Patricia Padorsek, a Director of Teaching and Learning formerly of International School of Kuala Lumpur and now on her way to International School Nido de Aguilas in Chile.

Dr. Joan Schumann who is just beginning a new position as Director of Professional Learning and Instruction at International School Beijing.

Norman Kunc and Emma Van der Klift are well known speakers and advocates within the disability rights community, they prefer to think of themselves as modern day storytellers, continuing the long held tradition of using humour and narrative to initiate self-reflection and social change.

Lori Boll, Erin Madonna and Matt Barker discuss all things to do with working in multidisciplinary teams.

Kumaresan Muniandy is a special education teacher with a degree and master’s degree in special education. He has 10 years of special education teaching experience. At Merbok Special Education Vocational […]

Sarah Ward, M.S., CCC/SLP has over 25 years of experience in the treatment of executive dysfunction.

Greg O ‘Connor is a long-time friend of SENIA, who has spoken at many of our conferences and has taught us so much about how we can use technology to best support our students who need it.

Charnin, also known as Ming, attends the International School of Bangkok (ISB) and is a valued member of his grade 3 class.  He will be moving to grade 4 this […]

Dr. Nicole Sparapani is an Assistant Professor at the University of California Davis and a faculty member of the MIND Institute The UC Davis MIND Institute is a collaborative international research center, committed to the awareness, understanding, prevention, and treatment of the challenges associated with neurodevelopmental disabilities.

Dominique Blue is a special educator working in China. Like many of you, she has worked in schools where there is no official special education program.

Sara is originally from Japan and has completed grade one at the International School of Bangkok. Sara is a little ray of sunshine and everyone that meets her or interacts […]

Roland Benzon has invented a way for people who are deaf or blind can enjoy their favorite movies, TV shows, or podcasts.

Dr. Choy Sook Kuen is a mother of two sons Aaron and Joshua, and founder of Oasis Place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ‘s first and largest multi-disciplinary intervention center for children and adults with learning differences.

Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician, Dr. Roby Marcou, and I discuss the developmental and behavioral impact of the Covid 19 experiences on children, adolescents, families and educators.

The chairperson of the SENIA Europe board of directors is our guest today. April Remfrey spent years as a special educator in the international schools.

Today I speak with Pat Noonan, a special educator from Massachusetts who, during the early days of online instruction, found a way to create lessons for his students that are engaging, interactive, and fun

Dr. Bonnie Singer is the Founder and CEO of Architects For Learning, which is dedicated to giving educators effective teaching methods that take language and critical thinking to new levels.

Today I speak to Emmy Thamakaison, a rising Grade 12 student at International School Bangkok who wrote a bilingual children ‘s book about a child learning about his ADHD, what it means, how he can work with it, and what gifts it can bring him, because, yes, it can be a superpower.

While most of us were unceremoniously dumped into the world of remote virtual teaching recently, Tracey Ellis, CEO and founder of International Diagnostic Solutions (IDS) is a veteran.

Phil Bowman, a Learning Support Teacher from International School Bangkok, board member of SENIA Thailand, and creator of the MARIO Framework discusses how he uses the Design Thinking process in his learning support classroom

Bee Giek Choo is a teacher who strongly believes that each and every child deserves the right to receive quality education in life.

In this time of COVID-19, let ‘s spend today talking about something positive. STEPS with Theera is a vocational training center in downton Bangkok for adults with special needs.

Inspired from last week ‘s podcast with Jessica Minahan regarding understanding behaviors, I was hoping to somehow learn more about student behaviors at home during this time of virtual schooling.

As a Para-Educator and Fitness Coordinator at a school for children with autism, Dave Geslak (Coach Dave) experienced first-hand the challenges of teaching exercise.

Welcome to Autism Awareness Month. On today ‘s podcast, we speak with Dr. Stephen Shore, an adult with autism. 

We ‘ve all been thrown into our new teaching reality…we ‘ve gone virtual. It ‘s new, it ‘s tough, it ‘s exciting. While some of us are just starting our journeys, others have been doing it since all this started.

I ‘m uber excited about today ‘s guest Jessica Minahan. Jessica is a special educator, Behavior Analyst, and author from Boston, Massachusetts. As educators, parents, and professionals, we seem to always wonder why kids do what they do; behavior-wise.  Jessica breaks this down for us.

Listen to Kate Balsamo, SENIA Board Chair, as she shares her progressive views on special education in international schools. Full interview here.