S2 E21: Raising Children with Disabilities: Caregiving & Parenting Are Not the Same - A Conversation with Advocate and Mom, Erin Croyle
Schoolutions: Curious Educators. Evidence-Based Strategies. Classrooms Where Every Child Thrives.
01/30/23
•38m
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Erin Croyle offers listeners her perspective on the differences between caregiving and parenting when it comes to being an advocate for disability rights and a mother to three children, one of them having Down syndrome. Erin helps listeners understand how they can both support the disability community and caregivers of children with disabilities as well. Listeners must take a moment also to be inspired by Emily Perl Kingsley’s poem, Welcome To Holland.
Episode Mentions:
- CAREGIVING AND PARENTING ARE NOT THE SAME (11/2019)
- CAREGIVING AND PARENTING ARE NOT THE SAME: BACK TO SCHOOL EDITION (9/2022)
- What is the Difference Between an IEP and a 504 Plan?
- Center for Family Involvement
- Asset-based mindset
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
- The Arc of Virginia
- What is a social story?
- Elopement - When Your Special Needs Child Wanders
- Ableism
- Visual schedules and supports
- What is RtI?
- Least Restrictive Environment, Mainstreaming & Inclusion
- Co-teaching Models
Connect with Erin:
- at The Odyssey Podcast
- on Twitter
- on Facebook
- on Instagram
- on LinkedIn
When coaches, teachers, administrators, and families work hand in hand, it fosters a school atmosphere where everyone is inspired and every student is fully engaged in their learning journey.
Previous Episode
The Secret to Making Technology Actually Improve Student Learning
January 23, 2023
•41m
In this eye-opening conversation, technology integration coach Anna Davis and veteran educator Lainie Levin reveal the Triple E Framework (Extend, Enhance, Engage) that's revolutionizing classrooms. Learn how their powerful partnership approach turns struggling students into confident writers and transforms classroom management through innovative teaching strategies.
🎯 What You'll Learn:
➡️The Triple E Framework that makes technology actually work for student engagement
➡️How to support disruptive students and difficult students through digital writing communities
➡️Effective teaching strategies that boost student motivation and active learning
➡️Professional learning insights for teachers, education coaches, and instructional leaders
➡️Classroom behavior management through authentic audience writing
➡️Student discipline approaches that inspire students rather than punish them
Key Takeaways:
✅ Move from technology dependency to meaningful integration
✅ Create "Trusted Reader Circles" for student participation and peer feedback
✅ Navigate platform transitions (Seesaw → Fanschool → WordPress)
✅ Build teacher coaching partnerships that actually work
✅ Support new teachers with practical instructional strategies
✅ Develop inclusive teaching approaches for the whole child
Episode Mentions:
- Stronger Together: How Tech Specialists Can Support Writing (11/2022)
- The Storytelling Classroom
- Lainie’s Soapbox Blog
- Triple E Framework
- SOPPA
- Schoology - PowerSchool
- Fanschool
- Google Docs - Google Slides
- Pages
- Canva
- Popplet
- Book Creator
- Timelapse in Camera App
- iMovie
CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Introduction: Meet the Dream Team
2:15 - What is a Technology Integration Coach?
5:30 - The Partnership Approach to Teaching
8:45 - Triple E Framework Explained (Extend, Enhance, Engage)
12:20 - Student Success Stories: From Perfectionist to Confident
16:10 - Platform Evolution: When Students Outgrow Tools
19:30 - Digital Writing vs Traditional Methods
23:15 - Parent Concerns About Screen Time
26:40 - Privacy Laws and Platform Compliance
29:20 - Recommended Platforms and Learning Management Systems
33:45 - Apps That Transform Writing Instruction
37:30 - Real Student Transformations
41:15 - Call to Action: Starting Your Tech Partnership
When coaches, teachers, administrators, and families work hand in hand, it fosters a school atmosphere where everyone is inspired and every student is fully engaged in their learning journey.
Next Episode
Jill Macfarlane shares about supporting children and their families with the grieving process in her role as the Program Director at The Sharing Place since 2003. Jill’s gift for explaining how and why people die in developmentally kid-sized ways is incredible and necessary. In addition, Jill highlights resources for families and schools looking to support their communities as they process and move through grief when their loved ones die.
Episode Mentions:
- The Sharing Place
- What is a Certified Child Life Specialist?
- Re-Grieving
- Bereavement Reactions of Children & Young People by Age Group
- New York Life’s Grief-Sensitive Schools Initiative
- The Sharing Place Outreach & Education
- Childhood Bereavement Estimation Model
- John Hattie’s Visible Learning
- Coalition to Support Grieving Students
Connect with The Sharing Place:
- at their website: The Sharing Place
- on Twitter
- on Facebook
- on Instagram
Connect with Jill:
When coaches, teachers, administrators, and families work hand in hand, it fosters a school atmosphere where everyone is inspired and every student is fully engaged in their learning journey.
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