by Maddie Brownstein from Chabad of the Main Line Even as someone very involved in many aspects of my Jewish community, my participation in the TAP program helped me realize how important it was to learn about individuals’ differences. Learning doesn’t involve discriminating and education teaches people how they can best help others. I chose to participate in TAP because I thought it would be beneficial to learn better ways to help the kids I teach with at Hebrew school. I learned new ways to keep the students engaged and to make learning fun. One of the main [...]

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 [...]