Making Choices: An Anti-Bullying Adventure
Rifka Schonfeld, an educator and social skills specialist, has been focusing on key issues in social interactions with kids and teens through her Strategies for Optimum Success (SOS) program. Over...
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What’s the Problem?
When something is wrong, we attempt to get to the root of the problem. If we have a chronic headache, we don’t just take Advil, we go to the doctor...
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Thanks for the Feedback!
Before you tell me how to do it better, before you lay out your big plans for changing, fixing, and improving me, before you teach me how to pick myself...
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Brain Breaks
With students returning to school either in person or virtually – we are all aware of the toll that the amount of sitting can take on their bodies. And for...
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2,4,6,8… How Can We Motivate?
It’s back to school season. New hopes, new visions, new plans for the future. Everyone starts the new year with a sense of anticipation. This time I’ll try harder. I’ll...
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Where Are Your Priorities?!
When schools suddenly closed this year, teachers, parents, and students had no idea what to expect. They also had little or no time to prepare for remote learning – and...
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Bouncing Back from the Covid-19 Crisis
Bouncing Back from the Covid-19 Crisis While the virus still affects our daily lives and our futures are uncertain, we can still recognize that there is a lot of work...
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Mommyyy… I’m Bored!
Mommyyy… I’m Bored! With many camps cancelled and uncertainty around school opening, some families are facing what may feel like endless weeks of emptiness. Within minutes of waking, children say,...
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Why Kids Lie…
Why Kids Lie… “Yesterday, we went to the playground and ate ice cream. Then the unicorns came and did a dance around us and disappeared.” “He hit me first!” “My...
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Children’s Anxiety & Covid-19
Children’s Anxiety & Covid-19! A low grade fever used to be a minor cause for concern. A sneeze used to warrant a simple “bless you.” A cough used to be...
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