SPM and SPM-2 Quick Tips Case Study: What’s Behind Challenging Behaviors in the Classroom?

Explore the challenges faced in ensuring equal educational opportunities for children with disabilities in the United States as WPS sheds light on the Department of Education's recent policy updates.

Place-based SEL can be the strong, firm rope that connects people to each other, to cultural resilience resources—and to the land on which everyone depends.

Explore the crucial role of cultural humility in autism evaluations with Dr. Regilda Romero. Learn how cross-cultural frameworks enhance assessments, addressing the influence of cultural norms and behaviors on diagnosis and intervention.

Experience West Seaford Elementary's remarkable journey using MTSS to slash chronic absence rates from 22% to 9%, fostering engagement and reshaping school culture. Learn how MTSS transforms learning environments, supported by research-backed strategies for student success.

Experience West Seaford Elementary's remarkable journey using MTSS to slash chronic absence rates from 22% to 9%, fostering engagement and reshaping school culture. Learn how MTSS transforms learning environments, supported by research-backed strategies for student success.

Learn about the role of weighting techniques, such as raking, in reducing bias and enhancing the accuracy of academic testing norm scores for non-representative samples. Explore insights from a paper co-authored by WPS's COO David Herzberg.

Amid record mental health needs and teacher shortages, educators ponder the impact of school culture on students' well-being. Schools are now prioritizing healthier environments, starting with inclusive programs that benefit students with disabilities, fostering a more welcoming atmosphere for all.

Educators and clinicians must make sure D/HH students are carefully, competently assessed early enough to prevent language deprivation. Doing so will mean that more students can spend their school years building skills and friendships. And more students can leave school ready for all the possibilities on the other side of the graduation stage.  

Understanding how executive dysfunction affects students with dyslexia can help you target instruction and interventions that will prove the most effective.  

For the first time, recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show autism in girls at a prevalence rate higher than 1%. While the CDC says autism is around 4 times as common in boys as in girls, many researchers think the diagnostic gap between the sexes is wider than it should be. The gap suggests that many girls and women don’t get the support they need to navigate the world. 

For the first time, recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show autism in girls at a prevalence rate higher than 1%. While the CDC says autism is around 4 times as common in boys as in girls, many researchers think the diagnostic gap between the sexes is wider than it should be. The gap suggests that many girls and women don’t get the support they need to navigate the world. 

Despite the clarity of diagnostic criteria, identifying depression in teens isn’t always straightforward. At every age, depression can look different from person to person, with some people experiencing emotional symptoms and others having more physical ones.  

An experienced LCSW shares some common—and some surprising—signs of depression in young people.