All finished!
I typically end the year with a “Year in Review” post, and re-post links to the most popular blog posts of 2012 by month, but this year, not so much…I shamefully only wrote 19 posts all year. I am going down a blog shame spiral. But in my defense, I did spend most of the […]
I Can’t Stop Thinking About It.
I wrote this the day after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. I couldn’t finish it until today… I first reacted to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting as a mom of a 15 month old little girl. Though she is not old enough to go to school yet, I still pictured her, 6 […]
From the Mouths of Babes…What is a School Psychologist?
Happy School Psychology Awareness Week! (SPAW! SPAW!)* Our profession is a difficult one to explain. When I tell people I’m a school psychologist, I often get “Oh, you’re a counselor!” Then, in order to avoid taking up that person’s hour with all the roles of a school psychologist, I simply say, “Kind of! But […]
Five!
Today is an important day. I’m certain it is on your calendar…. It’s my FIVE YEAR BLOGIVERSARY! What better way to celebrate than to post a picture of a meerkat wishing me a happy day? I think that’s a meerkat, anyway. Now is the time when I reflect on my writing craft or something, right? […]
Tweeeeeet! We have a winner.
Hello my fellow tweety birds! I loved my first twitter contest (@studentsgrow) because I got to read why all y’all NEEEEEEEDED to win the School Psychologist Basket o’ Survival. I wish I had a basket for everyone, you folks need it! Loved seeing what posts resonated with you all as well. My fav shout out […]
You Want This Prize.
Ah, back to school….how are we all doing? Things are gettin’ real, right? No more icebreakers and settling in, it’s go time for school psychologists. You start having days at your school site where everything that could go wrong does and you run around putting out a hojillion fires and then you look at the […]
The Teacher Look.
When you’re a school psychologist, you hear a lot of uncensored statements made by kids: “Hey! Get away from me, I ain’t no #$%*ing special ed!” “You’re fatter this year, are you pregnant?” “Is that a big zit on your nose?” Kids don’t always censor. It’s a fact. And each time they say something socially […]
Handling School “Staff Infections” (Part I: The Over-sharer)
In the spirit of B2S, I want to give my fellow school psychologists a few tips for how to work with difficult adults in the school building. I think that when we first go into this field, we have a vision of working with kids all day long, in a cozy office, providing shelter from […]
Well I Feel Sheepish.
A while back, I wrote a post about how a reader commented that my blog wasn’t fun anymore. Truth be told, I had been feeling a little low about my blogging ability lately, especially since the amount of comments recently has been basically non-existent. And then, when there were no comments when I was offering […]
Together, We Could Probably Raise a Super Nerd.
I realize everyone is in major b2s (back to school) mode right now, but if I may, I have some nerdy news. First, the backstory: I recently had the pleasure of meeting up with my Internet BFF, Mrs. Mimi of Its Not All Flowers and Sausages. If you don’t know about her yet, pop by […]
