Communication and Collaboration in the Classroom with Melinda Arnost [IEP 144]

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re thrilled to have Melinda Arnost on the show today for an exciting conversation around teachers and providing them not only the tools they need to successfully create and lead their inclusive classrooms but a guidebook that breaks it all down for them. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Melinda Arnost is an Intervention Specialist who currently teaches grades K-3 in autism units. She previously taught middle school and high school and has always been an inclusive advocate. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Melinda also runs a non-profit ice skating program called</span> <a href= "http://www.glidingstars.org/chapters/gliding-stars-of-northeast-ohio/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Gliding Stars of Northeast Ohio</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">that assists with creating adaptive equipment for those who wish to ice skate. </span></p> <p><strong>Show Highlights:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Melinda explains what the role of an Intervention Specialist is.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">All of the important emotional-social standards should be taught to ALL school children, not just the uniquely-abled kids. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Communication and collaboration in the classroom is a win for the teachers and a win for the students.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Melinda has a passion to share what she’s learned with other teachers.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Building relationships and accepting people for who they are is critical.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Melinda details the book she is writing,</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Empowering Inclusion</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and what it will offer te