Looking Back to Move Forward: Reflections on Distance Learning
If you’re in the camp of parents and families who found distance learning to be a relatively smooth and positive experience, try to identify specifically what went well for you and your family. Why was this enjoyable for you? If the experience was not an easy one for you, your family, or one of your […]
Problems, Pitfalls and Potential for Change: Envisioning the Future of Distance Learning
COVID-19 caused families, schools and communities to hit the brakes on almost every activity of daily life for more than two months. The shock from changes in social interactions reverberated through our society. Anxiety and worry about the future, functioning and health of our nation and world added to the stark realization that we had […]
My Family Doesn’t Have it All Together, and That’s a Good Thing
I’m glad if the title of this article got your attention, and I want you to know I’m serious. No matter how well-adjusted my kids might be, or how kind and compassionate they are, or how patient I seem at times…we don’t have it all together. If the last three months of social isolation has […]
Dancing to Music that Keeps Changing: The Stress of Trying to Do it All
Parenting, marriage, teaching, jobs, you name it and it requires a period of adjustment to find the right rhythm to be effective. However, once you figure out the music and the dance that goes with it, the music inevitably changes. Suddenly, your groove doesn’t match the needs of the people or situation around you, and […]
Bite-Size Parent Coaching Session 1: Functional Behavior Assessment & ABC’s of Behavior for Parents
In these Bite-Size Parent Coaching segments, I take larger parent coaching concepts and boil them down into bite-size overviews so parents can start to use the skills at home. Parents of children with autism and other behavioral and developmental difficulties may find this series of skill overviews helpful – but the skills may be useful […]
Distance Learning 101: Tips for the Best Experience for Your Family – Slideshow
If you find yourself arguing, begging, coercing, or negotiating with your child to get their work done, check out the suggestions below for getting into “work mode.” Click HERE to view the slideshow.
Teaching During a Pandemic: Connecting in the (Virtual) Classroom – Slideshow
Hopefully this can be a useful and supportive resource for educators trying to get through the present and plan for the future. Click HERE to view the slideshow.
Tips for Parenting During School Closure – Slideshow
Dr. Adams shares tips for parenting during the school closure. He includes lots of suggestions for helping siblings get along…just in case 😉 Click HERE to view the slideshow.
Will We Ever Return to Normal?
I feel like I have asked myself the question, “will we ever get back to normal?” several times a day over the last few weeks, as I’m sure many others have. And the answer that I keep telling myself is, “I’m not sure I want to.” Katie Greenleaf, LPCC recently shared a quote by Dave […]