by Kristi Pikiewicz | Jan 4, 2022 | Education/Parenting, Mental Health
I’m a school psychologist and member of a school administrative team in Boulder, Colorado. Coming back from this year’s Winter break, we expected to be dealing with the omicron surge — we wondered whether we would have enough faculty to manage...
by Kristi Pikiewicz | Dec 15, 2021 | Education/Parenting, Mental Health
While older adults bear the brunt of the pandemic’s health effects, young people are shouldering the bulk of COVID’s mental and emotional health burden. UNICEF reports 27% anxiety and 15% depression in young people ages 10-19 and also highlights the fact...
by Kristi Pikiewicz | Dec 1, 2021 | Digging Deep Project, Education/Parenting, Social-Emotional Learning
I lead the social-emotional learning curriculum for a K-8 school with a mission for gifted education and I wonder sometimes if self-awareness is a burden. I wonder this because some of our most successful students seem to lack self-awareness — they bring a kind...
by Garth Sundem | Nov 17, 2021 | Digging Deep Project, Education/Parenting, Self Help, Social-Emotional Learning
The Digging Deep Project is excited to announce publication of “The Shadow’s Edge Guide to Self-Awareness,” a social-emotional learning (SEL) workbook for teens. This engaging, high-visual guide is packed with engaging pen-and-paper activities...
by Guest Blogger | Nov 10, 2021 | Chronic/Serious Illness, Education/Parenting
The Digging Deep Project is honored to call attention to this article by Samantha Levy, PhD, originally published by the organization Creative Healing for Youth in Pain. Kids and teens with chronic pain take a lot of a parent’s time and attention, between helping them...
by Garth Sundem | Nov 3, 2021 | Education/Parenting, Mental Health, Self Help
It’s that time of year again, when ghosts give way to turkeys and then immediately to holiday lights. Once you step aboard the holiday bus, there’s no getting off ’till the ball drops. Through one lens, it’s a beautiful time of year filled with...
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