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Digg it UP - Atypical Teaching Strategies Using Mental Prompts for Individuals With Autism
Appraisal Tips from Appraising in Delaware1. If you are getting an appraisal make sure that any renovations you have been doing are complete. The appraiser will have to deduct the cost to finish those things from the value of your home and many times the lender will not be willing to lend on a home in the process of renovation.2. If you have a manufactured home, the appraiser will figure it out (hopefully). Make sure to tell your lender that your home is a manufactured home, it will have a HUD plate on the front and rear of the home and you would have received a title with it when you purchased it. If you are unsure you can contact the assessment office and they can tell you if your home is manufactured. Many lenders will not lend on a manufactured home, so save yourself time and let them know up front. Modular is stick-built and treated as such.3. If you are looking for a lender, appraisers have very good relationships with them and can make recommendations of people they have worked with that they feel are reputable.4. Your home should be marketable to receive the highest value. What that means is that if your home is in desperate need of a paint job, new cabinets, minor repairs and carpet cleaning it will age the home in the appraiser’s eyes. Other factors go into this but I always tell people that they should approach an appraiser as if they were a potential buyer.5. Appraisers have to take pictures of the front and exterior of your home, and a good appraiser will also take photos of the interior of your home. Be prepared.6. An appraiser provides an opinion of the value of your home based on closed sales in your area. Many times a realtor will have approached you with a value to list your home, but that may differ from an appraised value. T
To see if a connection has been made, I might show the child two picture or word cards and see if he will choose the one I ask for. This may be a child who had not shown any prior ability to read, or even negligible receptive language skills. If so, and the connection was successful, I think of the word card I want and speak it sub-vocally. When facing students, remember that I visualize in mirror image.
Can an international terrorist sneak into a secured rail yard and everyone assume that they are from a government agency? One of the many agencies, which are too numerous to mention, that come into rail yards each week to harass the business, write fines and screw over our rail companies. Increasing the cost of shipments, which is passed onto every single citizen and consumer? Many believe an international terrorist could do this quite easy. Why? Well because the Government in their Political Correctness will hire anyone who walks thru the door.So, rail yard operators could expect anyone even a Middle Easterner wearing a sheet carrying a clipboard. In fact government agency workers often carry clipboards to write out their fines and evaluations so they can raise money for their agencies and next years budget. They screw with businesses of all types across they country every single working day of the year. Luckily they take off every possible government holiday, when we all have to work don’t they?Recently in an online think tank a fellow thinker brought up this point; “Just walk in with a clipboard and act like you own the place.” Indeed and if you walk like you have a stick up your butt, then you would be even more convincing as a government worker. My question is should the rail yards of our nation be allowed to defend themselves and shoot those who walk in with clipboards unannounced like many government agencies do? Or do we all risk that it could be a Jihadist casing the place? Consider this in 2006.
What do I do when I encounter a child with these enormous gifts and obvious challenges? I establish trust. I tell them that I know of their competence and that I am willing to serve. I view myself as a bridge to help them understand and utilize our communication system. At the same time, I acknowledge them as my teachers. Most importantly, I try to keep my own energy, calm, peaceful, yet assertive to insure they feel safe and protected, as they appear to be very sensitive to my energy.
When teaching, I attempt to set a dominant rhythm, encourage the kids to stop self-stimulatory behaviors, and deliberately send mental prompts. I do this to limit the focus of the child and keep him on track. I feel it improves the student's ability to categorize, organize and access information. If the child is facing me, I send the mental prompt in mirror image. This is especially true when I am using word cards. I also say the answer sub-vocally. I speculate that a type of entrainment of brain wave frequency is occurring during my interactions. There is a sense of trust established. The children do not react to things that might normally bother them, but rather just go with the flow. I speculate that it is easier to entrain brain wave frequency when the discrepancy is not too great. I believe these children are vibrating at a high frequency. I speculate that those they are able to initially join with are vibrating higher than normal also. After initial entrainment occurs, I attempt to lower my own frequency by becoming present or aware, in hopes that they will lower their own frequency to match mine. Over time, I have noticed that the individual can respond to individuals he normally would not relate to. I speculate that this method is at least partially responsible for increased receptive language skills.
To see if a connection has been made, I might show the child two picture or word cards and see if he will choose the one I ask for. This may be a child who had not shown any prior ability to read, or even negligible receptive language skills. If so, and the connection was successful, I think of the word card I want and speak it sub-vocally. When facing students, remember that I visualize in mirror image.
The internet can be a valuable resource for researching the ins and outs of getting a home equity loan. It can also be a great place to find a reputable mortgage broker, as long as you are careful not to get caught in an online home equity loan scam.Watch out for subprime lending.Subprime lending is when a lender offers to give you a lone for an extremely high interest rate and tacks on excessive fees. Usually these loans are given to high risk individuals who are so desperate for a loan that they don’t take the time to shop around for a company that will work with them despite a bad credit rating.Watch out for equity stripping.Equity stripping is when a loan is based solely on the value of your home, and doesn’t take into consideration your ability to repay the loan. The usual result of these loans, is the borrower can’t repay it and the lender ends up acquiring the home and all the equity in it.Watch out for predatory lenders.Predatory lenders thrive on setting up loan situations in which the borrower is destined to default, consequently losing his home. Some of the signs that you might be dealing with a predatory lender include a broker that requires you to put false information on the loan application, apply for a larger loan than you need, or sign blank loan papers, saying they will be filled in later. You also want to avoid lenders that promise you one set of terms when you first apply and then change the terms when it comes time to sign or refuse to give you copies of the forms once you have signed. Predatory lenders often misrepresent the type of credit you are being given and fail to provide the required loan disclosures.There are a lot of reasons to apply for a home equity loan online. The process is fast, easy,
When teaching, I attempt to set a dominant rhythm, encourage the kids to stop self-stimulatory behaviors, and deliberately send mental prompts. I do this to limit the focus of the child and keep him on track. I feel it improves the student's ability to categorize, organize and access information. If the child is facing me, I send the mental prompt in mirror image. This is especially true when I am using word cards. I also say the answer sub-vocally. I speculate that a type of entrainment of brain wave frequency is occurring during my interactions. There is a sense of trust established. The children do not react to things that might normally bother them, but rather just go with the flow. I speculate that it is easier to entrain brain wave frequency when the discrepancy is not too great. I believe these children are vibrating at a high frequency. I speculate that those they are able to initially join with are vibrating higher than normal also. After initial entrainment occurs, I attempt to lower my own frequency by becoming present or aware, in hopes that they will lower their own frequency to match mine. Over time, I have noticed that the individual can respond to individuals he normally would not relate to. I speculate that this method is at least partially responsible for increased receptive language skills.
To see if a connection has been made, I might show the child two picture or word cards and see if he will choose the one I ask for. This may be a child who had not shown any prior ability to read, or even negligible receptive language skills. If so, and the connection was successful, I think of the word card I want and speak it sub-vocally. When facing students, remember that I visualize in mirror image.
The city of Orlando has a fast growing population and rapid development, creating a situation of overcrowding in the Orlando schools. The facilities are so overcrowded that, by the end of 2006, an estimated 40 percent of Orlando schools students will be taught in portable buildings — and the need is much greater than previously anticipated. With rising construction costs, increasing growth, and new mandates from state and local government, the funding is not keeping pace with the growth and innovative ideas to reduce overcrowding are being sidetracked by new government regulations.In 2000, the Martinez Doctrine was adopted by Orange County, where the Orlando schools district is located. The doctrine is designed to reduce overcrowding in public schools by denying or awarding zoning and rezoning requests from developers, dependent upon whether the projects are located near an overcrowded school or not. The doctrine was meant to curb residential growth in already dense areas. Though it was never an official law, the county adopted it as a general planning procedure.For the Orlando schools, the doctrine is a dual-edged sword. Due to the strict regulations, many developers are building elsewhere and the Orlando schools are losing much needed tax revenues; yet the doctrine assists in decreasing the overcrowding in the Orlando schools and makes developers “pay as they go” for growth.In 2002, voters approved a half-penny sales tax to raise $2 billion to pay for 136 school improvement projects and build 25 new schools across the county. The use of this money for a permanent solution to overcrowding in the Orlando schools was undercut by the voters and lawmakers, who passed the class size amendment. This meant that at least seven portable buildings had to be added immediately to each of
To see if a connection has been made, I might show the child two picture or word cards and see if he will choose the one I ask for. This may be a child who had not shown any prior ability to read, or even negligible receptive language skills. If so, and the connection was successful, I think of the word card I want and speak it sub-vocally. When facing students, remember that I visualize in mirror image.
Why do so many people claim that money isn’t important? Why is there this notion that wanting money somehow makes you an ill adjusted bad human being? It’s such a strange thought pattern don’t you think?Wanting more money in your life doesn’t mean you’re a bad person. It doesn’t mean you’re greedy either. It just means you want more out of life. You want more freedom. You want more security. You want more fun. Whatever it is, you just want more. Money is just simple a means to that end.I hope I don’t let the cat out of the bag, but that’s what this whole home business gig is anyway. Someone sells you on the idea that you can make tons of money working from home as an independent contractor or distributor for this company or that. And, it’s not that you ever buy into the promise that the home business is selling, but you take a leap of faith and give it a try.We start small, maybe $20 for a book about real estate investing. I know my first brush with the thought that I could be independently wealthy working from home was when I came across an ad for the ebook Googlecash (if you don’t know what I’m talking about just do a quick google search). The idea seemed so easy and so low risk I figured why not give it a try.That was the beginning, almost a year ago. Here I am now writing to you about my home business experiences. In that time, I’ve bought an apartment building and learned just about everything there is to learn about starting and running a business from home. And guess what? If you haven’t caught on to this yet, no matter what the ads tell you, no home business is as simple or as cheap as the ad would have you believe. But I digress.Let me get to the point though. Let’s discuss the title of this little article. Most millionaires become millionaires by starti
To see if a connection has been made, I might show the child two picture or word cards and see if he will choose the one I ask for. This may be a child who had not shown any prior ability to read, or even negligible receptive language skills. If so, and the connection was successful, I think of the word card I want and speak it sub-vocally. When facing students, remember that I visualize in mirror image.
Saving money is something we always love to do. At the same time, a surprising number of people don't spend a couple extra minutes to save money. Sure, if an item is on sale, they're happy to buy it and save the money. The sale may be the only reason why they bought the item at all.But this line of purchasing is just buying sale items by convenience. The person is ready to buy something, and it the particular item happens to be on sale, so they buy it. What you should move towards is knowing how to make your own sales quickly, effectively and easily. I'm talking about mastering the art of quick bargain shopping.Fact: By spending under a minute of search-time online, you can save money on ANYTHING. I really mean it - a big part of my book, Scraping By, is on quick and easy bargain shopping. I developed a system of knowing how to get cheap clothes, cheap groceries, cheap electronics.... without BEING cheap. In other words, you can purchase the high quality items you want and save money. My methodology allows you to get what you want for less, without having to buy cheap knock-offs and imitations. In fact, I discourage getting cheap versions of what you want - it's a bad investment in most cases (this doesn't apply to disposable or edible/drinkable items.)So what are some pointers I can give you, here and now, to save you a ton of money right away? In this day and age, all bargain hunting should start on the internet. First and foremost, craigslist and ebay.com are your best friends. If you are looking to buy any item, search for it on google and put the word 'craigslist' at the end of your search string. You may happen to find someone selling that exact item on craigslist, somewhere in the country. If the price is right (and you trust the seller), often
To see if a connection has been made, I might show the child two picture or word cards and see if he will choose the one I ask for. This may be a child who had not shown any prior ability to read, or even negligible receptive language skills. If so, and the connection was successful, I think of the word card I want and speak it sub-vocally. When facing students, remember that I visualize in mirror image. When possible, I prefer working with students from behind so I am moving in unison with them.
This is also true when I engage a child in facilitated writing or drawing, as we are moving in tandem using a typical right to left progression. Unlike hand over hand, I hold the writing or drawing utensil in my hand and instruct the child to copy or draw a particular shape or letter. When working, I often start the child at the top and stop when a switch in direction is needed. I often also stop him at the bottom, as many of the children obviously have difficulty starting, switching and stopping movement. If a variety of individuals are working on assisted writing or drawing, I would suggest they all use the same top to bottom, left to right progression, unless a student signals a different precedent.
I always say the letter, shape, or object at the same time I’m sending the image and/or sub-vocalizing. If I am facing the child, images are sent in mirror image. I like to remove mental prompts as receptive language skills improve, explaining to the individual what I am trying to do and why. This is tricky in a group setting where the students’ needs for prompts vary.
I find that giving the student a limited choice of possible responses and then slowly expanding the field gives him a vehicle to demonstrate his competence. It puts him on track and increases his ability to filter, organize and categorize information on its own. Stimulus response-type instruction seems to increases the fluidity as opposed to inactive listening.
In direct contrast to teaching typical children or verbal, concrete-thinking autistic children, I tend to work with individuals with this type of autism starting with the abstract, moving to the representational and then to the concrete. I meet them in areas of abstract thought (words). Once they appear to be able to read a word by selecting it from a field of choices, I would then have them select the word when the function was given. (i.e. what do you color with?) Next I might ask them “who/what/where/when/w
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