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Category Archives: School Psychology

Seeking Special Educators


Last summer, I had the opportunity to teach my first graduate course at Delaware Valley College, Developmental Disabilities.  Aside from professional development workshops, this was the first teaching I’d done since leaving my high school English position to become a school psychologist.  I had a fantastic time guiding future teachers as they learned about developmental [...]

Posted 04 June 2012 † damian § Social Network ‡ Comments (0) °

My Road to School Psychology


I am told that being a school psychologist with a teaching background is an unusual thing.  It’s true, I don’t know many other school psychs who were previously teachers, but I don’t know how common or uncommon that is. For a recent graduate school assignment, we had to write a reflection piece about an important [...]

Posted 24 May 2012 † damian § Damian's Favorites § Doctoral Studies § Ed Leadership § Reflection ‡ Comments (3) °

Praise vs. Positive Reinforcement


When you work in a school, you are bound to hear something like the following at least once a week, if not more frequently: “Can we give him more positive reinforcement?”   “Maybe she just needs more positive reinforcement!”   “I’ve been giving plenty of positive reinforcement!” Which is all well and good, but in [...]

Posted 01 March 2012 † damian § Behavior ‡ Comments (4) °