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Linda Hodgdon

5/26/2009 10:56:24 PM

Welcome to the Visual Strategies BLOG.  There is always more to talk about, isn't there?  Well, here is a place to share some of those random thoughts and experiences that I have as I talk to educators and parents and all those who have a heart for students with Autism Spectrum Disorders and lots of other students with learning and communication challenges.

If you have known me for a while you will see that this website is new and different.  It was time to refresh and regroup and reorganize to meet the new needs that keep emerging.  The purpose of this site is to share important information about improving communication for those students with communication challenges.   I am trying to take advantage of new technology and state-the-art internet strategies to meet the ever changing ways that people communicate.

That is sort of the same goal that we have when working with our students.  When we find something that works, we keep using it.  But there comes a time when we need to revise, upgrade, brainstorm and move ahead.

It's all about looking at the present and then lifting our eyes to look toward the future.  We need to both.

Please be sure to look around at this new site.  There are lots of changes and more are coming.

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Comments  10

  • Anne Carpenter 12 Sep, 02:03 PM

    Linda: This new upgrade of the newsletter is wonderful.:-) I love the look of it and the photos and the way it is organized. This will be so helpful to me, when I do my one day of work at home. Now, I don't have to ride on the van three days, but only two-Hooray! Keep up the good work!

    Anne

  • Autismus 5 May, 01:37 PM

    Nice website about autism. i am from germany and i search for interesting articles so that i can link other autism website from my german autism project autismus1.de

  • lidia 31 May, 01:04 AM

    Im glad that there are sights like this, i didnt know a lot about the detail of autism, ie spectrum.

  • Jesl Cruz 4 Jun, 10:48 AM

    Let's continue to collaborate! The special education field is indeed multidisciplinary and we all must constantly be in this meaningful learning journey with our students and their families, together. I really would like to thank you Linda for taking the initiative to encourage collaboration through your website. Wonderful, wonderful contribution to the field! Keep up the great work!

  • Devon 22 Jul, 04:08 AM

    Nice site, I'm going to add it as a resource.  Are you still updating since launching this one last year? 

    Our niece is on spectrum and is now of an age where communication in schooling is paramount, we'd love to have more articles on strategies and techniques.  My sister will want to try them. 

  • Carolezarm 17 Oct, 02:44 PM

    How often is this web site updated? Thank you!

  • Wendy-Ann 20 Nov, 06:39 AM

    Hi Linda, I am a teacher from Trinidad and Tobago who has always been interested in Special Education. Recently I have the opportunity to teach children with autism. I need to learn so much more and came across this website. Thanks for the help. I too need to learn more strategies and techniques to make my teaching effective. Blessings.

  • Toni 14 Jan, 05:22 PM

     I, as a school bus driver would like to see more hands-on workshops reguarding Asperger's Syndrome and Autism Basics at our school conferences we attend every year. These conferences tend to focus on bullying and bus related accidents which I am grateful for but I would also appreciate a better understanding on how to respond to a student with different spectrums of Autism since we are getting more and more students mainstreamed in the school system.

  • Alma E. Natividad 3 May, 04:45 PM

    Hi Linda. I am an autism teacher based in Plaucheville, Louisana. I have been teaching children with autism for 7 years now.  Visual strategies really worked for my students . I have been using it for almost everything in my classroom: for instruction, transition and even for simple tasks such as following directions or using the bathroom to wash hands, brush teeth or use the potty. It's great to know that there's a site that can help me learn more about strategies that I can use with my students. More power to you and your team!

  • Allison 5 Nov, 08:58 PM

    I have a student who would eat constantly if permitted.....it has been suggested to use food as a motivat....for example, completes a small puzzle and then give one piece of food?? ....I disagree with this recommendation. Any thoughts....
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