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Encouraging Writing Through Free-Writing: Importance of Free Writing

May 25, 2022June 20, 2022
L3arning_T0gether
Parenting, Teaching

What is Free-Writing? Free-writing, in education, is the process of allowing students to write whatever comes to their minds.  They can write as little or as much as they desire.  There are no rules during free-writing.  The exercise is entirely

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Communication that Works: Advocating for Students Effectively

Parent and Teacher
May 11, 2022May 12, 2022
L3arning_T0gether
Home and Family, Parenting

Intro Have you, as a parent, ever tried to have a conversation with a teacher only to feel more frustrated when it ended?  Have you ever felt like the teacher you’re talking to doesn’t understand your perspective, or your student’s

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Learning the Timing of Communication: The Best Time to Resolve an Argument

Kid Yelling at Parent
January 13, 2022May 11, 2022
L3arning_T0gether
Home and Family, Parenting

The Scenario: It’s a Thursday night.  You’ve just finished eating dinner with your family.  You go downstairs to the office to do some work on the family computer.  The door to your office opens and you see your 16-year-old kid

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Improving Communication within Education: The Power of Storytelling for Advocacy

Storytelling in Communication
August 7, 2021June 20, 2022
L3arning_T0gether
Life, Parenting, Teaching

A Personal Narrative: After learning that my school struggles as a kid could be traced back to a battle with anxiety, I wanted to share what I had learned with a dear family member.  When I opened up about my

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Secrets Behind Raising Happy and Healthy Children

February 26, 2021April 10, 2022
L3arning_T0gether
Parenting, Teaching

The Happy and Healthy Cliché If you survey parents on what their greatest wish is for their kids, the majority will say, “I just want my kids to be happy and healthy.” This was what my mom said about me

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Our Vocabulary is Harming Students with Learning Disorders

January 12, 2021January 3, 2022
L3arning_T0gether
Parenting, Teaching

I grew up in a house hearing many timeless expressions.  These included idioms (i.e. “a penny for your thoughts,”) and other overused phrases.  My parents, especially my mom, used popular phrases when talking about a number of things, including behavior

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Focusing on More than Just the Destination: Parenting for Process

Process Not Product
November 26, 2020April 10, 2022
L3arning_T0gether
Parenting

Process Over Product: One of the first jobs I held out of college was working at a Montessori inspired preschool.  As teachers, we were required to participate in monthly trainings.  These trainings covered topics ranging from safety considerations in the

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To Diagnose or Not to Diagnose?: The Case for Seeking Professional Help

November 9, 2020December 25, 2021
L3arning_T0gether
Parenting

Opening The 21st century has seen a lot of progress for people with learning disabilities and psychiatric disorders.  We’ve learned more about learning disorders due to ongoing research.  And the quality of education has been improved for students who have

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Signs and Symptoms of Childhood Anxiety: How to Spot Anxiety in Children

October 13, 2020December 23, 2021
L3arning_T0gether
Parenting, Teaching

Introduction Anxiety: that feeling of fear when something unfamiliar seems daunting. For some of us, this feeling is periodic, coming up only when we try something new; it disappears after we’ve tried the new event. For others, it’s an ongoing

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How to Know if Your Child Needs Help: Signs Your Student is Struggling

October 2, 2020January 6, 2022
L3arning_T0gether
Parenting, Teaching

Introduction Reading into a kid’s behavior can be a tough job.  And it can be even harder to know definitively how to respond to a kid’s behavior.  There are days when you may think that everything is fine for your

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