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I don’t have time for behavior…
"I don't have time for behavior." This is a phrase I heard often as a behavior specialist. Behavioral issues can take up a lot of instructional time, and the truth of the matter is that classroom management systems take time to implement. So, at times, it feels like...
Embracing the Wild Things (No Magic Trick Necessary)…
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 have....
Thank you, Teachers!
The title “teacher” means a lot to me. My mom and dad were both life long educators. My mom taught English for over 40 years. Seriously. Think about that for a second. Some of my earliest memories were playing in her classroom and snooping around all her amazing...
The Mid-Year Doldrums and Ingrown Hairs
It all started just 5 days ago. I’m sitting at a table conducting a psych eval, and I feel a little bump on my chin. I knew immediately what it was. An ingrown hair. Look, I promised my daughter I wouldn’t overshare about this because it grosses her out…like most...
Are Our Kids Safe?
Yesterday morning was particularly beautiful as the sun broke upon the Wasatch mountains. The frigid February air brought a sharpness to the cool hues of blue, purple, and pink outside my bedroom window. With the painful reality of a recent school shooting in Florida...
School Shootings and The Trolley Dilemma
No one really knows when the first version of “The Trolley Dilemma” appeared in text or college courses in ethics and psychology. Though some trace it back to the turn of the 20th century, in the 1960’s, Phillipa Foot is credited with the most widely recognized...
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