NorthEast Association of Learning Specialists (NEALS) Celebrates with 20th Anniversary Members’ Conference Rye, NH – The NorthEast Association of Learning Specialists (NEALS), the premier professional development organization for learning specialists, held its 20th Anniversary Members’ Conference and Celebration April 3-5, 2019 at the Westford Regency Inn and Conference Center in Westford, MA. The two-day…
By Chris Ouellette We have found that there is one support tool that is necessary to have before you implement any other tool or resource with a student. The first tool we are sharing with you is yourself and the ability to really know your student. There I was, fresh out of my degree program,…
On April 23rd Vaunie Graulty received the 2018 Barbara Kenefick Award for Service from Board President Susan Cole Ross “I’m not sure that there is anyone who has made as many new learning specialists from the Berkshires and beyond feel so welcome and supported at conferences and regional meetings as our 2018 Barbara Kenefick Award…
It was so good to be together again, at Worcester Academy, NEALS! We proudly welcomed our speakers, Ellen Boiselle, PhD and Liz Radday, EdD, introduced on our conference page. Their tour of the world of mathematical thinking, processing issues, and accommodations fascinated us and has improved instruction throughout our schools. Members, the slideshow will be…
Elizabeth Radday, Learning Support teacher at The Marvelwood School, recently spent six months in Finland, where she studied how their innovative vocational education system works for all students, including students with learning disabilities. Here she shares five lessons she learned about vocational education in Finland. This post is part of our ongoing series exploring vocational…
Kim Gore-Ross has been an active member of NEALS for over a decade. She has made immeasurable contributions in the area of communication. In fact, she was the person at the Worcester Academy conference whose warmth and effectiveness encouraged me to join the board. An early proponent of design thinking you touted teaching as “a…
Dragon Box – A great app for teaching algebra at the elementary or high school level. [clear] Finish. – An app to keep track of a to-do list. Use the free version or buy the $.99 version and you can have an unlimited number of items on the to-do list and can select the “bother…
Linguistic and Cultural Diversity – Building on America’s Strengths Reprinted with permission from the National Association for the Education of Young Children. As our nation becomes more linguistically and culturally diverse and as the issue of bilingual education becomes more politically charged, early childhood educators have a responsibility to understand how best to meet children’s…
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Dear Colleagues, Last April, I came away from the NEALS conference at The Forman School excited about what I had learned from Dr. George McCloskey’s presentation on executive functions. Distinguishing between learning and producing difficulties was groundbreaking for me; it just made sense given what I’ve observed of my students with executive function difficulties. At…
