Jessica Sinarski is a certified adoption therapist, clinical supervisor, author and educator who brings important insights to the realm of attachment issues and early trauma -- an area with scarce…
The Adverse Childhood Experiences study has shown that the impact of family trauma can be a heavy burden on the physical, mental and social health of students. According to Wired…
"If HipHop can grab them like that, and if science is a piece of who they are, and if there's so much science in HipHop, then why not make those…
If students with behavioral and learning challenges (Autism, ADHD, Asperger's, Bi-Polar Disorder, ODD, etc.) were self-aware and could verbalize their needs, what would they say? Perhaps something like this. Watch…
Sometimes educators must reach out to at-risk students by way of the most unconventional methods in order to see breakthroughs, says presenter Craig Boykin, one of our most popular At-Risk…
Confined spaces and a 6 '5" frame don't make for a comfortable flight. Celebrated author and Pirate Presenter Dave Burgess can relate to the frequent plight of students — boys in…
Students who have suffered trauma are far more likely to experience academic failure. To combat this tendency – with female students in particular – Tracie Berry-McGhee suggests creating trauma-sensitive spaces…
Innovation in the classroom is often stymied because educators don’t want to depart from doing the “right thing.” Dr. David Rendall says moving “outside the box” requires teachers to realize…
Brian is a certified elementary and special education teacher, who draws on his own experience as a very disruptive student with severe undiagnosed ADHD and reading difficulties. Brian is the…
The often-polarizing debate about gender neural differences has been enlightened by a just-released study of the human brain prior to birth. For the first time, researchers were able to do…
