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51How Has Music Helped You Recover From Addiction? Depression? Other Challenges and Obstacles?
I am a psychologist who has worked for many years with patients who are in early sobriety or recovery. I would be interested in speaking with those who have been helped by music and would be willing to share as part of a book project. I am a...
0 comments66Who works the hardest in any school?
I once worked as a school psychologist in a tiny, one building public school district with a odd collection of school directors. This is how I learned the difference between an IQ test and a school board...
0 comments64The Best Educational Toys -- Batteries Not Intended
It is easy to imagine how electronic toys could teach. Computers have improved to the point that they can manage complex tasks, such as keeping track of lessons, errors, skills. As well, computer graphics and...
0 comments62Simple Gifts for Parents
It is so easy to confuse discipline with consequences and punishment. Literally though, when you discuss how you discipline your children you are describing how you provide rigorous training that provides...
0 comments52Parenting and Simple Blessings
Reading to a child is a rare gift. It is rare because only about 25 of every 100 children in the US are read to by a parent or another caring adult. It is a gift because in the moments you spend with your...
1 comment76What's Happening in the ADHD Mind?
Like Edward Hallowell, who has written a number of books about ADHD, I "discovered" my ADHD in adulthood while in training to work with others who have mental health and developmental disorders.He is a...
4 comments45Can I Give My Children What They REALLY Need??
A bicycle that is kid powered or an electric kiddie car? A book or a Game Boy? A musical instrument or an Ipod? A refrigerator box or video game? A camera or a cellphone? A telescope or a movie ticket? ...
0 comments50Rage Against the (Video Game) Machine!
A recent news story featured the TV Kart, a shopping cart designed to continuously entertain children while their adult companions shop. The principal entertainment offered is exactly what the cart's name...
0 comments64What if the child study team, parents, and teachers disagree?
I am a former New Jersey school psychologist, and a practicing child and adolescent psychologist and trainer. Child Study Team members can be very skillful and motivated to help, but their mission is somewhat...
2 comments64Sometimes Parenting Can Be So Hard-- Why Can't Someone Just Simplify My Life?
The First Word: Relax Parenting is more difficult than most people ever expect. It is easy to feel so overwhelmed and so helpless. There is so much to figure out and so much to know; but remember, everyone...
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