Is a Psycho-educational assessment really necessary?

I’m often asked this question and my answer 99% of the time is, yes!  If your child is struggling to read and you’re perplexed because you know they’re “smart” and articulate, an assessment may provide crucial information needed to make...

Happy New Year!

It’s a brand new school year and my heart is completely full… I feel so incredibly blessed to be doing this work that I love, work that fills me up inside and makes me feel like the luckiest person alive.  I definitely don’t take it for granted.  I’ve written similar...

Why I Do What I Do…

We’re well into January 2016, a brand new year with unlimited possibilities for all of us.  I’ve been busy… you’ve most likely been busy… life is busy for us all.  But sometimes we have circumstances that occur that cause our lives to be...

Gratitude

At the risk of sounding cliche’ on this rainy and chilly Thanksgiving Eve, I’m full of gratitude for all of the many blessings in my life.  I have the most amazing and supportive friends, my health is top notch, I’m doing work that I absolutely love...

Student Engagement… why does it matter?

After reading an article on Facebook earlier this week, written by a woman who chose to spend two days as a 10th grade student (http://wapo.st/1uQpM67), it got me thinking about how tough it is to be a student these days…  Teaching is HARD but I would be...

Teachers Are Heroes!

Teachers are amazing… It’s almost the end of the first quarter of the school year so this goes out as a tribute to all of the AWESOME teachers out there.  You’re 25% through the school year already, whew!!! Considering the level of education they...