I See The Potential
“One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me “Superman” did not exist. Cause even in the depths of the ghetto you just thought he was coming …. She thought I was crying because it’s like …. (he’s) not real. I was crying because no one was coming with enough [...]
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Some days it gets hard to remember why we as parents, teachers, grandparents and advocates for kids do it. Some days it gets easy to think that maybe enough is enough, you’ve put in enough time, you’ve tried hard enough and now it’s time to either just walk away or loosen your grip and let [...]
I ran across this anti-bullying website for kids and parents (primarily younger kids). It’s got some good information on it and some scenarios that parents can work through with their kids. I especially liked that it had some good resources, book recommendations, tip sheets, etc.. Best of all there are little animated scenes that you [...]
News Stuff Acid syringe ‘could spell an end to dentist’s drill’ | Mail Online This sounds cool and I’m all in favor of anything that’s faster and involves less pain. However, the idea of squirting an “acid” filled syringe into my mouth (or anywhere near me really) sounds like the scheme of a Batman villain [...]
You Missed A Show? Missed a show? How could you? Okay, besides you have a family and the show is on early Sunday mornings. Then here’s your chance to catch up. I’ll be posting full breakouts of all the shows we did in 2009 but in the meantime check out any of the shows that [...]
We spoke with Barabara Coloroso about her book “The Bully, The Bullied and the Bystander”. We first came across her in the Costco Connection magazine, believe it or not, and thought she had some good information and good approaches. Coincidentally enough in the last couple of months we’d had a couple of parents talk to us [...]
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This week we interviewed Dr. Arthur Benjamin – a Mathematician and Mathemagician. Now normally ….. Math would not be the kind of topic I would want to spend a lot of time talking about. So let me explain why I chose to pick this as a topic and Dr. Benjamin as our expert for the [...]
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“Parents will always be catalysts for education reform.” def: Catalyst: An agent that precipitates -or- accelerates fundamental change In what is sure to be a phenomenally informative show, this Sunday on the “My Great Kid” Radio Program (Sunday 8:00am-9:00am, WAAM 1600am or online at www.waamannarbor.com; A podcast will be posted after the show) we will be [...]
Came across a site called Techno Dys a little bit ago and wanted to take this opportunity to reccommend that you add it to your RSS feed. They throw up a post a day with different site recommendations (amongst other things) and many of them are real winners worthy of your attention including: Brightstorm – [...]
Swine flu, E. Coli, The Black Death now in the stuffed toy aisle!
Is the H1N1 flu really targeting children with disabilities?
I just found this site online and think it’s a great site and phenomenal tool for schools, OT’s and especially parents. You pick what skill you want to work and what tools you have available and it gives you skills games/drills/tips that you can do. Very well laid out, clear and easy to follow and [...]
An Interview with Laura Johnson from the University Of Toledo. I really don’t like the way that she phrases and refers to some of the topics in this interview HOWEVER, I do think that some of the strategies and insight that she brings to the topic are not only interesting but VERY RELEVANT as a [...]
