While we focus on the benefits of teaching gratitude, let’s not forget the effectiveness and appropriateness of a vanishing form of gratitude, simple applause. A great way to teach applause as gratitude is the practice of improv. The Sound of Crickets At a school...
This article originally appeared in the Fall 2019 issue of Healing Matters. It’s a Monday night at Calo, a residential treatment center that specializes in treating teens and preteens for the effects of developmental trauma/early childhood trauma. The students...
I spent almost all my years teaching in inner city school districts and a couple of years in rural districts. And while I rarely heard about any of the trauma experienced by the thousands of kids that spent time in my classroom, I didn’t have many of the management...
As teachers we need our students to write and write enough so we can either assess content knowledge or teach writing, however many of our students either occasionally “get stuck,” or are consistently reluctant to write. Compounding that situation, we usually...
In case you are not aware, improv is being used in clinical practices such as therapy for anxiety. It may seem odd that a comedic art form is being integrated into therapeutic practices, but when you better understand what improv is and how it works, it will make...
Every year, school systems adopt new educational interventions and initiatives. This can be overwhelming to educators, as it puts a strain on time, resources and emotions. A no- cost, high impact intervention that is easy to integrate into classroom practice and...
