Case Studies

Building Communication through Literacy for Students with Intensive Disabilities—The inspiring story of Carter School

“Meaningful, purposeful communication is at the heart of learning to read and write. Students who learn that they can use

When people ask me why I became a special education teacher, I tell them that I always knew I would

As special education teachers, we hear a lot about changing expectations in our classrooms. About how we’re going to move

Jeanmarie Jacoby was a special education classroom teacher for more than 30 years, and can attest that teaching reading to

Growing up, Jenay Prytula always wanted to work with kids. In her Freshman year of college, she got the opportunity

Abbey Lynch walks over to a table and offers her hand to a smiling, eager student who takes it to

Special Educator, Carrie Ponitz, didn’t choose Readtopia. Her administrators brought it into the district, but Mrs. Ponitz quickly embraced the

It’s easy to look at a writing sample like this and draw conclusions. The letters aren’t fully formed. There are

A few weeks ago, I visited New York City schools to see first-hand the excitement they were generating with First

“I’m an Author” … with First Author™ Meet some first-time authors from Warren Woods Middle School and Bovenschen School in Warren, Michigan as they