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Let’s proactively change the forecast
School sucks this year! We hoped it would get better moving from virtual to in-person classrooms. But instead, this pandemic will forever change the landscape of education. Worn out, burned out; these terms do not describe how many teachers, therapists, and even...
How to deal with sight words for students with dysgraphia
After discussing sight words with one of my students a few years ago, I realized that many spelling adaptive curriculums do not include bilateral kinesthetic movements. However, they do have dominant hand air writing or tracing. Earlier that day, I listened to...
What happens after school?
As we sat and conversed over a cup of coffee in her living, my friend, Stacy, noticed that I reacted adversely to a peculiar noise coming from up the stairs. Bang. Flop. Boom, boom, boom. "That [noise] is common around here. That's Henry rolling down the hallway...
How to overcome first day jitters?
“Their perspective is their reality.”Jonily Zupancic As I approached the door, I could hear someone running up and down steps, a dog barking, and mom yelling. Not a good way to start my first day. Tentatively, I knocked on the door. The door opened to a smile...
The night I found out Santa wasn’t real.
I asked Santa to put my special gift right there. “It’s not here,” I shouted inside to myself, “It’s not here.” In my conversation with Santa before I fell asleep, I asked him to put a “special gift” in my dresser. That was the year that I knew my parents were lying...
What does a crown have to do with dysgraphia?
Why talk to you over the past few posts about the hero’s journey and your story? Because this summer has challenged me about my story. Why am I here talking with you week after week about dysgraphia? What is the purpose behind my message? I frequently talk about my...
Dysgraphia: It’s more than just handwriting
I walked into his home on my first day. I had just left a career in adult rehab and entered the role of a direct service occupational therapist in a cyber school setting. I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. One of the first questions his mom asked me was, “How...
Everyone has a story inside them. Have you written yours?
Last week, we talked about the Hero’s Journey. My journey began with fear and anguish. My early years of school were filled with trauma. The past eighteen months have yielded their own trauma across the world. Here is an excerpt from a book that I am working on: Ring....
What stories are your students telling themselves?
Every year is a chapter in the hero’s journey for your students. Day one of school is filled with anticipation, excitement, fear, anxiety, and a multitude of other emotions. Regardless of whether your student anticipates with excitement or fear, their brain is telling...
Color Psychology: How Colors Affect Your Emotions
We’ve all had the experience of walking into a room and saying, “Ahh,” as if it’s the most restful place to be. And then there are those times when, upon entering an abode, we comment, “Wow!” Maybe it’s the underlying feeling of energy in the room. But what makes us...