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Resilience, Unicorns, and Horse Crap
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 rejecting the...
To Track or Not to Track (My Child’s Online/Text Messages)…
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 requires our immediate...
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...
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