by Guest Blogger | Jun 21, 2022 | Education/Parenting, Mental Health, Social-Emotional Learning
Childhood can be a difficult time for many kids, and when anxiety and stress rear their ugly heads, even the most routine of tasks can become overwhelming. Many young people suffer from these feelings, and while they are caused by lots of different things (school...
by Kristi Pikiewicz | Jan 2, 2019 | Chronic/Serious Illness, Education/Parenting, Self Help
As a school psychologist, I like to help kids set and accomplish goals, working to be “approach motivated”, moving toward their visions of attainment, rather than trying to avoid the things they fear. But while becoming an astronaut or the next President...
by Kristi Pikiewicz | Apr 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
A colleague recently told me the story of a girl we’ll call Emily. Emily is a third grader with autism spectrum disorder in a mainstream classroom at a private school with a mission for gifted education. And Emily is profoundly gifted. My colleague showed me pictures...
by Kristi Pikiewicz | Sep 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
It seems as if a child with a serious medical condition should be free to express him or herself in any way they want, free from the boundaries we would normally enforce. But when does free expression reach a tipping point at which it is destructive, dangerous, or...
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