Musings of an Urban School Psychologist

A seventh grade student mistaken for a parent by a staff member. A 13-year-old in fourth grade. A first grader a two heads taller and more d...

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...

Since I work in a highly urban, diverse population, it's no question that we have a large refugee and immigrant population attending our...

One thing that every person who works in a high demand field needs to know is their own personal limits. Although we all aspire to be Super ...

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

So the start of the school year has been uber crazy for me. With my CSE chairperson being out on medical, not having a clerk since May, and ...

My apologies for the lack of marvelous blog posts lately. Life as a first year school psychologist has really been wearing me down lately....

Another one of my big challenges is the culture of violence that students bring into the school building with them. One of our universal rul...

Get ready for a Debbie Downer post. Wah waaaahh... (that was the Debbie Downer noise, by the way) We had some rough CSE meetings today. T...

One of the biggest frustrations/obstacles/WTHeck issues in my building are what my colleagues and I like to call "runners." Runner...

So... did the crazy train crash this week and let all the crazy escape? (I'm imagining that "crazy" looks like Ozzy Ozbourne r...

My apologies for the delay in entries (to those few who are reading ;) )—I have been without Internet at my humble abode for the majority of...

It's only the fourth day of school and already my PM duty is starting to grind my gears . Every afternoon, I report to the gym to superv...