PLEASED Learning offers families guidance and tips on a wide range of relevant educational topics. Each month, educators at PLEASED have "coffee and conversation" while discussing one of these important subject matters. We will soon be providing free instructional videos for students as well. 

Emily Schwartz, PLEASED's speech-language pathologist, offers families ways to support their children's language development in fun, simple ways. She offers suggestions to encourage vocabulary development, sequencing, following directions, conversation skills, inferential thinking, and categorizing.

Lara Stein, founder of PLEASED Learning, and Nora Witte, special education advocate and teacher, delve into the specific ways to make the virtual school year a success.

There are many ways to help your children become independent workers during the school day, both at home and at school. Nora and Lara will delve it methods of gradually release at home and the use of behavior tools to encourage indepdence.

If you're coming up against resistance to home learning, here's a tip! Check out the full conversation on our YouTube page!

Set your child up for success during home learning with a schedule. Find tips and resources here!

Visual reminders can be a great way to build your child's stamina and foster independence!

Emily Schwartz, PLEASED Learning's speech-language pathologist, breaks down what speech-language pathology is and how to impacts academics. . There are many misconceptions about speech pathology and Emily clears them up for parents and teachers. Over coffee, Emily gives a brief lesson in speech-language pathology 101!

Nora Witte, PLEASED's special education advocate, outlines how parents can opt for an evaluation to gather information about their child's learning style. Nora answers Lara Stein's question in detail, offering advice about the IEP process and seeking help from a neuropsychologist.

In order to strengthen children's positive behaviors, it is important to give them positive feedback. Watch this video to find out when and how you can give your child positive feedback to foster independence.