Saturday, October 20, 2012

31 for 21: Day 20 So happy to learn

(I found this link via another blogger friend who also has a child around the same age as Avery…I went to it and listened to it…very informative…so I thought I would pass it along…)
A MUST LISTEN & SHARE for parents & educators--tips from an expert working with 55 people with DS. Hear learning tips straight from the expert and connect with a WONDERFUL resource. She provides tips for teaching them how to read…write and do math..
Yvonne Pierre welcomes Terry Brown, affectionately known as “Mrs. Brown” by her many learners, has a passion and a gift for teaching individuals with Down syndrome. She began her career of teaching children with special needs within the public school system before she began teaching from her home. She has developed a successful and innovative program, “So Happy to Learn” that teaches reading, writing and math to children and adults with Down syndrome. Terry Brown was named Down Syndrome Association of Orange County's 2001 Educator of the Year. In 2004 Mrs. Brown developed and taught a yearlong pilot program for DSAOC designed to help parents teach their children to read. She has presented “So Happy to Learn” at workshops and conferences for parents and educators.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ypierre/2012/10/13/reading-and-down-syndrome-with-terry-brown
Terry Brown’s website
www.sohappytolearn.com ..go check out some of her videos of teaching other kids..I found them very helpful…
I have been in contact with Terry and she will hopefully have something up this after this weekend..I had contacted her months ago asking if she had anything for people that were not located where she lived..and she had told me she was working on it..so after this came out again I contacted her again and asked her how she was coming with it..and she said she was almost finished up …and hoped to have it completed by the end of this weekend..Yay!!!  I will be the first to sign up for it..that’s for sure!!!

2 comments:

Anna Theurer said...

Thanks for sharing!

Laura said...

I'm bookmarking this post so I can watch later!