Rocky View School Psychology

How To develop a safe and nurturing community, where we engage and challenge learners to think, to take risks, to collaborate and to become confident, independent, life long learners who contribute as resilient, caring, global-minded citizens. Or programming for Social-Emotional Learning using a Continuum of Supports. Or creating engaged, resilient, academically successful, collaborative 21st century …

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11 Highly Effective Teaching Principles in  Reading The following article is a summary of: Understanding, Assessing and Intervening on Reading Problems by Laurice M. Joseph. PHD..A NASP Publication Building on Schema and Prerequisite Skills Involves activating students’ prior knowledge to guide their learning and ease their way in reading new content and learning new skills. …

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Many people believe that there is a dramatic sexual awakening during puberty.  Yes, hormones do surge and bodies will change during adolescence.  However, human sexuality is a gradual process that begins in childhood.  As children grow, their sexual knowledge and beliefs begin to develop long before they hit puberty.  The best way to handle sexuality …

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Sleep is a vital function for life. Without adequate sleep, children learn less, are more accident prone, and more irritable. Inadequate sleep is also linked with lower immune functioning and higher rates of illness. Many school problems are related to inadequate amounts of high-quality sleep. Sleep is when learning is consolidated into long-term memory, so …

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 Deliberately teaching metacognitive skills, or “thinking about thinking” can enhance a child’s ability to learn in all subject areas. Metacognition refers to a level of thinking that involves active control over the process of thinking that is used in learning situations. Planning the way to approach a learning task, monitoring comprehension, and evaluating the progress …

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Students, parents, and teachers benefit in multiple ways when parents are effectively engaged with their child’s schooling. However, some interactions between parents and educators can actually create more problems than they can solve. For example, a teacher seeking a parent’s help for a behaviour problem may not recognize the criticism implied when the teacher asks …

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Attention Difficulties in the Classroom Here’s a summary of Thomas and Grimes’ 1995 chapter on Attention Difficulties: Students with attention disorders without hyperactivity often fail to finish tasks, they are easily distracted, they have difficulty listening, concentrating, and organizing their work, they require supervision to accomplish tasks, and they frequently shift activities. Students with attention …

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