Strategies for Visual-Motor Integration Problems
You would not believe how many people search Google for “visual-motor integration” and stumble upon my blog. Or maybe you would, as visual-motor integration problems affect virtually all aspects of producing work since it involves eye-hand coordination. That basically affects all pencil and paper tasks. So how can teachers and parents help kids who struggle […]
Yes We Did
Question: What could possibly make 2 and a half million people stand in subarctic weather, crammed together for 6 hours waiting for a person to speak for 18 minutes? Answer: The inauguration of Barack Obama! I have never been so cold and so happy at the same time. Going to deliver my students’ letters to […]
My Media Darlings
It turns out that once you do one thing in the media, it apparently catches on. Who knew? My kids and I were on the local news the other night about the Letters to Obama project. Check it out by clicking here. There is one part in which I am in the corner talking to […]
Teaching Tip Tuesday: Respect My Authority!
As a school psychologist, I help teachers and parents craft behavior plans for students who are having difficulties in school. Without fail, the top two behaviors that are the most problematic for teachers are not following rules/directions and lack of work completion. I often have the image of writing a behavioral goal for South Park’s […]
What My Students Think About Obama
For those of you just joining us, it has been all Obama, all the time, here at Notes from the School Psychologist as we approach the upcoming inauguration. Just yesterday, my students and I were recorded by NPR’s California Report about Obama’s impact on urban education. I heard it on the way home tonight and […]
Dear President Obama…
A few weeks ago, I wrote to NPR’s California Report about how my students inspired me to go to Obama’s inauguration (or rather, how my students inspired me to stand in the freezing cold NEAR his inauguration!). Well low and behold, NPR was so wonderful, and offered to come to one of my schools to […]
Why Won’t You Die, Old Habits? Why???
About 2 months ago, Fiancé got a wild hair to clean out and rearrange our kitchen. I know, you want to marry him, but you cannot, he is MINE! He cooks too, by the way. Amazing. Anyhoo, for the past two months, every morning, I go to get my cereal bowl and find the drinking […]
Teaching Tips Tuesday: Take Two
Welcome back to the weekly installment of Teaching Tips Tuesday (T3)! This is a weekly post in which readers get the chance to share their wealth of information about what works for them in the classroom, or at home in teaching their kids. Instructions on how to post something are here. So here’s my tip […]
Sensory-Integration Disorders
When I first started my clinical practice at a Children’s Hospital, I got referrals left and right to assess children for “Sensory Integration” disorders. The classic referral was from parents who were concerned that their 2 year old was clumsy (aren’t they all kind of clumsy?) or didn’t like tags touching them (who does?). I […]
Teaching Tips Tuesday: Take One
Right, so this is an experiment to see if I am SO 21st century and am able to pull off this “Mr. Linky” automated link situation. The basic idea of Teacher Tip Tuesday is to have you all post tips that work in the classroom or at home when teaching kids. The full guidelines and […]
