Lower Hudson Regional Partnership Center Reporter Articles
The Elephant and the Rider: Engaging in Challenging Change
By Martha Trujillo-Torp, EdD, Special Education School Improvement Specialist
November 2014
Whether it’s change in our personal or professional lives, true lasting change is difficult. Why is it so difficult? According to Chip and Dan Heath (2010) in Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard, the main hindrance is that our brains have two independent systems that are al...Effective Vocabulary Instruction: The Backbone to Reading Comprehension
By Denise Jaffe, MS, CCC and Alison Telsey, PhD, Special Education School Improvement Specialists
October 2014
How important is vocabulary in enhancing reading comprehension? To answer this complex question read the following paragraph to yourself.The man leaned against the current as he waded, waist-deep, upstream. His hands steadied either end of the furnwunch balanced across h...