Musings of an Urban School Psychologist

Last weekend, I traversed to Albany, NY with other area psychologists for the NY Association of School Psychologists' (NYASP) executive...

One of the new classrooms that we acquired for the 2012-2013 school year is a 1st grade 6:1+1 Special Class . It's all boys and they ar...

(name the obscure children's TV show reference) I just found Marie's blog over at the South Carolina Counselor Cafe as she poste...

One of the big problems with working in an urban area is the lack of enrichment activities for the students. We have no music program aside ...

Well, the coins are counted and the tallies are in! Last week was my Veteran's Day community service project to support our local Honor...

One of my favorite parts about the Halloween season (seeing as every holiday is becoming it's own 2-month ordeal, these days) is all the...

Who doesn't love getting pictures drawn by kiddos? I decorate the front and side of my desk and file cabinet with gifties like these... ...

As the blog title would make you guess, today was school picture day. As I waited for the students to arrive, with my Check-in, Check-out c...

In an effort to appreciate the positive things in my day-to-day work and personal life, in order to not let bigger issues and things out of ...

My mother always said, "It never hurts to ask. The worst they can say is, 'no.'" She was a smart cookie. As I discussed ...

(Apologies for the delayed-ness of this entry. I'm still adjusting to life back in the real world after a girls weekend in Folly Beach, ...

Our third group session focused on self-esteem and pro-social behavior. We did an activity called Gifts from the Heart (scroll down to seco...

Yesterday I responded to a crisis with S, my very open feeling friend. In between bouts of crocodile tears and screaming, S looked at me an...

I've spent all day in mind-numbing CSE meetings, which have totally worn me out. Come Monday, there will still be a pile of paperwork to...

Last month, I blogged about T, one of my buddies who was moving to 6:1+1 classroom from a general education room. At the time, T was very u...

J is a student who has had some behavioral difficulties this year. J's home life is pretty tough and a lot of those troubles come to sch...

The following quote from a local newspaper sums up my undergraduate experience perfectly: "The... bond is arguably tighter than at mos...

Wow, I suck at blogging! In my defense, this has been a wacky month. Very much looking forward to winter break for a few days to recoup! Her...

I just stumbled upon something I'd like to share, and in the process, relate it back to something going on in my school building. Each...

This week, I had the fortunate pleasure of escorting eleven 4th, 5th, and 6th graders to a local college for a field trip. Undergraduate edu...