Laurie Chester and Kim Smith Kidd, otherwise known at "The Interchangeables", provide a variety of coaching services.
For more info, check out www.laurieandkim.com Laurie and Kim facilitate positive change through self-discovery and skill development. They work together with parents, teachers and students to improve academic achievement and balance in life. Individually, they coach students and adults, including those with AD/HD and learning challenges.
08/29/2020
Covid and the Spring Quarantine: The Virtual Life from the Student Perspective | JST Coaching & Training Guest post by JST Graduate Laurie Chester, MA, BCC of Get it Done ABC, LLC “You are living history,” I said to my young clients. “You will remember this forever, like I remember 9/11…
01/25/2018
Save the Date - February 1, 2018 6:00pm
Fusion Academy Alexandria is excited to present a free screening of the acclaimed documentary, “Angst: Raising Awareness Around Anxiety,” a new film created to open up the conversation about anxiety and provide tools, resources and hope.
Join us after the 55 minute screening for a Q/A discussion with Potomac Behavioral Solutions.
Bring friends and any questions you may have. The showing is appropriate for ages 10 and up.
Limited seating - please register at this link: Angst Screening
For more information, visit angstmovie.com.
11/05/2017
Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? More comfortable online than out partying, post-Millennials are safer, physically, than adolescents have ever been. But they’re on the brink of a mental-health crisis.
11/03/2017
12 Things Introverts Absolutely Need to Be Happy Introverts have somewhat different needs than extroverts. But, sadly, they may feel like they can’t say what they need.
08/27/2017
Perspective | Melinda Gates: I spent my career in technology. I wasn’t prepared for its effect on my kids. Melinda Gates says that even she, a former Microsoft executive, has to learn how to be a parent in the digital age.
08/18/2017
How This Family of Worrywarts Copes In an Age of Anxiety The beauty — and limits — of 'possible vs. probable'
08/17/2017
Perspective | Why can’t college graduates write coherent prose? Too often they weren't asked to write enough as students. Here are ideas to improve instruction in this crucial skill.
08/08/2017
Why Socializing Drains Introverts More Than Extroverts The introvert’s way isn't about chasing rewards, but about seeking meaning.
07/06/2017
On Campus, Failure Is on the Syllabus A Smith College initiative called “Failing Well” is one of a crop of university programs that aim to help high achievers cope with basic setbacks.
11/16/2016
For the parents of budding athletes:
http://www.npr.org/2016/11/16/502274825/forget-the-fields-hit-the-books-to-get-a-college-scholarship
To Get A College Scholarship: Forget The Field, Hit The Books Think playing on sports' travel team will help your kids get a college scholarship? Think again. Commentator John U. Bacon advises that they hit the books instead.
10/25/2016
An important reminder about how life-altering a concussion can be.
Joanna’s Story Thank you for your important work. I am a 34 year old, licensed speech therapist and mother of 2 young boys, living in a western suburb of Chicago. Here is my story: I was at the bottom of th…
10/24/2016
Interesting information for digital reading:
https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/10/16/strategies-to-help-students-go-deep-when-reading-digitally/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2049
Strategies to Help Students ‘Go Deep’ When Reading Digitally Teachers are finding that when they explicitly teach deep reading strategies geared to digital media, students can access and comprehend complex texts.
