental Disabilities in the Department of Human Services. One choice of […]
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Special needs educators do not just take a course in teaching students with severe behavior problems, receive a certificate and then look forward to smooth sailing from there on in. 15 to 30 percent of special needs students struggle to learn due to psychosocial problems which affect attention to task and retention of material. For […]
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Everywhere you look, there are signs and screens. Forget about books. How can anyone be expected to function without being able to read?This skill is called functional reading and it is one of the life skills developed at the day habilitation programs offered at Primetime Centers. We begin to teach this and other life skills […]
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Since time and money are often the two most emphasized components of adult life, those tend to receive a lot of focus but first let’s discuss the foundation for functional math skills.Functional math is a life skill we teach our students that all parents probably wish remained in their typical child’s curriculum a little longer […]
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People with disabilities who want to pursue careers in STEM fields find themselves at an opportune time. Four years ago, the Federal Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) and the National Council on Disability (NCD) hosted a dialogue entitled Encouraging People with Disabilities to Pursue Careers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). It projected that […]
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STEM is an interdisciplinary and applied approach to educating students in four specific disciplines – science, technology, engineering and mathematics.The curriculum was developed as a response to waning interest among the general school population. Only about 20 % of those students gravitate toward careers involving those subjects. Yet, according to a STEM3 Academy report, that […]
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Long gone are the days when learning disabilities had yet to be discovered and the necessary accommodations delivered to those who needed them. Today, we strive to support and continue to enhance the needs, education, and awareness of the numerous learning disabilities. This is an overview of five learning disabilities that are common in the […]
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Being the parent of a child with special needs and having one for a sibling are two completely different experiences. However, only one of you is responsible for being aware of the situation and properly managing it. You are still the parent of a typically developing child whose experience of growing up with a sibling […]
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One of the most important choices facing the parents of children who have Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), learning disabilities, or other disabling conditions, is finding the right school. If a public school is not the choice for you, then you will want to know all there is to know about private schools that specialize in […]
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The differently abled and oriented among us have taught us that human behavior exists on a spectrum, rather than in binary boxes. This applies to stress, as well. Not all stress is bad. It is not all good. Teaching this to children with learning disabilities will better prepare them for life’s challenges.We teach our students […]
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