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Girl Scouts are a fan of the Healthy Living Link

Posted on July 19, 2016 by Christy Musser in Recommendations

My Girl Scout Troop and myself wanted to say thank you for your page. My troop found your resources to be so helpful while they are working very hard on earning their Healthy Living badges! The girls would also like to suggest another page, as a thank you for being such a big help: http://www.vitalitymedical.com/all-about- your-immune-system-by-vitality-medical . They thought other people […]

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Betsy is a fan of our Vocabulary Links on our resources page.

Posted on July 19, 2016 by Christy Musser in Recommendations

Hi there, I found your Vocabulary Links page today while doing some research on vocabulary-related resources. Just wanted to say thanks for putting this together – I found it to be very helpful. I wanted to also suggest another useful resource guide on the same topic: Ultimate Vocabulary Resource Guide . I thought your visitors would probably find it […]

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Thank you Chloe Jenkins for sharing these kind words and links:

Posted on July 19, 2016 by Christy Musser in Recommendations

Good Afternoon, I just wanted to send you a quick note letting you know my students and I have been using the resources on your page  I hope that’s okay! My name is Chloe and I tutor students in grades K-8. My students and I have been looking for resources to help them with their upcoming units and your […]

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Thanks to the educational partners who reached out and shared incredible resources:

Posted on July 19, 2016 by Christy Musser in Recommendations

Thanks Jim McGregor, a fellow educator, for recommending these links: Safe Online Searching  – Fun, interactive site for kids which uses games and characters to teach about staying safe while surfing the web. Safe Kids  – This site provides guides and lots of great info for parents on how to keep their children safe online. Digital Safety Guide – Strong […]

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https://theconversation.com/why-is-english-so-hard-to-learn-53336" title="Why is English so hard to learn?" target="_blank">Why is English so hard to learn?

Posted on July 19, 2016 by Christy Musser in Recommendations
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Language that Empowers & Gives Tools for “Negative” Behaviors, and even for Teenagers

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Christy Musser in News

Social cognitive specialists Michelle G Winner, www.socialthinking.com, challenges parents, teachers, SLP, and other professionals to examine how society defines a“behavior problem.” In her work, she notices that generally negative behaviors are considered the disruptive behaviors. She suggests that a “negative behavior” is anything that interferes with the educational process. These can behaviors such as not attending class, refusing to work, being perceived as rude, or not paying attention. These are the kind of behaviors that she is looking to refine through Cognitive Behavior Therapy, because these behaviors isolate students.

Two Ways to Monitor Behavior:

  • Externally: From others giving feedback.
  • Internally: From teaching the about how to change the behavior: self-awareness, self-control, and self-monitoring.

Through Social Behavior Mapping, Michelle Winner teaches students to be internally motivated, which she has found has long lasting effects on behavioral change.

She trains students to walk themselves through Social Mapping in a given situation:

  1. Define the behavior/context: expected and unexpected for the student.
  2. Show how they are linked to the emotions of others.
  3. Show emotions are linked to good and bad consequences.
  4. Show how the consequences impact how the student feels.

Expected/Unexpected

Two of the most powerful words in her therapy are unexpected and expected. Michelle teaches students that their behavior isn’t good or bad, but it can be unexpected which creates a negative reaction from others, or expected which is socially acceptable. When students feel accepted, they have a better self-confidence and tend to be internally motivated to continue the expected behavior.

How are students’ behaviors being perceived?

  • Normal = Expected
  • Weird = Unexpected

She has also found that parents are empowering their children at home, through terms such as expected and unexpected.

When students are given tools for their behaviors and trained to monitor their own behavior, life-changing results and attitudes are changed for individual.

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Closing the gap between his reading and writing fluency in order to gain confidence

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Christy Musser in Recommendations
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The Common Misconception That Leaves Many Girls With ADHD Untreated

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Christy Musser in Uncategorized
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Education News July 2013

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Christy Musser in Internet Sightings, News

We will post a gathering of resources found on other sites, some may date back a bit, but are still relevant. We hope you find these useful. Ted Talks: Importance of Creativity in Schools: http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html The Power of Vulnerability  http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability.html   NPR: Is “struggle” actually good for learning? http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/11/12/164793058/struggle-for-smarts-how-eastern-and-western-cultures-tackle-learning   New York Times: OPINIONATOR | […]

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To help build my children’s confidence in math

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Christy Musser in Recommendations
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10 Questions Every Parent Should Ask at an IEP Meeting sumo.ly/pyfb via @TheMightySite

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90+ Speech Therapy Test Descriptions At Your Fingertips home-speech-home.com/speech-t…

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Teach Beside Me: teachbesideme.com

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Mom Creates Periodic Table Battleship Game To Teach Her Kids Chemistry: huffingtonpost.com/entry/mom-…?

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