Often students are not performing in their classroom in ways that their teachers believe they are capable of. They seem to have the potential but cannot find ways to complete their work. Usually when they are struggling with a learning problem, they will cover it with number of their own smoke screens so no one will […]
Who Inspires You?
I recently saw a news report that William Shatner, who played Capt. James T Kirk in the original Star Trek TV series that piloted in 1966 was planning to go into outer space. He is 90 years old and will be the oldest person ever to do this. I was inspired by him. He is not letting his […]
Can Peek-A-Boo Change the World?
I rarely post a TED Talk but in this case, I want to make an exception. Molly Wright is seven years old and recently delivered a TED Talk which was simple but very profound. She illustrated in a short talk the importance of early childhood relationships and how the brains of children are affected by […]
When Kids Refuse to Go to School
Lakeside has a history of dealing with students who have faced many life difficulties. Often, they have had school experiences that have been negative and choose not to go to school because of their fear or for other reasons such as bullying. Formerly we labelled this as truancy and sometimes there were legal consequences to […]
We Only Think We Are in Charge
How important is it for you to oversee your life? Do you believe you actually are in charge of your life? We may think we know why we are behaving the way we are and we may think we know how to control our behaviors. I think an important awareness is that, for several reasons, […]
Helping Students through Co-Regulation
Some of the behaviors that we are experiencing out of the COVID-19 pandemic are rather disturbing and often can cause a great deal of concern by caregivers of students. The behavior can be unpredictable and very dysregulated. Some of the students that seemed balanced before the pandemic have developed a great deal of fear, anxiety […]
Five Ways the Pandemic Affected Students’ Lifestyles
We have all been aware of the research that many of the students who are returning to school have had some significant deficits as a result of the pandemic. Those of us who deal with challenging students are seeing some of their issues spiraling in different ways and acknowledge that there have been changes in […]
Where Are You on This Continuum?
I was recently discussing a trend with a colleague regarding people and organizations who declare themselves Trauma-Informed, sometimes only as a result of attending a workshop here or there. In our opinion, to be truly trauma-informed requires a great deal more study than that. I think this can lead us to a discussion around a […]
How COVID Can Upend Families
In most of the media coverage of the COVID pandemic and the current variant, we tend to focus on vaccines, masks, hospital overcrowding and controversies like what we should do about school precautions. We also have a significant political dialogue that has spurned controversy nationwide. I just read a story that reminded me of the […]
Preventing Selfie Dysmorphia
We have become a society possessed by the selfie. We see people taking photos of themselves in certain environments as part of their social media presence and communication to others. Some of it is just pure fun but one consequence, particularly for young audiences, is that it can create a fixation about how they look. […]
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