All we should want for the Holidays is kindness. I don’t know if my claim is cliché or whatever, but I also don’t care if it is. I am never more proud of the kids with whom I work or my own children when I observe them being kind to one another. I don’t mean some...
When you see it, you can feel it. You’re drawn to it. It’s almost hypnotizing. What is it? It’s quality implementation and it’s irresistible. Once you’ve fallen under the spell of quality implementation, it will make you do things you...
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...
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...
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...
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...
