Is Homework Really Worth All The Trouble?
A new school year is upon us and I can already hear the crying and fighting in so many homes over homework assignments. Does homework really serve a purpose? While it has some relevance in high school, the benefit of homework in middle school is much less consistent. At the elementary level, homework has still less value than believed...other than to bring in more unneeded stress and disrupted bedtimes. Homework is practice. Homework should – only – be given in smaller portio
We Are 'Teachers' First
A couple weeks ago, a young BCBA took issue with me when I wrote that the framework for autism services was educational and that we were, in fact, teaching. While she wasn't fully clear in her disagreement, my understanding was that she had an incorrect perception of 'ABA' as a decontextualized kind of 'medical treatment' as would be using a bronchodilator for wheezing or insulin for diabetes. At its foundation, Applied Behavior Analysis is an educational model which prioriti
