Category Archives: Autism

If We Can’t Surrender

Posted on April 3, 2023 by paraeducate

Renay has been spending March in that whole malaise that focuses on the sprint to Spring Break. There are things that still need to happen. Tests, academic progress, parent-teacher conferences. But Renay has been noodling some different thoughts. Most recently … Continue reading →

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If The Sky We Look Upon…

Posted on June 6, 2022 by paraeducate

Renay is sitting writing thank you notes. It is not exactly a challenge to her, but to be thoughtful and considerate of every person, does take some time. But it is not just about the ‘thank you’. This academic year … Continue reading →

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Follow Me

Posted on May 17, 2021 by paraeducate

Renay is in the ParaEducate office tinkering away on her final presentation for her student teaching assignments and so that left our weekly blog a little underdeveloped. But as Social-Emotional Learning connections go, this one came to our attention this … Continue reading →

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Recap #caltash2018

Posted on March 8, 2018 by paraeducate

Cal-TASH is home. Six years ago, Renay and Megan introduced ParaEducate to a Cal-TASH audience. So having skipped last year in favor of SXSWEdu 2017, we were glad to be back with a very familiar venue and familiar faces. One … Continue reading →

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Project Based Learning (PBL)

Posted on November 30, 2017 by paraeducate

This week is slightly less dramatic than last week before we took off for a week long break. But with the rise of project based learning, we thought we’d look at what it takes to achieve project based learning with … Continue reading →

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Widening the Circle

Posted on April 6, 2017 by paraeducate

Last week, we took advantage of our week off to have meetings with folks from all over the globe. Two things are still in progress, but one of the conversations we had had us go speak to a professor we … Continue reading →

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Reflection of Cal-TASH 2016

Posted on March 3, 2016 by paraeducate

This week we look at Cal-TASH 2016. Sacramento is in ParaEducate’s backyard. So there wasn’t any question of Renay skipping out on this year’s Cal-TASH. For those of you who don’t know: Sacramento is the state capital of California. This … Continue reading →

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ParaEducate: Acceptance, Love and Self-care: #AutismPositivity2015

Posted on May 15, 2015 by paraeducate

ParaEducate is once again honored to take part in the Autism Positivity Flash Blog for 2015. This year, contributors were asked to consider this: We want to know what you are celebrating about yourself, your Autistic family, friend or loved … Continue reading →

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ParaEducate: Expressions of PosAutivity #AutismPositivity2014– Originally Posted 4/30/2014

Posted on May 14, 2015 by paraeducate

In May 2014, ParaEducate suffered an entire blog meltdown. As a result, we lost many of our former blog postings. We were lucky to recover this thanks to participating in the Autism Positivity 2014 Flash Blog. For the second year … Continue reading →

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ParaEducate Celebrates 1000 Ausome Things #AutismPositivity 2013– Originally Posted 4/30/2013

Posted on May 14, 2015 by paraeducate

In May 2014, ParaEducate suffered a blog melt down, causing the loss of nearly all their posts. We were able to recover some of the blog, and we were lucky to find our 2013 Flashblog for Autism Positivity. This was … Continue reading →

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