I get several emails a week from readers wanting to know if a career in school psychology is right for them. I can only speak…

Ah Valentine’s Day. How you sneak up on me every year and how you make my life so interesting. Working in a middle school, I…

What is a sound more grating than fingernails on a chalkboard? The sound of a small child or teen saying, “Whyyyyyyyy do we have to…

You would not believe how many people search Google for “visual-motor integration” and stumble upon my blog. Or maybe you would, as visual-motor integration problems…

Question: What could possibly make 2 and a half million people stand in subarctic weather, crammed together for 6 hours waiting for a person to…

It turns out that once you do one thing in the media, it apparently catches on. Who knew? My kids and I were on the…

As a school psychologist, I help teachers and parents craft behavior plans for students who are having difficulties in school. Without fail, the top two…

For those of you just joining us, it has been all Obama, all the time, here at Notes from the School Psychologist as we approach…

A few weeks ago, I wrote to NPR’s California Report about how my students inspired me to go to Obama’s inauguration (or rather, how my…

About 2 months ago, Fiancé got a wild hair to clean out and rearrange our kitchen. I know, you want to marry him, but you…