The middle school years, when nothing seems more important or more impossible than fitting in, are rough for nearly everyone. But they are particularly brutal for preteens such as Will Gilbertsen, ...

It’s back to school time, but are we teaching all of the important subjects? Yes, we’ve got classes for Chumash, Math, Navi, Science, Reading, and many more subjects. Those are incredibly important.

Before explaining more about social coaching, let’s review some social skills described by Dr. Ronald Rapee and his colleagues in the book, “Helping Your Anxious Child.” These include skills related ...

One afternoon, I received an email from a doctor with a therapy request for a mother/daughter pair: “Self-esteem issues, anger, and resentment towards mother’s decisions she feels have adversely ...

Ready or not, across the country, a new crop of kindergarteners has entered the K-12 school system. Their teachers will spend these early weeks determining where the 5- and 6-year-olds are ...

I am a licensed Marriage & Family therapist, licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, certified PEERS instructor, and credentialed teacher. I have effectively taught social skills privately and in ...

Weaving social-emotional learning into academics is hard. But schools with high populations of English learners have an extra challenge: They are working to build up students’ mastery of a second ...

Remember high school? Your friends, your music, your style? What lessons from high school classes do you still use today? If you could go back, what do you wish you’d learned about real life? Research ...