The World's Strongest Librarian - by Josh Hanagarne

This is a perspective more of a student then the teacher. I was at a conference and I saw Josh Hanagarne speak. During this class we think how can we teach differently to help all the students? In his talk Josh talked about the people who helped him learn to learn with his disability. He went back to school and became a librarian. As teachers you get to know your students and wouldn't it be great if teachers were given the time and training to help identify challenges that their students face and offer alternative ways of learning? Finding what works for the most successful people with the same disabilities and teach them about those individuals and what worked for them and give them the latitude to experiment with the different learning techniques. Another point to help students with disabilities see successful people with the same or similar challenges help people see past their fears and disappointments and see a world of possibilities and to help get through tough times and work on their own successes. If you have people in your corner on the harder days it makes it a little less stressful.