Art-on-a-cart is the teaching of art from a rolling cart by a teacher without a designated classroom. Mobile, the art-on-a-cart teacher moves from classroom to classroom, implementing art curriculum from the position of a visitor. Contrary to popular belief, art-on-a-cart is not a working condition primarily of new teachers. It can affect any…

According to the University of Notre Dame's online dictionary (n.d.), the word advocacy comes partly from the Latin word "advocare," which means "to summon or call to one's aid." This definition provides an interesting look into what advocacy means when looking at the special needs of a child. Advocacy is a summoning of…

In this article, the authors provide snapshots of a student's case in which she received an Individualized Education Program (IEP) after being diagnosed as having a speech and language disorder in an urban Head Start program located in the northeast region of the United States. This case can shed light on the complexities of the literacy practices…

Teachers of students who are deaf or hard of hearing find consultation increasingly part of the job due to the national trend toward inclusion. The push toward inclusion has been accelerated by implementation of universal newborn hearing screening and advances in technology that have included digital hearing aids, cochlear implants, and hearing…

The profession of school social work began in 1906 but was not recognized in federal legislation for students with disabilities until nearly 70 years later. However, since 1906, school social workers have worked with students considered at-risk for academic failure, including students with disabilities. This article highlights the beginning of the…

In 1994, the federal Early Head Start (EHS) program was created to address the comprehensive needs of low-income pregnant women and children under age 3. EHS was created almost 30 years after Head Start was established in 1965 to serve low-income 3- and 4-year-old children and their families with comprehensive early education and support services.…

An itinerant service delivery model takes early intervention and special education services to environments where young children with disabilities participate in their communities. Reconciliation of the mismatch that often occurs between recommended and actual practice requires support at all levels of the service delivery system, including…

Teaching artists know that there are many more students who could benefit from learning in and through the arts, but school budgets as well as teaching artists' time and energy are limited. As years pass, teaching artists face the reality that they will reach only a fraction of the students in need. To extend their impact dramatically, some…

Describes the experiences of a teacher who works with hospitalized children with cancer who are facing surgery, chemotherapy, and other painful procedures. Through schoolwork, he is able to offer these children a sense of normalcy and provide comfort as they gain a feeling of connectedness to their regular lives. (SM)

The article describes the Teachers of the Talented and Gifted (TAG) program in Fremont, Nebraska, in which two itinerant TAG teachers visit each first- and second-grade classroom once a week for eight weeks to improve gifted identification in the primary grades and to demonstrate creative activities that can be useful to all students. (DLS)

Traveling classrooms for carnival kids didn't really come on the scene until the 1990s when Linda Brewer, a teacher of the Conklin International Academy, helped the idea get off the ground. The trade publication "Amusement Business" lists 325 carnivals in its annual booking guide, but fewer than a dozen shows have schools because it is expensive…

This article describes how two Baltimore teachers, Rachel Rosenblatt and Linda Andersen, provide tutorial work with hospital patients at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. Their work is part of the in-hospital educational aid offered by Baltimore school district to help students recover from serious illnesses or injuries. The Baltimore program, which…

The Writer-in-Residence project in Lothian Region schools is described through an interview with Donald Campbell, a poet and playwright who is one of the five writers traveling between schools to identify and assist students with writing talent. (SJL)

An itinerant teacher of students with visual impairments describes the itinerant model, in which students who are visually impaired attend their neighborhood schools while periodically receiving special services from a vision teacher. Advantages and disadvantages of the model are considered, a typical day of an itinerant teacher is described, and…

As Mr. Goldman empties his backpack, his philosophy of teaching spills out, along with an interesting assortment of odds and ends. In this article Mr. Goldman describes the contents of his L.L. Bean daypack with two large compartments in the back, a smaller forward compartment, and a little zippered pocket in the very front, along with his…