I’ve had this nagging feeling again. Most educators get it every so often; at least, I imagine, the good ones do: Am I making a difference? Is there anything more I can be doing? When I left teaching to go into school psychology I (perhaps naively) thought that it would put me in a position [...]
Just after Thanksgiving, I announced my intentions to start the P90X workout program. From a behavior management/support standpoint, this was probably a good idea. So was starting my own microblog dedicated to tracking my feelings & progress on the program (see some of the links in that blog post for the reasons why). So why [...]
Back in April I mentioned that I started a feed of my Shared Items in Google Reader for anyone who’s interested in reading the same stuff I am on psychology, special education, technology, etc. Today I’d like to let you all know that after multiple failed attempts, I think I’ve finally found a use for [...]
I’m not normally in the habit of recycling previous posts (especially those barely a month old), but I really need some feedback on this from teachers, CST specialists, parents, administrators, students, consultants – really, any stakeholder in the world of special education. Here’s what I wrote last month: So every member of my new Child [...]
One of the students on my caseload is autistic, and his teacher tells me he has recently developed a fascination with the fire alarms in our school, particularly with the idea of pulling them. A fellow psychologist suggested I develop a social story for this young man that explains appropriate fire alarm protocol (for lack [...]
