higher-functioning

The Teach-In website has useful resources for anyone who wants to structure a conversation that results in an actionable set of aspirational goals toward the creation of healthier, higher-functioning learning environments.

Sam Chaltain: What's Your Declaration of Education? Sam Chaltain 2011

If a parent is suffering from lack of sleep, stress or distractions and what parent doesn't? the higher-functioning parts of the brain become more susceptible to bullying by the basal ganglia, which take over and put you on autopilot.

Kent Greenfield: When Kids Are Left in Cars: Blame the Brain Kent Greenfield 2011

One out of 110 children in the U.S. is affected by autism spectrum disorders, the diagnostic term for describing the range of lower- and higher-functioning autistic children, while 1 out of about 300 children has cerebral palsy, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Playing on a Tablet as Therapy Shalini Ramachandran 2011

Now, she says he answers questions and follows directions from time to time, and takes turns on collaborative games with his brother, Brodey, a higher-functioning autistic child who is also in the program.

Playing on a Tablet as Therapy Shalini Ramachandran 2011

They cream for compliant, higher-functioning, more-motivated students from compliant, higher-functioning, more-motivated families.

Matthew Yglesias » Charter School Metaphors 2010

The Teach-In website has useful resources for anyone who wants to structure a conversation that results in an actionable set of aspirational goals toward the creation of healthier, higher-functioning learning environments.

Sam Chaltain: What's Your Declaration of Education? Sam Chaltain 2011

If a parent is suffering from lack of sleep, stress or distractions and what parent doesn't? the higher-functioning parts of the brain become more susceptible to bullying by the basal ganglia, which take over and put you on autopilot.

Kent Greenfield: When Kids Are Left in Cars: Blame the Brain Kent Greenfield 2011

I was also good with the higher-functioning adults, as we worked on life skills.

More Track Pictures and Flashback Friday: Starting A New Job Molly Daniels 2010

I was also good with the higher-functioning adults, as we worked on life skills.

Archive 2010-04-01 Molly Daniels 2010

But even for somebody like this caller's daughter, who sounds as though she has a shot at independence, and she's doing well in school - sometimes Caren and I talk about the higher-functioning people with autism, are kind of in the shark's world.

Making The World Work For Adults With Autism 2010