First the Heart, Then the Mind

03/26/2022

11/24/2021

Be a problem solver - 🙌
🌐 www.behaviorflip.com

06/05/2021

How are seeking to understand, and promoting understanding?

A powerful reflection from one of our Autistic mentees (age 13), 'I feel like people are always telling me the things I need to do to fit in with other kids, but no one tells the other kids the things they can do to make me feel like I belong.'

For a deeper dive, please see:
▪ From EisforErin, Social Skills For Everyone (tinyurl.com/56z7fp2v)
▪ From Frontiers for Young Minds, Double Empathy: Why Autistic People Are Often Misunderstood (tinyurl.com/2ptjsdj3)
▪ From Not An Autism Mom, 100ish Books On Autism & Neurodiversity (tinyurl.com/29tu8fww)
▪ From our I CAN team, Why Autistic-Led Mentoring Matters ((tinyurl.com/ynsskkpl)

02/10/2021

"Many Ways To Say I Love You" - Day 5

09/10/2020

"Plowing ahead on core academics with a singular focus on making up for lost learning without addressing what students-and staff-are bringing with them to school ignores a basic reality: Children can't process and retain new information if their brains are overwhelmed with anxiety."

Some child-development experts are worried that students' social, emotional, and mental well-being will be put on the backburner this fall.

07/01/2020

Our kids need adults that help them regulate.

06/28/2020

Even in a time when nothing is "for sure" we have an opportunity to create new possibilities. The edutopia article link below highlights some important things to keep in mind while planning for our return to the classroom. We've got this.❤

https://www.edutopia.org/article/covid-19s-impact-students-academic-and-mental-well-being

03/29/2020

Heather Forbes (author of Help for Billy, The Trauma-Informed Curriculum, etc.) has made her on-demand courses for parents, teachers, and mental health professionals free for the next week and a half with the code "thistooshallpass".

https://store.beyondconsequences.com/webinars/?mc_cid=ff3b9e513c&mc_eid=8ac761d83b&fbclid=IwAR2TSBNz615I-O4cfwRwhfpuyAunrDC1t9QUmDpVN59sxFdimjl4OSSM5bs