Preparing kids for the future they deserve
So, I grew up hearing that learning disabilities go away. “People get kids tested for dyslexia so their kids believe they can’t read,” my dad would say. My mom felt that ADHD is an excuse for bad behavior. My parents
Read moreIt can be frustrating working with a kid who just doesn’t understand what you’re teaching. Believe me, I’ve been there. You start to feel as though you’ve exhausted all possible explanations. You feel as though you’ve tried to teach the
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A Personal Narrative: A while ago, I was sharing about my battle with anxiety with a dear family member. When I my experience dealing with anxiety, I initially thought that this person would accept my story. Turns out, I was
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Back when I was 24, I took my first official teaching job. It was at a head start preschool. This job changed me in many ways. But one conversation with a fellow teacher still stands out. It was the summer
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I’ve heard so many parents say that their greatest wish for the kids is for them to be happy and healthy. If you ask anyone who’s a parent what their primary wish for their kids is, they will say, “I
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I grew up in a house where iconic and timeless expressions were used frequently. (I’m sure this isn’t unique to me.) These words and phrases were casually thrown around to describe things ranging from people’s behavior to various situations. In
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Process Over Product: One of my first jobs out of college was working at a Montessori preschool. One of the phrases I heard was, “Focus on process, not product.” Within the context of the preschool, this mostly referred to their
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The 21st century has come with a lot of progress for kids with learning disabilities. (By the way, for the purposes of simplifying word usage, I’m using learning disabilities to refer to both things like dyslexia and psychiatric disorders.) More
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I was recently talking with someone about issues plaguing their life She was sharing that she feels that her child is stubborn and doesn’t listen to advice. She’d been talking to her kid about switching high schools for several months.
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Anxiety. The feeling we all have when something unfamiliar is more daunting at first. For some of us, this is an occasional feeling that comes up. It washes away as soon as we’ve conquered our fear. For others, it’s an
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