by D. Brown | Oct 30, 2017 | DIR Practice, Podcast
Our back-to-school series continues with a podcast featuring Jackie Bartell, a retired Special Educator in the public school system in Rochester, New York, and DIR Expert Training Leader with the Interdisciplinary Council on Development and Learning (ICDL). We discuss...
by D. Brown | Oct 23, 2017 | DIR Practice, Podcast
Photos Copyright The Community School This week’s feature school is The Community School in Decatur, Georgia, just outside Atlanta. It is unique in that its cohort is adolescents and young adults. I had the privilege of speaking with the school’s founder,...
by D. Brown | Oct 16, 2017 | DIR Practice
Photos Copyright Oakwood Academy Continuing with our series on schools using the Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR) model, let’s look at Oakwood Academy in Mississauga, Ontario. It’s the only DIR-based school in Canada and...
by D. Brown | Oct 9, 2017 | DIR Practice
Photo Copyright CBC.ca Plastered through the news this past weekend was the story of a barber in Quebec who was called “an everyday hero” by the mother of a young, autistic client. This week, we take a hiatus from the back-to-school series of posts to...
by D. Brown | Oct 2, 2017 | DIR Practice, Podcast
Photo Copyright Rebecca School This week we bring you another podcast! With our focus on schools that incorporate the Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR) model, we spoke with the Educational Supervisor of the Rebecca School, Rae Leeper, who...
