EducationallyPsyched

When I present on the 🧠 cognitive processing test results 🧠 from the special education evaluation, I focus on the bigger picture of strengths 💪🏽 and areas that may require support 🏋🏻‍♀️.

I mostly accomplish this by visually showing this a color-coded bell curve which areas of processing they preformed within the expected range 🟡 for their age, and outside of it 🔵. This visual helps highlight what is typical and what we might need to focus more on in terms of a potential learning disability, and/or planning for compensatory strategies or accommodations.

It’s also very important to not only give a brief definition of what each processing area is, but connect that to examples from testing and real life 🔗. This gives the IEP team members a clearer idea of the skills and how they actually show up at home and in the classroom setting.

I can’t believe this series now has 7️⃣ parts! 😆😆 let me know if you’d like another part to this, either going into more depth about what I just shared or moving on to other areas of the evaluation! ⬇️

👋🏼And if you’re a school psychologist or another evaluator that goes over results like these, share in the comments if you present in a similar way, or have another way you’d like to share with us to help us learn from you! ⬇️

😆😆 which of these emotions do you say this phrase with most commonly?

⬇️ Add other emotions/ scenarios you say this phrase with in the comments and let’s see what else we can come up with

Do you do this too?

Have you heard this message being delivered to students who speak another language besides English with their families?

Let me know in the comments what your answer to this question would be!

Our next 😮‍💨Mood Minute😮‍💨 is a step-by-step guide to a tool called Ear Tugs👂🏼⬇️

Have you ever used a strategy like this to support your or your child/student’s regulation? Or your own? If not, try it and see how it feels!

🥰 Follow for simple tools that actually help in real moments and stick around for more Mood Minutes!

Why I Love “Nap Club” at my high school 😆😴 share any other fun, low barrier for entry clubs that you have at your school ⬇️

Becoming a working mom has radicalized me because between the (LACK OF PAID 💸) maternity leave and now trying to prioritize keeping up my milk supply while keeping up at work… I don’t know how any of you are doing it?! 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

Here’s a “Day in the Life” as a school psychologist pumping at work to give you some insight into what it looks like! 😅I am SO lucky I have a private office that locks and a mini fridge, because otherwise this would be even harder.

On a more personal note, I came back from maternity leave with 7 weeks left of the school year. I promised myself I’d give pumping a go for that entire time no matter what so that way I could keep my supply and nurse all summer when I’m back full time with my daughter. IF I decide it’s too hard or I hate it, I am giving myself permission to no longer pump when I go back to work in August. I had a goal of making it breast feeding for a full year, but pumping at work just might be too hard on a longer term basis 😭

👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼 Working moms who pumped at work: how was this journey for you? Did anything you or your school did help make it easier? Any tips?

🤰🏻Newer moms: Have any questions about anything you saw in my video?

⬇️ Let me know!!