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July 2010 Blog Posts (2)

Teaching Technique for Young Children with Autism

Hello to all:

My name is Deborah Adams and I am conducting a study for my doctoral dissertation. My study involves testing a new teachingtechnique for young children with autism. The new technique involves using abrief, concise sound delivered as a click as part of a reward for responding when the child's name is called. Ten children are needed to participate in this study between the ages of 4-5 years. Each child must have had a formal diagnosis of autism and not have…

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Added by Deborah L. Adams on July 23, 2010 at 10:05am — No Comments

Suddenly Seeking Cinderella: This Mom’s Huff about The Disney 'Vault’

Disney has long been famous for bringing animated life to old time fairy tales, and I’ve long waited to bring one of their creative accomplishments into the waiting hands of my 4 year old daughter.

Alas, not so easily done.

My daughter has never seen Disney’s animated classic, Cinderella. The movie was “vaulted”, as in, Disney stopped producing, shipping, and selling the movie in January of 2008.

I’m frustrated, confused and left imagining a fairy tale of… Continue

Added by Shawn Spivey on July 9, 2010 at 6:41pm — 4 Comments