How Teen Bullying Shapes and Affects the Entire School
Teen bullying still runs rampant in the hallways of US education. Research shows at least 20 percent of students are physically bullied, over 50 perce...
There is No Place Like Home: When School Refusal Becomes an Issue
School refusal is very different from truancy. A truant child typically lies about missing class and uses school hours to spend time with friends – ...
Classroom Accommodations for High Schoolers with ADHD
As symptoms of ADHD shift throughout adolescence, accommodations that may have helped your child when they were younger typically change over time. In...
Giving Your Teen A Boost: Helping Teens Improve Self Esteem Issues
So you just happen to be beyond convinced that your teen son or daughter is the brightest, kindest, funniest and most accomplished of all; the only pr...
Refusing School: Weekend Sleep Schedules Interfere with Education
Sleep–we all need it to function. It’s essential to all main processes and when we don’t get enough of it, our bodies begin to shut down. De...
Schools for Troubled Teens: Revitalizing Curiosity in Struggling Students
For families with a struggling student, school often has become a place of negativity. It’ no longer a positive learning environment, it’s a place...
School Year Anxiety: The Stress That Gets in the Way of Learning
Each student deals with stress during the school year–it’s natural. Even when a student’s prepared for an upcoming exam, it still produces a...
School for Expelled Students: This Is Not the End of the Road
When your child has ran into issue after issue at school and they finally reach the point of expulsion, it’s hard to stay optimistic. It’s...
Outdoor Classroom Program: Using Nature to Understand the World
It’s not hard to believe that nature has important things to offer–but few would think that you can teach real lessons (like physics!) out in ...
Trouble in Math Could Mean Academic & Social Struggles in Teens
We know that social struggles in teens are caused by a multitude of factors–learning disabilities, trouble at home, bullying, you name it. This ...