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Fiction & Life: New Study Shows that Losing Yourself in a Character Impacts Action, Beliefs
I am an English teacher, and a proud one at that. I write about STEM curriculum and special ed. because I think they are important, but my first love is, was, and always will be books. [...]
Building Better Relationships between Schools and Parents of Special Needs Students
Special needs students are best served when school and home work together harmoniously. Students perform better. Teachers and parents are less frustrated and less stressed in a cooperative environment. Nonetheless, schools and parents are often in [...]
Can Facebook Help Prevent Teen Suicide?
A report in The Chicago Tribune this past Friday posited some interesting ideas regarding the presence of social networking websites such as Facebook in suicide prevention among teens. The article, “Psychologists, Educators See Facebook as Aid [...]
IEP Participation Success Strategies for General Education Teachers, Administrators, and Counselors
General education teachers, administrators and counselors have a crucial part to play in a student’s annual IEP review. By being prepared to participate in the IEP review process, general education teachers, administrators and counselors can more [...]
Budget Cuts Mean Lack of Emotional Support in Philadelphia Schools
It’s a new year and with that will come many new milestones for students, teachers, and school districts. However, among these milestones is the none-too-pleasant budget preparation for the 2012-2013 school year. As in recent years, [...]
Time Management Tips for Teens
As a community college teacher, many of the students I teach each semester represent untapped talent. What do I mean by this? With a few, notable, exceptions, the student population of most community colleges represents those [...]
First Aid for Worried Teens
Teens are an incredibly stressed lot. They tell me so on surveys after school assemblies and in stress management workshops I conduct. When asked how many of them go to bed at night and lay a [...]
Focus on EQ: Cultivating Relationships
Cultivating.….according to the dictionary, it’s trying to acquire or develop something, like a quality or a new skill. What do you cultivate? While I admit it’s not my favorite thing to do, sometimes I do cultivate [...]
Assessing Your School Counseling Program
The ability to create and sustain a comprehensive school counseling program which meets the needs of all students within your school relies on your ability to assess your school counseling program regularly. Data should be used [...]
The Unspoken Feeling – Grief – And Its Impact On Teens
In general, adolescents do not know when they are experiencing grief. Nor do they have the innate skills to handle grief. Through my experience working with teens, I’ve found that many families do not discuss loss [...]
New Congressional Panel on Dyslexia Signals Important Change
• I can not stress enough being aware of the movement difficulty invol
Play “Therapy”: Kansas State Graduate Student’s Autism-Friendly Schoolyard
Glad play time is given its due.
Fiction & Life: New Study Shows that Losing Yourself in a Character Impacts Action, Beliefs
What you are saying here is important, and I can relate to it from my
Fiction & Life: New Study Shows that Losing Yourself in a Character Impacts Action, Beliefs
Thanks Susan! I totally agree. I have to say I was really excited when
Fiction & Life: New Study Shows that Losing Yourself in a Character Impacts Action, Beliefs
I love this blog! It's also very pertinent to career development and