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From Cristina: So, we’re offering the stress class again. I need to find a better name for it than that. Relaxation class conjures up visions of kids kicking back with herbal tea while new age music plays in the background and stress coping mechanism class sounds pretty clunky, so what? Someone please help me! Our . . . → Read More: Stress Management at Affect Academics (aka thank goodness for Emily) We’re branching out. More about this in a few days, as we get our new website ready to launch this September. But by now most of you know that nearly all of what we do here is based on the neurological reality that learning only takes place in an emotionally supportive environment. My students have . . . → Read More: Yoga at Affect Academics This is Ben’s Blog Post. I promised him full credit; he deserves it. Ben is an amazing, amazing kid. He came to me a year ago, struggling with number sense, especially place value. Over the course of one summer, he went from scoring in the “red” in his school’s assessment system (AIMSweb, for the teachers . . . → Read More: Survival Camp Math, aka Ben’s Blog Post So, it’s official: the Association of Educational Therapists has accepted my application for certification as an Educational Therapist (ET). So what does this mean? Well, those of you who know my work know that I require every student to start with an evaluation, so that I can determine how best to teach them effectively and . . . → Read More: New Directions for MathAffect As part of my training in educational therapy, I am required to train in the major standardized test batteries. It has been useful, and has deepened my dislike of them. I will go into a diatribe on this on another post. I am not against all standardized testing (I think some CBMs are great – . . . → Read More: How Should Learning Disabilities be Diagnosed? I spend a lot of time researching ways to combat math anxiety, and the list ranges from helping students harness the strengths of their own learning styles, to encouraging active learning through games and hands-on activities, to modeling coping skills for anxious episodes. Reading a random article tonight, I realized that research informs a lot . . . → Read More: Helping Your Kids at Home |
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