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Category: Social Emotional
4 Steps to Help Students Learn from Their Mistakes
While there is no way to take away the sting of poor grades and dashed hopes, there are ways we… Continue Reading »
How to Overcome Anxiety in School
As students navigate the social and academic challenges of their school day, stress can provoke anxiety for those with or without… Continue Reading »
Superhero Costumes Can Help Students Persevere with Homework
When I was in school, I absolutely despised writing papers. In my head I knew what I wanted to say,… Continue Reading »
Interactive Media and Social-Emotional Learning
Growing up, many of us learned valuable social-emotional skills from television shows like Sesame Street, Reading Rainbow, or ARTHUR. Every… Continue Reading »
Calm the Anxiety Monster!
Every educator should have strategies for helping students cope with anxiety in their toolbox. Students with learning differences like ADHD… Continue Reading »
Helping Students Overcome Fear, Stress, and Anxiety
Anxiety is a pervasive mental health crisis. In fact, one in five students will be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder.… Continue Reading »
Executive Function, Metacognition, and Anxiety
We just read an excellent post on learning differences and anxiety from Benjamin Meyer, LCSW, titled, “4 Ways To Help Your… Continue Reading »
Homework and the Fear of Failure
I find it interesting that one of the best takes on a fundamental flaw in homework can be found on a… Continue Reading »
SciShow Tackles Procrastination, Executive Function, and Emotional Regulation!
One of my absolute favorite things on YouTube is SciShow, the popular science program created by Hank Green. (Hank is… Continue Reading »