A Precision Teaching Case Study – Teaching Basic Literacy Skills to a Developmentally Delayed Student

The Student was a twelve year old boy diagnosed as being developmentally delayed. He lives in the U.S., although his first language is not English. He was enrolled in an academic tutorial program to prepare him for school entry. His program includes language, reading (decoding), reading comprehension, math, spelling, cursive and creative writing. In the beginning,Continue reading “A Precision Teaching Case Study – Teaching Basic Literacy Skills to a Developmentally Delayed Student”

Official Launch: Fourth Series of the Maloney Method Course at University of West Florida

On April 1, 2019, the University of West Florida hosts the official launch of the fourth series of the Maloney Method Integrated teaching strategies course. Three major behavioral methods combine to assist individuals with language and literacy deficits, including those on the ASD spectrum. The 12-week long course is the largest amalgamation of Behavior Analysis,Continue reading “Official Launch: Fourth Series of the Maloney Method Course at University of West Florida”

An All Too Infrequent True Story

I have been working with children who are at-risk for 50 years. I’d like to tell you a story of one of those kids and how it changed both of our lives. It was a dark and stormy night – no, that’s not it. Let me start again. Once upon a time in a landContinue reading “An All Too Infrequent True Story”

One Scientific Educational Approach and its Money-Back Guarantee for ASD Kids

Here’s where it all began  At the end of November 2008 after teaching special needs kids for 35 years, I began a new journey, both literally and figuratively into the world of autism. I was invited by Eva Hyto, founder of the Hong Kong Junior School, to assist her in setting up an academic programContinue reading “One Scientific Educational Approach and its Money-Back Guarantee for ASD Kids”

Part 2 – Seeing the Forest Through the Trees

One acorn started it all. Now we have a forest of oaks and still a long way to go. When Michael Maloney founded Quinte Learning Centre in Belleville, Ontario with one small classroom, one desk, one blackboard, and a single student in 1978, he had no grand vision of the future. Instead, he had aContinue reading “Part 2 – Seeing the Forest Through the Trees”

Part 1 – One small Acorn, One Mighty Oak

Serendipity can be a wonderful thing. Serendipity happened one September afternoon in 1975 in a meet and greet for new hires at the local Board of Education in Belleville, Ontario, Canada. Two behavioural psychologists, newly hired by the Board introduced themselves to one another. One, Eric Christian Haughton, formerly of York University, was one ofContinue reading “Part 1 – One small Acorn, One Mighty Oak”