In order to set goals, make decisions, and stay on task, our brains utilize a set of skills called executive functions. These skills involve many different areas in the brain […]

Supporting Executive Functioning Skills in the Classroom

Executive functions are the basic skill sets in our brains that drive us to pay attention, make plans, keep on track, prioritize, […]

Women’s influence on history is too often overlooked. When girls are taught how much women have achieved or shown what women can do, they develop a sense of empowerment, […]

Black History Month sprung up initially as a week-long celebration in Black communities in February in the 1920s. For fifty years the celebration spread across the country until […]

Have you ever seen a child totally immersed in her video game play? Try to get her attention and it seems like she’s in another world (she is). But ask […]

In this mobile infinite runner addition to the classic Mario Bros. franchise, Bowser has returned to the Mushroom Kingdom in hopes to kidnap Princess Peach and rule the land once […]

Pikmin 3 was a game for the Wii U that has now been upgraded and re-released for the Nintendo Switch.  It is a strategy game where the player […]

Treasure Hunt-Scavenger Hunt is a pirate-themed app where the player tries to find various objects that fit a certain theme. The game features several different categories such as Backyard, […]

Kids with learning disabilities have often been forgotten in the effort to improve remote learning. I have conducted dozens of interviews with these kids and their families and the stories […]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, I’ve done much of my clinical work online via Zoom, the same tool that many of my patients are using to attend school. Many of the […]