by Marketing Department | Nov 16, 2016 | Compassionate Hearts, Core Values, Growing Learners
By Sharon M. Barnes, MSSW, LCSW, http://therapistforsensitiveandgifted.com/ Social and emotional needs are crucial to the well-being of gifted students. When these needs are not met, the result may be low self-esteem, anxiety or depression. It is possible for gifted...
by Darsa Morrow | Oct 18, 2016 | Community, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students
Adults have words for our feelings—we are joyful, angry, disgusted, afraid or sad, and we even have words like pride and envy to describe complex shades of these feelings. Children feel these emotions no less keenly, even if they can’t name them. But it’s...
by Darsa Morrow | Sep 19, 2016 | Community, Keen MInds, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students
Mack-Boulder is hosting an amazing Parent Education event this Wednesday, September 21, 2016 5:30-7:00pm. Free and open to the public! K-8th children welcome! See flyer below for RSVP info! Join Kristi Pikiewicz, Mackintosh Academy’s Educational Psychologist,...
by Darsa Morrow | Aug 17, 2015 | Community, Growing Learners, News & Events, Our Students
I was recently asked by a parent of a “fiery” 5-year-old whose emotional intensity levels frequently overshadow her burgeoning self-regulatory skills, for some effective self-soothing techniques to teach her. Here’s my response: Emotional regulation is a learned skill...
by Darsa Morrow | Mar 1, 2015 | Growing Learners, News & Events, Older Posts, Student Work
“I don’t feel like my group is hearing me.” This could be the sentiment of most any adult debriefing after a challenging day at work. It was actually something heard by teacher Jim Parker in Mack-Boulder’s fourth grade classroom. One of his students was having a...
