Liam, Hey, it’s Alex. Hope you are having a good year in school. I know making the transition to middle school was tough—to be honest with you, making that transition for me was harder than making the transition from middle to high school. You really have to stay organized, and I know you can, it’s much easier than you think
By Barbara Resnick, MS, Educational Specialist/School Liaison This article is the second in a three-part series designed to educate and assist parents as they work with their child’s school. Part I focused on a typical scenario involving a student’s parents and school communicating about learning concerns. In this series, the process described resulted in a decision to conduct a psychological
When Anne and Tyler Engel came to see me about their 15-year-old son TJ, it was hard at first to see why. He was bright, good-looking, and outgoing, asking me about the Indian artifacts in my office. Were they old? Were the big woven baskets for some special ceremony? In turn, I asked him a little about his life. What
By Barbara Resnick, MS, Educational Specialist/School Liaison This is the last of a three-part series designed to educate and assist parents as they work with their child’s school in securing assessment and services relative to special needs. Part I focused on the various stages related to conducting a psychoeducational assessment battery. Part II, explained how eligibility for special education services
For those of us dedicated to the study of how neuroscience informs everyday life, the relationship between emotions and memory is particularly fascinating. For example, we know that learning which is accompanied by emotional content will form longer-lasting memories than learning that does not contain this emotional component. This is especially true if the emotions are not so personally intense
The other day in the clinic, Tommy, a fourth grader, complained about “just not having enough time for anything I like…all I do is homework!” Even Tommy’s mom seemed concerned, stating, “We have so much homework that it’s hard for us to get it all done each night.” As I thought about their comments, it became painfully clear to me that