by Common Ground | Nov 23, 2024 | Better IEPs, Current-Issue
Parents often have questions about how the IEP can address the needs of a child with behavioral disabilities. Understood Explains has created a helpful series of short videos on a range of topics related to the IEP. Watch IEPs and Behavior by Understood below on this...
by Common Ground | Feb 24, 2020 | Watch This
In this short TEDxTalk, Travis Davis, a graduate student at the University of New Mexico talks about the value of social inclusion, the role of inviting good questions to break down...
by Common Ground | Feb 5, 2020 | Parents, Professionals, Students, Teachers, Watch This
Our friends at the Regional Center for Independent Living (RCIL) in New York made this fun video, Get the Job… Keep the Job! on seeking work for young people. This student production contrasts the right way — and the wrong way — to apply for a job in person,...
by Common Ground | Aug 12, 2019 | Watch This
“Because each child is unique, the IEP must identify specific strategies to help your child succeed.” For students with disabilities, the right accommodations and modifications can be as important to school success as appropriate IEP goals. These educational supports...
by Common Ground | May 6, 2019 | Watch This
Wondering how psychologists test kids for dyslexia and other kinds of learning and attention issues? In this video from Understood, viewers get to see what kinds of questions kids get asked, when being tested for reading issues. Watch as Dr. Matthew Cruger, Ph.D....
by Common Ground | Jan 24, 2019 | Parents, Professionals, Students, Teachers, Watch This
Self-advocacy is one of the most important skills a young person with a disability can have. Here are 10 tips for self-advocacy for young people with disabilities, by young people with disabilities, produced by...
by Common Ground | Nov 28, 2018 | Watch This
In this compelling Ted Talk, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris discusses childhood trauma and how is affects health across a...