by hallmonitor | Jul 28, 2020 | Latest News, Parenting
“These headphones aren’t working,” nine-year-old Jeremiah Ryan said to his mom, Sheila. They fished around for another pair. Those were “broken” too, he said. And so were his brother’s ear buds and his sister’s headphones. After some back and forth, it became clear to...
by hallmonitor | Jul 8, 2020 | Parenting
Precilla Pena’s story started out like many stories in the special education world. Things seemed to go well for her daughter Ava throughout preschool and kindergarten. There were little things, here and there, she said, a turned letter, typical pre-literate...
by hallmonitor | Jun 24, 2020 | Latest News, Parenting
It was a gorgeous, crisp, spring morning when I sat down on Jasmin Dean’s back porch to walk through the dyslexia simulator. I had my pen ready, my Experience Dyslexia packet printed and neatly stapled. Like Dean, I grew up as a teacher’s pet. The academic work was...
by Guest User | Jun 17, 2020 | Parenting
Discussing practical steps families can take now to up their emotional learning game and set themselves on a path to positive relationships, goal setting, and making responsible decisions. Emotions are running high and there’s no place to go. No, it’s not a horror...
by hallmonitor | Jun 10, 2020 | Latest News, Parenting
Growing up, Jasmin Dean remembers being a “teacher’s pet.” Her husband had been a teacher’s pet as well. They assumed that their bright, pleasing first born would be the same. The student who was “a delight to teach” and “the kind of student every teacher loves to...
by Guest User | Jun 3, 2020 | Parenting
With emotions running high for just about everyone, now is the necessary opportunity to really talk about how we all feel and help children and teens do the same, and realize why social emotional learning matters to our lives. Stressed, anxious, pressured, depressed....
