As summer’s high temps continue to scorch us here on the east coast, I decided to share a couple great summertime thoughts especially for teens. The first is a great article from the New York Times for incoming high school...
[caption id="attachment_1643" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Chances are, at least one of these teens has a mental disorder."][/caption] It has been a long-held belief within the field that most mental health disorders begin to manifest in late childhood and adolescence. This theory...
The members of the New York State Senate and Assembly, along with Governor Andrew Cuomo are nearing a deal that would pass landmark legislation aimed at stopping cyberbullying in New York schools. According to the Associated Press, a source close...
This week, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan made a confession: college drop-out rates among American students are high and not getting any better. He pledged that he and the Obama Administration would work to improve these rates through rewarding...
[caption id="attachment_1566" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Image courtesy of David Castillo Dominici"][/caption] The topic of teens and depression can be really difficult to broach. Over the past few years, incidents of suicide among, especially gay, young men and women who suffered in...
[caption id="attachment_1443" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image courtesy of healingdream"][/caption] 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...
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 conflict. How can the...
[caption id="attachment_1055" align="alignleft" width="183" caption="Image courtesy of suicidepreventionlifeline.org"][/caption] 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...
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 effectively influence the planning...
[caption id="attachment_862" align="alignleft" width="198" caption="Image courtesy of Michelle Meiklejohn"][/caption] 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...
[caption id="attachment_697" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Photo courtesy of dan"][/caption] 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...
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 busy, worried and anxious...
