New Years’ Day Analysis.
Happy New Year! If only I was technically fancy enough to make little virtual balloons and streamers fall from this page. Maybe next year. In an homage to 2009, I have analyzed the most popular posts of 2009 from Notes From the School Psychologist, measured crudely by number of comments. There are a few posts […]
I’ve Got My Eye on You, Oral Language Skills.
In my free time, I have been writing curriculum designed to teach beginning special education teachers what they need to know about teaching students with special needs. I am on page 600 and have 4 more sessions to write. I mean, there is a LOT that teachers need to know. I don’t know how you […]
Back AWAY from the scooter. I’m a professional.
Scene: It is a sunny day, 4 children and one psychologist are seated outside at the lunch tables of a nonpublic school for children with emotional disturbance. Birds are chirping. Aaand….Action.Three of the four children are eating bologna sandwiches. The fourth child looks at the sandwich and screams, “I hate this sh*%!” and throws said […]
Thrice Bitten, Not Shy.
I posted once on my Facebook Fan Page that I was “writing reports, which is the non-glamorous side of school psychology.” One of my wonderful colleagues wrote back, “Wait, there’s a glamorous side???” Okay, so there’s not really a glamorous side, but I try to tell the cyberworld the truth of this profession–the warm fuzzies, […]
Where is My Jumping to Conclusions Mat?
I have written before about the dangers of eavesdropping and making assumptions. I now turn to a favorite movie, Office Space, to illustrate the dangers of jumping to conclusions when you are a school psychologist. I really could have used this mat the other day to remind myself how lame it is to jump to […]
If You Love Glee so Much, Why Don’t You Marry it?
I think I will. After a day of being a de-facto “lice-check line” monitor today at my elementary school, due to my unfortunate office juxtaposition, I really needed something fun to do this evening. I came home, psychosomatically itching all over (please, please be psychosomatic) and am delighted when I realize it’s Wednesday. Because Wednesday […]
Mindful Dishwashing and Rainbows
I once was forced to go to this professional development for psychologists on “teaching mindfulness,” which is basically the idea that kids (and adults) benefit from being aware and present. I have to say, I was really hoping for the latest brain-based research on the mind-body connection, because I love me some data. Instead, it […]
Sneakery! Again!
It is Friday the 13th. And it marks the end of School Psychology Awareness Week, which I totally forgot was this week, just like last year, and the year before. Gah! Every year! But I suppose today is technically still part of the week, so here you go with a post about what I do […]
“Strategery”
Many of my posts are about the glamorous side of being a school psych, the fun n’ games dealing with bureaucracy monsters*, and the general tomfoolery of working in public education. I thought it was high time I offered up something actually useful for those of you in the trenches along with me, who sit […]
Making Lemonade, Blog Posts, and Whatnot
I accidentally got up at 6am today instead of 7am, and did not realize it until I was fully dressed, ready to go to school. Super. So in the interest of being a good time manager, I bring to you, my monthly post.* I was recently assigned a new school, which I will affectionately call […]
