Donna, Author at Scaffolding Magic

Rain Elizabeth stickney Video Clip: Mindful healing and empowerment

What is the connection between speech therapy and autism? What level of the spectrum of autism is appropriate for speech therapy intervention? What are some simple tips and activities parents and teachers can include to connect to autistic children? Welcome to “Mindful Healing and Empowerment,” an episode in which we explore the fascinating connections between […]

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What does PARSNIPs have to do with a publisher’s ideology? When is a book not just a book, but rather refracted knowledge? What is hidden behind the printed words and colourful images? Rachel Long, expert in marketing, representing not just her beloved team at Macmillan Education but also the fierce devotion her fellow marketers in

Michael Lacey Freeman, internationally renown author of graded readers & bullying

You are certainly in for a treat today. Among a plethora of other incredible accomplishments – and one is the song you’re listening to and only hundreds he has in his musical pallet, the world-renown author of graded readers – yes it’s a thing, writing graded readers has an expertise not many people can claim

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video clip: roz weitzman, multi-cultural acceptance

What if the parents of one of your students refused to believe their child had autism? How would living abroad change your acceptance of other ways of life? How much does culture affect your professional decisions? Here is a powerful 1.08 second clip of Roz Weitzman’s chat at Doorways to Learning with Donna. Full episode

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Suzanne Meyers: Learning centers, dyslexia, and Honouring your own intuition

How much do you want your child to be a mirror-image of yourself? What emotional traumas could your child be hiding if he’s dyslexic? How much did your teacher-directed education has affected you in your adult life? Our guest, Suzanne Meyers is a powerful advocate for following your own intuition even if all the messages

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video clip: Bianca Nita, Illustrating mindfullness and core values

What is mindfulness i? How can that be translated into an illustration? What do we do when we want children to go deeper into a story? Bianca Nita is a children’s book illustrator, originally from an idyllic village in Romania and now working from London. Her illustrations are colourful, expansive, dreamlike, full of details that

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Katie & Ana Farinas: How a mother and daughter faced mental health issues

How could we detect an anxiety attack in our teenagers? What is the question you need to always ask your child even if they never answer? What mental health challenges do teenagers face that have nothing to do with technology? Activities to use in your classes below. It’s estimated that one in seven adolescents experience

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Scaffolding Norms and Consequences

You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of this scaffold here. theory behind scaffold… We’ve planned an incredibly dynamic lesson. We have techniques to lasso (quickly gather) our students into the circle-time area. We have calmed them down with one of our tried-and-true methods. Now what? Why do we still have to spend

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video clip: Stephanie bacon and the socio-emotional aspect of learning

Here is a powerful 1.16 minutes of Stephanie’s chat at Doorways to Learning with Donna. Listen to full episode here. Want some fun facts about our guests? Little-known information about this topic? All of it ⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠!!You can find more conversations like this one at ⁠⁠Doorways to Learning with DonnaIf you like this episode, ⁠treat Donna to a

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Kim Anderson: Educating Ourselves Intentionally through Travel

How does travel change you as a person? How might travel bring the youth in your community together? Do you fear or long for part unknown? Travel is one of those integral ways of becoming more complete people so it’s surprising it’s not part of every educational conversation. Kim Anderson is going to take us

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