Every morning, I am greeted at my office by graffiti. I am blessed that the dead rat and ant party has moved elsewhere, but it’s…
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I have written before about how when I do group counseling, I always make it about building positive traits rather than having students join the…
Read MoreNo One Should Ever See Themselves in High Definition TV
Why? Why the extreme close-up of my 15 seconds of fame??? Here’s the clip of my take on the new study about some positive aspects…
Read MoreWelcome to Developmentally Inappropriate University!
In my other life, when I am not wrestling with issues in urban education, I also work in private practice at a number of private…
Read MoreWriting Opportunity for Educators!
Hello fellow bloggers and blog-readers. I am so excited to share this writing opportunity with you all! I think that the one thing that has…
Read MoreMy Words Taste Yucky
Don’t you hate it when you have to eat your words? Today was one of those days. I had to take my own advice and…
Read MoreHappy Blogaversary to Me!
One year ago, I embarked on the journey of writing Notes from the School Psychologist. I had stories galore about working in large urban school…
Read MoreTune in, Bay Area Night Owls, for a NFTSP Sound Bite!
For those of you in the San Francisco area, I was interviewed for NBC News, and the piece is allegedly airing tonight, Monday the 22nd…
Read MoreThe One in Which My Lunch is Interrupted by a Faux Knife Fight
The teacher’s lounge can be a scary place to be. I have been assigned as the school psychologist in no less than 10 different schools…
Read MoreI Have a Whole Bag of Worry with my Name on It
“Worry is like a rocking chair—it gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you anywhere” –Dorothy Galyean I had dinner with some graduate…
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