by Ari Block from Mishkan Shalom Every person is unique, and their brain works differently. My experience at TAP has helped me understand both the joy and the challenge of working with many different thinking and behavioral types in one room. I had previous experience as a congregational school teaching assistant, and TAP helped me better understand their behavioral differences. In the past two years, I have encountered kids aged 8 to 10 with needs different from others. Some of these kids simply required a different, less distracting environment to do their best work. For example, during the [...]

by Lily Goldstein from Beth Tikvah B’nai Jeshurun I was very excited to start the TAP program for many reasons but most importantly I wanted to learn how to take care of all kinds of kids to the best of my ability. TAP helped me with this by teaching me how to help kids who learn differently than most kids but by also giving me the tools to learn more from anyone. My main takeaway from the program is that all types of behavior is communication, and how if you pay attention to how they are acting you [...]

by Toby Greene from Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El Although I don’t remember everything about TAP, I remember one thing that has always and will always stick out to me. “All actions have meanings” I don’t know if that's the exact words but it's what I remember. These four words stuck out to me. I knew in my mind that everytime I went to work at my Hebrew school that I was looking at what each kid did to see how they acted. But these words truly brought out a slightly different perspective that changed how I would have [...]