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Special Education Special Education IEPs and Forms Lesson Plans Behavior Management From Jerry Webster, your Guide to Special Education I've added the first set of new Dolch Worksheets. They are true cloze exercises to give your emerging or struggling reader practice reading high frequency pre-primer words. I also have a new article up on Oppositional Defiant Disorder. I hope these prove helpful! Dolch Revisited The 220 Dolch High Frequency words represent half of all words that appear in print. They also provide an underpinning for reading: they are mostly words that cannot be decoded using English phonetic skills, and they tend to be verbs, articles, prepositions and other words that tend to be more abstract. Light and Heat My article challenging the reality of Oppositional Defiant Disorder generated a lot of heated discussion, (which was my purpose) and reminded us of both the controversy and the difficulty of dealing with students who act out in anger in both general education and special education classrooms. Oppositional Defiant Disorder This article lays out the definition from the DSM IV for Oppositional Defiant Disorder, a behavioral disorder which falls under the IDEA rubric of "Emotional Disturbances." It also provides best practices for general education and special education classes. See More About:  emotional disturbances  interventions  disabilities Is Oppositional Defiant Disorder Real? This past week I began my first class for my BCBA (Board Certified Behavior Analyist,) Management and Modification of Children with Special Needs.   My instructor, Nancy Brown, comes from... Read more Special Education Ads Special Education Reading Strategies Education Law Classroom Behavior English Teaching Featured Articles The Basics of Special Education. Special Education 101 Special Education Assessment Teaching Tips and Strategies Lesson Plans for Inclusion and Special Education Students Classroom Management and Discipline Strategies Disabilities in Special Education   More from About.com Top 10 Skin Myths How do you know the information and advice you get about your skin is true? Start with this article, which debunks some of the the most persistent myths out there. More> Living with Infertility Infertility is extremely difficult emotionally, and it's easy to start feeling overwhelmed. Here are 10 ways to cope and keep infertility from taking over your life. More> This newsletter is written by: Jerry Webster Special Education Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Special Education newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2012 About.com   Must Reads How to Write an IEP Dealing With Problem Behaviors Special Education Careers Assessment for Special Education Reading Strategies for Students with LD Advertisement