In graduate school, study after study I read linked parental involvement with school success. So shouldn’t more parental involvement lead to even more school success?…

I presented this evening on the power of sleep for children and learning at one of my schools. Inadvertently, I became my own case study…

I have run into this issue lately working with my teenage clients. They answer texts during therapy. Now I have to admit, I am an…

Last night, my husband and I helped a friend chaperone his 15 year old daughter’s first (and I think last) high school party. His daughter…

My dissertation was on adolescent motivation for school, and it has been read and enjoyed by ones of people. I was told when I graduated…

As I walked to my school in the heart of the inner city the day after the election, I saw a sign that the day…

Every morning, I am greeted at my office by graffiti. I am blessed that the dead rat and ant party has moved elsewhere, but it’s…

I have written before about how when I do group counseling, I always make it about building positive traits rather than having students join the…

For those of you in the San Francisco area, I was interviewed for NBC News, and the piece is allegedly airing tonight, Monday the 22nd…

The teacher’s lounge can be a scary place to be. I have been assigned as the school psychologist in no less than 10 different schools…