by Ben Springer, PhD | Apr 15, 2019 | Autism, Parent Training, Professional Development, Resilience
Dear Autism, My name is Ben Springer and I wanted to drop you a note, to tell you why I’m grateful for you. We first met in a textbook. You were surrounded by a lot of medical-sounding words that made you feel like something broken. The second time I met you, was in...
by Ben Springer, PhD | Apr 8, 2019 | Behavior Management, Classroom Management, Mental Health, Professional Development
Ah, the springtime. Birds are chirping, flowers are blooming, and oh, yes, the kids in school have become a pungent, noisy behavioral soup of chaos. That’s right, a hot, (sometimes smelly) hoard of bubbling goo, poor impulse control, and noise. Of course I love kids...
by Ben Springer, PhD | Mar 19, 2019 | Behavior Management, Mental Health, Professional Development, Resilience
Resilience is a big deal, but it’s mostly misunderstood. Here are three things you need to know about resilience before we get to the unicorns and horse crap: Resilience (or lack thereof) is not something new–it’s always been an issue. Also, start...
by Ben Springer, PhD | Oct 30, 2018 | Behavior Management, Mental Health, Parent Training, Professional Development
Ah, the modern age of parenting and being an educator: “How much privacy do we actually grant our children and our students in the cyber-age (is that even a thing anymore? I dunno…)” It’s a solid, serious, and strangely important question that...
by Ben Springer, PhD | Aug 9, 2018 | Behavior Management, Mental Health, Professional Development
About a year ago, every night, I put together a solid three-month stretch of reading Maurice Sendak’s classic “Where The Wild Things Are” to my youngest. It was the only book she’d let me read to her for a while. I didn’t mind it at all. I love that book. Always...
