School Issues Articles

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• Learning To Be All That You Can Be
  “You know what I never want to hear again? That I have great potential. It just feels like so much pressure.” Elly, the student sitting across from me in my office, is visibly upset. I've ...
• The Scheduled Child
  Each fall when our kids were young, my husband and I would make an elaborate grid with each kid’s name (there are four of them) going down the left side and the days of the ...
• More School Help, Less Homework
  This article is an editorial based upon the author's experience. I’ve been reading with great interest the current debate about the usefulness of homework. As with most debates, the issues have become polarized and both sides ...
• Tips for Successful College Internships
  Students: Thinking about doing an internship this year? Cool! Internships are a great way to see your chosen field up close and personal. They often introduce people to both plusses and minuses in the work ...
• Symptoms of Selective Mutism
  Selective mutism is a rare type of anxiety disorder whose main distinguishing characteristic is the persistent failure to speak in specific social situations (e.g., at school, or with playmates) where speaking is expected, despite ...
• Dealing with That Roommate
  You know the one: That roommate; the one whose roomie can’t stand her; the one the whole floor talks about. That roommate has the reputation for being impossible, spoiled, demanding, self-centered, or just too weird. ...
• Making the Most of Your Freshman Year of College
  It’s almost time. You’ve been to freshman orientation. You’ve contacted your new roommate on Facebook. You’ve decided who will bring the TV, who will bring the mini-fridge. You’ve begun to pack. You’ve started the round ...
• How Time Management Can Work For You
  We all have 24 hours in the day, but some of us feel we have no time while others seem to get everything done and still have time for fun and relaxation. Poor time management can ...
• Keeping the College Application Process Sane
  A friend sent me a column from an April Martha’s Vineyard Times. The author is responding to an article published here at PsychCentral in which I tried to reassure high school seniors that the ...
• Bipolar and Starting College or Work
  The main goal of transition planning is the same for all students, regardless of their abilities or goals: preparation for the world of work. For most students, high school graduation marks a jumping-off point: some ...
• The Summer Before College
  You’d think I’d know what to expect! The child graduating from high school in a couple of short weeks is the fourth to launch. But somehow the arrival of graduation day still takes me surprise. ...
• Tips to Beat Procrastination
  Procrastination is a habit that can be quite harmless, as some people thrive on the stress of putting things off until deadline. But procrastination can be a serious problem if it throws the important matters ...
• Dyslexia: Improving Reading and Writing Skills
  How can a person improve their reading and writing skills when they have dyslexia? The following tips may be of help: Try using a computer when you write things. Programs such as Microsoft Word fix spelling ...
• Graduation Blues
  I have a recurring dream (this has been going on for many, many years now) that I am at my high school trying to get to my class. I cannot find my class, and I ...
• If Your Child Has Problems, It May Due to Lack of Sleep
  If your child has frequent health or emotional problems, consider that a lack of sleep may be all or at least part of the problem. Every function in the body is affected by sleep. And ...
• Tips for Talking to Students About a School Shooting
  During the tragedy of a school shooting, many times people are uncertain what to say or how to react to teens and young adults when faced with the enormity of the situation. People are dead. ...
• Waiting for College Acceptance Letters
  It’s been quite a year. Only last summer you were looking at colleges on the Internet, exploring catalogues in the guidance office and maybe even doing a grand tour of the colleges you thought you ...
• Daylight Savings Time and Mental Health
  In the days that follow the twice-yearly "springing forward" or "falling back" of our clocks, you can count on lively coffee-break complaints about body clock confusion, taping the wrong show, or missed appointments. For the ...
• Teenage Depression
  Teenagers experience depression in a manner very similar to adults, but they may experience their emotions more intensely and with greater volatility. Feeling down about a relationship issue or an upcoming exam is normal. ...
• ADHD and Sleep
  Children with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more likely to have sleep difficulties. ADHD is a neurological condition characterized by inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. Three subtypes of ADHD generally are recognized by professionals: ...
• The ABCs of ADHD
  Who today has not heard the term "attention deficit hyperactivity disorder," or ADHD? No other term in the diagnostic lexicon has more information and misinformation attached to it than ADHD. Everyone you ask — parents, ...
• School Violence: Identifying At-Risk Teens
  School violence actually has decreased in the past 10 years, but mass killings of children in schools have increased. The school shootings of Littleton, Colo., and in suburban Atlanta are two examples of this. Angry ...
• Are You Ready for College? Alternatives for the Unsure
  It's all set. For three and a half years of high school, you've made the grades, been on teams, sung in the chorus or played in the band. You've taken the SATs (twice!), written the ...
• College Activities: Not-So-Incidental Learning
  So, you’re in college or off to college soon. Big question: Are you having fun yet? If the answer is “no,” what I say is this -- get yourself out of the classroom, your nose ...
• Embracing the Challenge of Life with Epilepsy
  This article is not about epilepsy per se. It is instead about the challenges that people with epilepsy and their families successfully manage each and every day. For the record, epilepsy is not a mental illness. ...