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1. 10 Back to School Tips by Lucy Jo Palladino, Ph.D
Lucy Jo Palladino, Ph.D., a psychologist with 25 years experience.
She helps people improve their attention skills. She was Principal
Investigator of a federal research grant and served on the clinical
faculty of the University of Arizona Medical School. She is the
author of Dreamers, Discoverers & Dynamos, a book that is helping
people change the way they think about Attention Deficit Disorder.
I had the good fortune to hear her speak to a workshop of special
education teachers on the very important skills needed to "focus
... give attention" and help a child that is feeling distress. She
has a center that advances the use of focus skills.
In her new website http://www.fearlessfocus.com/
she shares ten tips that parents may be helped by at the start of
the school year ... having to do with "bringing fearless focus,"
and more ...
Top 10 Back to School Tips for Parents
1. Make a new start.
2. Allow for stress.
3. Support your child AND his new teacher.
4. Listen, don't lecture.
5. Accept your child's unique style.
6. Stay patient and positive.
7. Establish good homework habits early.
8. Set do-able goals.
9. Smile when you say good bye!
10. Keep your perspective
These are the headings of her ten tips. You may go
to her website to read the explanatory information as well. This
can be good information to share with parents and other significant
care providers for the children in your class.
Marty Kirschen
Dr. Palladino can be emailed at ljp@fearlessfocus.com
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2. Communicating with parents and care providers
by the teacher (September 1999)
With the start of a new school year (many of you hearty year
rounders have already begun), I am feeling some anxiety as
well as joyous anticipation. Best wishes to all of us and what
we bring to the children. Aside from the obvious relations with
the children that are receiving so much attention at this time in
our newsletter ... this is a good time to remember the importance
of starting out the year caringly with the other grownups who
are so important. These are the grownups at school and, of
course, the primary care providers for the children - be they
parents, extended families, group homes or where ever the
children in our classes may rest their heads at night. I will
make a special effort to communicate to the guardian of each
child in my classroom sometime before the first week is over....
by letter and also either in person or by phone. And as so many
have told me... I will find something positive about each child
to
share with each grownup. When we sincerely and warmly
acknowledge to the care providers the important role they play
and - seek to learn from them, I believe they become more open
to working with us. Many of you are far more experienced in
this area than I am and I welcome your comments on this.
Marty Kirschen
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