Make the most of ESSER funds with High-Quality SEL PD

Make the most of ESSER funds with High-Quality SEL PD

What exactly are ESSER funds? President Joe Biden made history when he signed the American Rescue Plan into law, and $123 billion was committed to funding K-12 education in the US. Combined with the $72 billion from the COVID relief packages last year, schools have...
Digital Tools to Empower and Motivate Students

Digital Tools to Empower and Motivate Students

A student staring out the window. A pupil poking their neighbor with a pencil. A young person whispering to their neighbor while a classmate speaks. Familiar sights to any person who has spent time in a classroom, disengaged students both impede their own learning and...

Misconceptions of Autism: Tech Savants

(Editor’s note: As always, the illustrations in Julie’s blog posts are created by her!)   As autism becomes part of a worldwide dialog, society learns more every day about what it means to be on the autism spectrum. This is, of course, a good thing. ...
Laughing at Random Moments

Laughing at Random Moments

One day while working on a new graphics project for Brain Power, I started giggling under my breath. I tried to stop myself as the tears of laughter formed in my eyes, but I knew any second I would betray myself and my coworkers would favor me with a perplexed look....
Autistic Perception of Common Gestures

Autistic Perception of Common Gestures

Imagine the following scenario: It’s the end of the first week at your child’s new school. You receive a phone call from your child’s teacher, who has some “concerns.” She comments that your child does not make eye contact. She also comments that when she pats your...