Helping Kids Learn to Pause, Reset, and Regulate Children experience big feelings every day—frustration with homework, disagreements with siblings or classmates, anxiety about school, or simply the overwhelm of a busy day. While we often focus on solving the problem that caused the feeling, one of the most powerful skills we can teach children is how to calm their bodies first . One simple tool that supports emotional regulation is mindful breathing . Teaching children to slo

One of the most important parts of psychological and psychoeducational assessment happens after the testing is complete —when we sit down with parents and teams to explain what the results actually mean. For psychologists and school psychologists, terms like working memory, processing speed, fluid reasoning, or visual–spatial processing are familiar concepts. We work with them daily. But for parents and many members of an IEP team, these constructs can feel abstract, techni

This week is the National Association of School Psychologists annual conference, and it gives me all the feels. It’s so exciting to network with colleagues and learn. It also takes me back to when I was a new school psychologist, just starting my internship. I’ll never forget it. I was hired to do all of the mental health counseling for students in a high school special education program for students with emotional and behavioral disabilities. The psychologist before me ran g