From Intentions to Action: Supporting Students with Disabilities at Your School
Join education leaders and people with disabilities for this unique opportunity in honor of Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance and Inclusion Month (JDAIM).
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Understanding Our Differences Returns to Gateways
Gateways has resumed our partnership with Understanding Our Differences, an organization that works to foster respectful and inclusive schools and communities for people of all abilities.
The Slifka Day School Inclusion Initiative
Tamara and Angie never imagined that their son Austin could attend a Jewish day school. Born with neurofibromatosis, a condition that causes tumor growth on nerve tissue, Austin has negotiated developmental delays, motor challenges and attention difficulties throughout his life.
Digging Deeper into Behavior Challenges
Time and again we are approached by educators with the same question: “can you help me with a student’s behavior?” In reality, however, teachers might have opportunities within the classroom to manage the disruptive behavior effectively. All that teacher needs is the know-how to channel a student’s acting-out into more productive displays of energy.
A Day School Tackles the Challenge of Literacy
By Lenore Layman, Director of Educational Support Services at Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School Can students with dyslexia and other language-based learning disabilities flourish in a rigorous Jewish day school setting? How can students whoRead More
Empowering Teachers to Support Student Wellness
Within any school setting, there are inevitably students who need a helping hand. But sometimes it is not easy for teachers to recognize when a student needs additional support.
Increasing Access to Mental Health Services in the Jewish Day School Community
Schools should consider becoming a practicum site for psychology graduate students.
Parent Story: Jewish Learning is Foundational
by Joanne and Adam, Gateways Parents For our family, Jewish learning is foundational—it’s at the very root of who we are and how we live. Before we were blessed with our four children, both JoanneRead More
Team Binny
By H. Glen Rosenkrantz At Striar Hebrew Academy of Sharon (SHAS), the head of school is starting these early days of the new term as he always does, standing out front and greeting students as they arriveRead More
She Wouldn’t Take ‘No’ for an Answer: Sue Schweber
As a freshman at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Sue Schweber and a few other students convinced the university to give credits for Jewish history classes. But that was just a beginning. Sue later worked withRead More