I once went on a blind date in which I was asked the following question about my job as a school psychologist: “So, what’s your…

School Psychologists have many roles to play in the schools. On any given day, we are counselors, advisors, consultants, program developers, observers, yard duty stand-ins,…

So after the last post you all went out right away and got Mean Girls and have watched it, right? Well in case you didn’t,…

Generational differences have been on my mind lately because in my job, I deal with it all the time. The classic scenario is a parent…

We got a puppy. You know what’s a lot of work? Puppies. My fiancé and I have been following this puppy around, armed with my…

Aha. After many painful hours of searching YouTube for awful teacher-student interactions, I found a clip to illustrate how I might do an observation and…

One of the jobs of a school psychologist is to go into the classroom and observe students who are having difficulties. It is one of…

My friend emailed me this article from the SF Chronicle yesterday about the “Wussification of America’s Children.” It basically says that we worry too much…

When I was a junior in high school, I would pick up my friend along the way to school so we could ride together. She…

Social Factors The following is a confabulated* transcript based on a conversation with one of my 6th grade middle school students. He was referred to…