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The Secret Weapon to Handling Mental Health Issues
29shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn I saw something last week that absolutely fascinated me. I don’t know if I would have believed it had I not seen it. Four university students were in the parking lot at our local grocery store just north of Atlanta. I heard them talking about how nervous they were…
Continue ReadingHow to Embed Social and Emotional Learning During This Critical Time
14shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn A teacher called me a few weeks ago to talk about how to manage this stressful time. She was teaching her students online for the first time and attempting to manage her own children who were home all day. It’s quite a workload. When I suggested she find ways…
Continue ReadingHow Student Leadership is Morphing for Generation Z
21shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn “I see leadership differently than my parent’s generation does.” Those are the words of Brandon, a college sophomore, who ended his semester at home when the entire student body at Vanderbilt University left due to COVID-19. The coronavirus is changing us, and Brandon believes it is only accelerating a…
Continue ReadingTen Ideas to Help You and Your Students Get More Done at Home
10shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Have you ever had a Saturday morning where you thought: Finally, I get a weekend to catch up on some projects! It seems we tread water all week, so we look forward to weekends to get some tasks done. And then, we reach Sunday night, and very few tasks,…
Continue ReadingIncreasing Engagement with Students Who Don’t Fit the Mold
9shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Did you see the movie The Peanut Butter Falcon? It was one of my favorite movies last year. It’s the story of three outliers who didn’t fit into the mold their situation demanded of them. All three were rebels, but one of them, Zak, a 22-year-old with Down syndrome who…
Continue ReadingWhat Parents May Learn from Teaching Their Own Kids
14shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn One of the many viral Facebook posts spreading around the country is a note an eight-year-old boy named Ben wrote about how things were going at home now that his mom has assumed the task of being his teacher during this period of social distancing. To sum it up,…
Continue ReadingThe Most Important Responsibilities Every Student Needs to Own
19shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Jalen is 17 years old and in his junior year of high school. Like many teens his age, he’s preoccupied with making good grades, taking the SAT and getting into a good college. When I asked him about other concerns normally on the minds of teens like him—he balked.…
Continue ReadingThree Ways to Know If Your Kid Is Dealing with Loneliness
10shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn When both of my kids were young, they had no problem expressing what they wanted or needed. My wife and I would’ve sworn they were both extroverts, as they (like millions of other Millennials) let us know if they were hungry, thirsty, in need of a toy, or desiring…
Continue ReadingChanging the Way We Advocate for Students
4shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Do you know parents or teachers who are so tired of bickering with their teens that they: Make a separate dinner for their children because they are a picky eater? Offer the answers to the test because it’s easier than insisting they study? Allow them to play video games…
Continue ReadingNew Study: Students Who Can Manage Emotions Do Better Academically and In Life
20shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn It was a tense moment in the classroom, as two students saw each other’s grades after a mid-term exam. Lamar and Jason had both studied hard, so it was crushing for Lamar to see that he’d gotten 78 percent on his test, and Jason had scored 93 percent. Jason…
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