https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo Comment here with ahas or questions you have after watching the Richard Lavoie films. Please put your name on the comment. en-us 2016-09-08 01:01:55 UTC 2025-09-30 13:43:01 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.storage.googleapis.com/portrait/notebook.jpg https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/279645762 Bradie watches this movie every year and uses it for power point presentations. ]]> 2018-09-10 23:17:10 UTC https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/279645762 https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/280178726 Don't do to a kid that ,which you wouldn't do to an adult. I teach high school and I try to think of my students as "semi-adults," so that rule should apply to them also. Also, I liked how he put you in their shoes with how a learning disability applied to school situations and real-world situations. ]]> 2018-09-12 03:22:58 UTC https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/280178726 https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/281544878 I loved this video! I liked when Dr. Lavoie said, when a human being thinks they will fail at something, they tend to not try and that is the same when they feel, helpless.]]> 2018-09-14 21:54:42 UTC https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/281544878 https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/281549129 I had never thought about the difference between dis-tractability and no attention span. That blew my mind. As he was talking about it I could think of kids who were exactly as he was describing and the difference was clarified. I also appreciate the discussion on fairness being what every child needs. I had a parent yell at me because I approached kids in the class with a needs based fairness doctrine. I wasn't sure what to do after that. Now as a special educator we have to serve kids with that doctrine. It is also nice to know that what i thought back then was right.]]> 2018-09-14 22:19:29 UTC https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/281549129 https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/281809352 Kinetic melodies: the routine habits that we have and can do with little thought. When the good Dr. Lavoie mentioned that these kids that have disabilities try to do the same routine everyday, they sometimes forget what they were doing or how to do it. He mentions brushing teeth for most people is easy and you could watch TV while doing it. For some of these kids, they have to think what they are doing everyday! And they get distracted by the simple things. One lady mentioned that some of these kids fail at the water fountain.  I can't relate to many of these kids but I can do my best to encourage them. I also enjoyed his analogy of the beautiful stone that he mentions at the very end of the show.]]> 2018-09-15 21:52:58 UTC https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/281809352 https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/281979057 I watch this video three times!  Each time I came away with more ideas on how to improve my teaching.  The video also listed terms, remedial vs. compensatory, for the mindset my school has for teaching kids with disabilities. I have more of a remedial outlook and my school has more of a compensatory outlook. It was rather eye opening. My favorite thought expressed was that our kids are kids first who happen to have a disability rather than being a disabled kids. It's a mindset that I hope to help educate others and bring more success and happiness to their teaching and learning experiences.]]> 2018-09-16 17:33:36 UTC https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/281979057 https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/282076779 This video made me do a lot of thinking about how I teach. He talked about the two different forms of closing the gap in learning which really caught my attention. 1. Expect the student to still work on grade level materials, but provide accommodations. 2. Have them work at the level they are currently performing at. 
I'm not really sure which camp I fall into as a teacher, maybe some of both.  I teach grade level materials, but some grades are based on my understanding of individual student ability levels.  I also thought of the adaptive learning article we read and how that goes with helping students be the best they can be in scholastic as well as everyday life.]]> 2018-09-17 01:55:04 UTC https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/282076779 https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/282096219 One of the things that I enjoyed from this video was Dr. Lavoie's assertion that students will act "bad" in order to avoid looking "stupid". I find the more I look at my students' behaviors and their academic and social situations, the more I can see the truth behind this principle. It has helped me be more patient with my students and look for new ways to help them, instead of just getting frustrated. ]]> 2018-09-17 03:43:52 UTC https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/282096219 https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/282625660 Social Struggles is a real thing that I have seen in my classroom, with my students. I had one student whose family was invited to the family reunion and everyone else was going to be there but they would not include my student because of his behavioral disabilities. He was angry and his behavior in my class increased because he would not be included. It also but stress on grandma who was in charge of the student and wanted to the family to be together. It was heart breaking.]]> 2018-09-17 22:09:48 UTC https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/282625660 https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/282626121 I like when Dr. Lavoie talks about fairness because this comes up in our class a lot and also when regular education students see how our students are treated. I work in a behavior classroom but within a neighborhood school.  Dr. Lavoie talked about other students witnessing a student that they thought was getting something he didn't deserve. Maybe it was some treatment that the other students saw as a "privilege". Some teachers fall into the trap of how do I make it fair and how do I do the same for every student? "How do I make it up to the other kids?". You have to let go of this mindset because fairness does not mean equal. Fairness means
every student getting what they need. ]]> 2018-09-17 22:12:49 UTC https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/282626121 https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/282626521 2018-09-17 22:14:55 UTC https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/282626521 https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/282627555 It wasn't until I watched this and it was put into words that students would rather be the class clown or the bad student instead of looking stupid. I recognized this with a few of my students and try to teach them that it is okay to make mistakes or process through a problem. Sometimes its okay to look "stupid" if it means you can get to the answer or solve the problem! ]]> 2018-09-17 22:20:58 UTC https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/282627555 https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/282629760 It's true what he said about the students acting out so they don't look dumb. 
A lot of it reminded me of things I learned the harder way.
AND...I laughed when he said, "If you're a teacher you did well in school, and you liked going to school." That was definitely not me.]]> 2018-09-17 22:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/282629760 https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/282632991 This video was very interesting. I liked how he pointed out that students are not as likely to try as hard when they think they might fail at something. They need to know that it is okay to make mistakes because that is how we learn and improve. ]]> 2018-09-17 22:56:23 UTC https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/282632991 https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/282634528 Dr. Lavoie  makes very good points, especially when he puts us in the shoes of the students. I already treat my students as adults and in a way I think it makes them mad that I do so. I really liked this video and will probably refer to it often. ]]> 2018-09-17 23:06:45 UTC https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/282634528 https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/282634877 The first thing I thought of when I watched this video was that I really would like my co-teachers to watch this. I see how they struggle teaching students with disabilities because they "don't understand" the basic math steps. I think of myself as a patient  person but this was a really great learning tool to show me that I can always be more patient. I liked the part where they talk about student mistakes and how attitudes can come from the not understanding what is being asked. ]]> 2018-09-17 23:09:08 UTC https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/282634877 https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/282638767 Yeah ... totally didn’t make the connection to do this until now. My bad! 


]]> 2018-09-17 23:33:28 UTC https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/282638767 https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/283098654 I believe that students and pretty much all humans are supposed to be treated with dignity. Our special education students often are not treated with respect. This was a good video to remind and highlight that we should treat students the way we would be like to be treated.]]> 2018-09-18 18:30:33 UTC https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/283098654 carly_sorenson6 https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/284693501 As I am writing this post I can hear my husband and my 16 yr old trying to unload 3 small ice chests of food into our new refrigerator that they installed several hours ago. It sounds like my son was randomly putting the items in the refrigerator. My husband said, "I think mom will want you to put the things back into the frig in the same places that they used to be. I need you to use your re-visualizing skills." My son responded, "obviously I don't remember what it looked like, you should have taken a picture." They happened to find me in the office while I was watching the video and stayed for about 15 mins. The irony is that while I was watching that same part, I was thinking of my children. I'm a very visual person. I am constantly trying to recreate past happy experiences from my childhood for my own family and love to read magazines on interior design ideas to recreate in my own home. I cannot imagine not being able to re-visualize!]]> 2018-09-23 03:39:27 UTC https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/284693501 https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/284818640

]]> 2018-09-23 23:55:47 UTC https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/284818640 https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/295741984 I loved how they talked about the difference between someone who is easily distracted and someone who has a short attention span. I felt like this applied to me and many of my students. I am very easily distracted but I have a long attention span. In order to cope with my distractibility, I end up being very fidgety - which many teachers do not like.]]> 2018-10-23 00:49:05 UTC https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/295741984 https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/295742571 2018-10-23 00:51:45 UTC https://padlet.com/bradieormond/urvdmorm6kzo/wish/295742571