Musings of an Urban School Psychologist

Next up on the Individualized Education Plan (IEP) writing mini-series train(wreck) is: “spelling/grammar/name errors” and “old/irrelevan...

I like to think I’m pretty good at writing Individualized Education Plans (IEPs). I pride myself on well-written work of all kinds (goes ba...

Third year down and probationary period over, huzzah! At the end of last school year, I did a Committee on Special Education year in review ...

A reader on my Fa cebook page asked: "How [do you] ease the anxiety teachers may feel when students are doing well and you are recommen...

As the middle of March hits, if you're like me, you're kind of drowning. March and April are crazy busy months in education, especia...

One of the more challenging meetings for any school psychologist is the manifestation determination review. Manifestation determination revi...

Since Husband had eye surgery yesterday and Winter Storm Nemo is bearing down on Northeast, I thought today would be an excellent day to sta...

(a warning for sexual slang terms in this post) At our most recent Committee on Special Education (CSE) meeting day, we held a reevalua...

So we've all seen the cartoon at left, explaining why it's silly to force those of different abilities or skills into the same mol...

Add glasses and this is surprisingly accurate. As I bask in the glory of summer, I remember that this year was not all Zumba classes, bi...

I am finally getting to the "unique case" mentioned on my Facebook page... it's been a nutty end of the school year, so sue m...

Monica over at The Undergrad Tales of a Psychology Major emailed me a fantastic group of questions that set me off and running in my (proba...

What do you do when parents disagree with decisions made regarding special education eligibility and programming at Committee on Special Edu...

You may remember my Michael Jackson-loving , big dreamer blog star, H. A quick recap for our viewers at home: H is diagnosed with Asperg...

Earlier this month, we had a Committee on Special Education (CSE) meeting on a rather tough case. X, a kindergarten student, was referred b...

Previously, I wrote about our self-contained classes , and today I'm going to give you a peek at the other special education program hou...

So you've often heard me talk about self-contained classrooms, where I toss around numbers like 6:1+1, 15:1, and other seemingly simpl...

Working in a large, low socioeconomic status, urban district, we have very low parent participation at my building, both at CSE meetings an...

Angela over at The Cornerstone for Teachers posted an excellent blog entry today about how to give parents bad news at parent meetings. Th...

The most common type of learning disabilities I see in my work are verbal learning disabilities , meaning that they affect the way a student...