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At SensoryEdge our focus is to educate, inform, and inspire each person caring for children to be and do their very best. It is not always easy and sometimes we don't take action (or we take the wrong action) because of a lack of understanding the real issues. We hope that the conversations that occur here will help in some small way better the lives of children, their families, and the professionals who work with them. We are always looking for valuable contributions to our site so if you are interested in becoming a contributor contact us.

Why Speech-Language Pathology is One Of the Most Important Supports In Special Education

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Speech-language pathology is the sort of support system that most people have no knowledge of unless they need it. In fact, SLPs work with wide segments of the population: children, young adults, and a significant number of senior citizens who have experienced strokes, memory loss, or other forms of cognitive decline.

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How Young Readers Discover Their Next Favorite Book

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Finding the right book can feel like magic when you’re eight years old and standing in front of a library display. One cover grabs you. The title pulls you in. You open to the first page, and the world shifts. But that first connection, the one that happens before a single word gets read, starts with design choices made months before the book hits shelves.

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Creating Inclusive Reading Environments for Diverse Learners

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Creating a strong reading curriculum isn’t that simple because it requires more than just helping your students learn. You also need to make sure that every child can walk into the room and feel like they belong there. Some learners need more time. Some do better with pictures.

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The World Is Full of Problems. Good.

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Every crisis, every broken system, every thing going wrong in the world is also a job description. These are the people who get paid to show up when everything is falling apart.

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Every child who loves animals gets pointed toward the same door. But the world built around animals is vast

You Can Be a Vet or… Part 4 in a Series

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Every child who loves animals gets pointed toward the same door. But the world built around animals is vast, varied, and full of careers most kids have never been told exist.

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The Evolution of School Counseling and What It Means for Student Wellbeing

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School counseling has undergone a fundamental transformation over the past two decades. What was once a role centered on scheduling classes and managing college applications has become a clinically informed, technology-enabled practice focused on student mental health, academic success, and overall development.

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Why Steady Support Is the Foundation of a Child’s Confidence

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Parenting is not easy. That’s not the same thing as saying that it’s hard. Any mom or dad reading this knows that every day presents new challenges.

Even when your child is happy and well-behaved, there’s always a problem to trip over waiting in the wings, an unexpected sick day, the ever-costly need for new clothes, and so on. But if you want to be a really great parent, a primary ingredient is easily at hand: consistency.

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You Don’t Have to Choose

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Every kid is told at some point to pick a side: science or art, business or creativity, words or numbers. The careers nobody talks about are the ones that ignored that instruction entirely.

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Teaching the Future That’s Already Here

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The instincts children follow for fun, taking things apart, making videos, obsessing over games, asking why everything works, map directly onto careers that barely existed when their parents were in school.

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The World Is Bigger Than You Think

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Everyone tells you to be a doctor, lawyer, or accountant. But there are hundreds of careers out there that most kids never hear about until it’s too late to fall in love with them.

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