Challenges that arise during homework time can quickly become a threat to a highly sensitive child or adolescent. She perceives that she is not equipped to address the demands of the assignment. But her perceptions are not necessarily true. She has to learn how capable she is, and perceptions don’t always see the outcome. There’sContinue reading “Spotlight the Slipups”
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This Reminds Me of Something My Teacher Said
Children with bursting lights of energy are full of ideas. Those with verbal capabilities can express their theories regarding the conversations and behaviors of children and adults surrounding them. They have ideas for how things work together. They also have hypotheses about why things may not work together in different contexts. It’s quite fascinating. TheseContinue reading “This Reminds Me of Something My Teacher Said”
Power Up for Homework Time with Pre-Homework Conversations
For many families across the United States, homework time is an evening must-do that, if not completed at school or the afterschool program, is an eye-rolling event during dinner preparation. “Only a few more years before they’re completing this on their own,” adults utter internally between the sighs of their patience. While a “a fewContinue reading “Power Up for Homework Time with Pre-Homework Conversations”
The Powerful Difference Between Speaking to Understand and Seeking to Understand
Have you ever thought this thought: “If I can just say the right thing at the right time, this child (or the student you love) would understand they have choices, and they’ll make a better choice?” I’ve had this thought. It comes from a sincere place, good-hearted place. But it also comes from a placeContinue reading “The Powerful Difference Between Speaking to Understand and Seeking to Understand”
Ashley M. Blanco 