I am a first year teacher and I have to write a BIP for a student. The layout of our BIP form is "Expected Outcomes, Interventions, Person Responsible, Goal/Intervention" This student is Opp Defiant, Conduct Disorder and ADHD. Where I am stuck in this process is that the current BIP does not address his outburst [...]
I am a high school teacher. I was wondering if any of you experience this in your classes, and if you have any advice. Sometimes I will have students that make little noises or whistle in class, and I don’t know who it is. How would you address this and stop this behavior? Thank you. [...]
(michi003/Flickr) Long-acting forms of contraception (think IUDs, or hormone implants that go under the skin) have long been available. But despite their effectiveness and ease of use, it’s been a tumultuous road to public acceptability. And while clinicians have a good sense of adult attitudes, teenagers’ attitudes toward such contraceptives – together called long-acting reversible contraceptives, [...]
Medical simulators give doctors and nurses an opportunity to practice without risking patient harm. Peter Weinstock and his team are creating sophisticated, scenario-based simulations that bring new realism to medical training. Things had taken a turn for the worse as the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) team tried to stabilize the two-day-old boy just transported [...]
Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers: 10 Timestamp: 2011-12-09 13:32:32 UTC Congratulations and Merry Christmas Robin # 10 Robin December 7, 2011 at 8:27 pm This time of year I like to listen to the sound track from the Nutcracker Ballet. When I close my eyes I can see the dancers twirling their [...]
Hand and Foot Print Angels Use dark blue or light blue construction paper. Take white paint and paint the bottom on each child’s foot. (Remember to use this time to build their vocabulary) Then, paint one hand and press it next to the up-side down footprint. Do the same with the other hand. The angel [...]
President Obama signs the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, March 23, 2010 (Pete Souza/Wikimedia Commons) National healthcare reform, including President Obama’s Affordable Care Act of 2010, is being driven by widespread dissatisfaction with the high cost and limited accessibility of care. Although we’ve yet to feel the full impact of these national reforms, the [...]
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It’s time for new ornaments! My parents, bless their hearts, are still decorating their Christmas tree with faded construction paper ornaments I made in the 3rd grade. I understand these are sentimental decorations; however, they were never cute or creative. They were purple dittos run-off by my teachers on construction paper and I simply cut [...]
Well, Canadian, British, Aussie, and Kiwi teachers feel free to chime in, too. I have two questions for you. First, what grade (or form) level would you say this writing is at? Secondly, what letter or numerical grade would you give it if it were a response to a grade 7, 9, and 11 one-page [...]