Students' Rights

Join the Wynnefield Library to gather information from organizations that provide resources for families and individuals on the Autism spectrum. This is a free event and open to the public.📚🧩

When: Tuesday, August 20, 2024, 12:00 - 6:00 pm

Where: Wynnefield Branch Library
5325 Overbrook Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19131

Teachers, families, vocational counselors – Learn the Essential Elements of Systematic Instruction for Teaching Job Skills - One day online “Intentional Teaching”.

🔥*SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE* for educators & parents of transition-age students🔥

Contact us for more information: https://thearcpa.org/teaching

Do you know about Act 55 that Governor Wolf signed into law on July 8th?
Act 55 allows parents to enroll their students in IEP services for an extra year! If your student turned 21 during the 2021-22 school year (or will turn 21 before the start of the 2022-23 school year) and was enrolled in a school entity for the 2021-22 school year, they are eligible to receive the IEP services from their most recent IEP for the 2022-23 school year. Parents/guardians and students who wish to take advantage of Act 55 must complete, sign, and submit the Act 55 of 2022 Student Enrollment Notification Form to the student’s school entity on or before August 1, 2022.
The form and more information about Act 55 can be found at https://www.education.pa.gov/Schools/safeschools/emergencyplanning/COVID-19/SchoolReopeningGuidance/ReopeningPreKto12/Act55/Pages/default.aspx

If you have any questions about how Act 55 of 2022 affects your child, please contact us.

Executive Function Skills. What is working memory? From Understood.org)

Working memory is one of the brain’s executive functions. It’s a skill that allows us to work with information without losing track of what we’re doing.

Think of working memory as a temporary sticky note in the brain. It holds new information in place so the brain can work with it briefly and connect it with other information.

For example, in math class, working memory lets kids “see” in their head the numbers the teacher is saying. They might not remember any of these numbers by the next class or even 10 minutes later. But that’s OK. Working memory has done its short-term job by helping them tackle the task at hand.

Working memory isn’t just for short-term use. It also helps the brain organize new information for long-term storage. When people have trouble with working memory, the brain may store information in a jumbled way. Or it may not store it for the long term at all.

Sometimes, what may look like trouble with working memory is actually an attention issue: The information was never put into the brain’s storage system in the first place. Learn more about the differences between attention and working memory .
https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/learning-at-home/homework-study-skills/8-working-memory-boosters

8 working memory boosters Working memory games can help kids get better at remembering and using information. Here are eight simple ways to improve working memory in your child.