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Reynolds, Meredith – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
The first edition of "No Easy Answers" (Smith, 1995) was published in 1979, thirty years ago. That seminal work is as relevant today as it was when the book first appeared. This article provides a description of how Sally Smith's Academic Club Method is implemented in the High School program of The Lab School of Washington.
Descriptors: School Activities, Laboratory Schools, Organization, Teaching Methods
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Durham, Jennifer – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Founded in 1967, The Lab School of Washington (LSW) has been educating students with learning disabilities using an arts-based curriculum for over 50 years. Sally Smith originally started the school out of frustration with the inability of traditional educational environments to reach her intelligent, but learning disabled, young son and others…
Descriptors: Laboratory Schools, Learning Disabilities, Curriculum, Teaching Methods
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Alberts, Rebecca – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Art and science are intrinsically linked; the essence of art and science is discovery. Both artists and scientists work in a systematic but creative way--knowledge and understanding are built up through pieces of art or a series of labs. In the classroom, integrating science and visual art can provide students with the latitude to think, discover,…
Descriptors: Laboratory Schools, Learning Disabilities, Grade 1, Thinking Skills
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Oliver, Edwin – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Each day, seeking to address the never ending challenge of helping students with learning disabilities, the author's Baltimore Lab School and Lab School of Washington (LSW) colleagues remember a similar situation in the past and they try to recall what Sally Smith taught them. Smith taught the author a lot in his seven years of working with…
Descriptors: Laboratory Schools, Psychologists, Learning Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education