The right education resources for parents can empower you to actively support your child’s education. You play a vital role in their academic journey and finding the right tools and strategies can make a significant difference in their learning and success. Your engagement in your child’s school helps to create a nurturing environment, foster a … Read More
Middle School Students
5 Ways to Support Your Child’s Learning Even if You Aren’t an Academic Expert
As parents, you play a critical role in your child’s academic success. Even if you don’t consider yourself an academic expert, there are several ways you can support your child’s learning and enhance their success in school. There is a good chance that, at some point or another, you have felt overwhelmed when your child … Read More
How Do You Deal With Disruptive Behavior in the Classroom Effectively?
One of the top questions I get asked by teachers is how do you deal with disruptive behavior in the classroom. When you are in a classroom full of teenage students, behavior problems will likely arise at some point. Even the best teachers face some difficulties with their students. We can’t and shouldn’t expect our … Read More
Uplevel Your Multi Tier Support System with Social-Emotional Learning
A multi tier support system is built on a foundation that focuses on basic interventions for all students. Academic and behavioral support is provided for students; both of which see significant boosts when social-emotional learning is integrated into everything at a schoolwide level. At its core, MTSS begins with building positive relationships between students and … Read More
The Covid-19 Slide: Combatting Learning Loss Caused by the Pandemic
NWEA– As the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic closes schools across the nation, education systems are scrambling to meet the needs of schools, families, and 55.1 million students during these unprecedented times. The economic impacts and trauma of recent events will also have far reaching effects that will likely exacerbate long-standing opportunity gaps. While it is difficult … Read More
The Coronavirus Effect: Kids’ Quotes
The New York Times– We asked students, from kindergarten to 12th grade, what it’s like to learn from home. Here’s what they had to say, in their own words — and drawings. Kids are getting more bored by the day. We wish we could go back to school to see our friends. But some of … Read More
ADHD Home Therapy
Parents of children that suffer from ADHD often feel lost. You are experiencing an ongoing struggle to find answers to understand what is going on with your child. It is heartbreaking to witness your child struggling with impulse control, attentiveness, planning, and organizing. Most of all, it is heartbreaking to see your child struggling in … Read More
Teenage Stress, Part 2
In Teenage Stress, Part 1, we discussed the causes and possible results of adolescent stress. According to the Challenge Success Program at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education, the type of teenage stress they see the most is school-related. The transition to high school can be especially difficult with heavy workloads and frequent tests. These … Read More
Teenage Stress, Part 1
How many times have you expressed the impossible desire to be young again, free from the worries of the adult world? The days of care-free living are often associated in our minds with our teenage years. The reality is that teens experience stress as often, and with the same level of intensity, as adults. Adults … Read More
How to Keep Your Kids Sharp This Summer
Ahh Summer! What a wonderful time of year. The grass is green, the birds are singing, trees are in full leaf, butterflies are aflutter…oh, and school is out! Students have been working hard for almost 9 months now; in the classroom grinding day in and day out, and outside of the classroom with homework, projects, … Read More