School System – The Aggregator

Talking to your children about their differences

Hello Wheelock families, welcome back to to start of another great school year! I feel very inspired to start my 2019-2020 school blog with such an important topic. So often, I hear fr…

New Article about Childhood Anxiety

Hi Everyone, happy almost april vacation 🙂 I found this article and thought it was really important to share. I have come across this article through a variety of different well known…

Supporting Your Child with a Disability

Supporting the Emotional Needs of Kids with Disabilities By Child Mind Institute I recently came across this article (linked above) which highlights some great ways to support your child if th…

Words Matter

I recently came across this great info-graphic and just had to share it. Sometimes simple changes like the suggestions listed below can make such a big difference. I felt really inspired by these…

Resources to help talk to kids about racism

I am writing this important blog post to provide resources/support to help you as parents and to help our children throughout this continued difficult time. The horrific death of George Fl…

Talking to Children about Covid-19

In an effort to help support the any anxiety about the ongoing concern of the Corona virus or Covid-19, I am going to share two very helpful resources. The first is an article from the Natio…

Resources to support events from January 6th 2021

Yesterday’s events from the violent outbreak and breach of the US Capitol has us all feeling very distraught and unsettled. Here are some resources with tips on how to handle and support our chi…

Talking to your kids about coming back to school

Welcome and welcome back to some families as we begin the 2020-2021 school year at Wheelock. I am very excited to see the students again. However, I am sure many families have a ‘mixed bag’ of e…

Book Spotlight ‘Uniquely Wired’ by Julia Cook

Today I had the pleasure of visiting a second grade classroom to read them a story titled ‘Uniquely Wired’, a beautifully written story about a young boy with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Julia C…

“I statements” and “I messages”

“I statements” and “I messages” Today I visited a third grade classroom to help students better advocate for themselves with social problems by teaching them about “I statements”. “I stateme…