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Working with kids and young adults who are oppositional can be challenging. Being oppositional might mean refusing to do work, breaking rules, and engaging in other challenging behaviors. The truth is, many kids can be oppositional from time to time, so many of these strategies work with all learner

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Wondering how to teach contractions to your child? Teaching contractions might seem complicated, but these helpful tips can make this concept easy to teach!

Your body can make many amino acids on its own, but there are 9 essential amino acids you need to eat! Your body uses these amino acids to build the proteins that make up your tissues and organs and regulate the vast majority of physiological functions. Let's cover them one by one.

Bruce Lee was an expert martial artist, but he was also a very wise man. Here's how one of his quotes influences my coaching style.

Introducing our new Phonics Coloring Worksheets for Word Families, which give kids practice finding & reading words with common phonics...

I was grew up in Los Angeles, not too far from what was once Immaculate Heart College (IHC). Perhaps one of the biggest legacies of IHC is Sister Mary Corita, better known to many as Corita Kent, artist-activist and chairperson of the IHC art department from 1951-1968. Do you know about Corita Kent? In her own […]

Working with kids and young adults who are oppositional can be challenging. Being oppositional might mean refusing to do work, breaking rules, and engaging in other challenging behaviors. The truth is, many kids can be oppositional from time to time, so many of these strategies work with all learner

Childhood Fears by Age As children grow they have different worries and fears. There are common childhood fears that tend to coincide with different stages of development. Below are the most common childhood fears by age. As with most things – this list isn’t exhaustive and some children will have different fears – or will have a

A crisis plan (sometimes called a safety plan) can sound intimidating, but think of it like a tool: a gameplan for navigating the worst days.

My article Depression and Your Messy House is the most read article on this blog in the past year. If you’ve ever found yourself caught in the vicious cycle of perfectionism and depression, you are not alone.

You know how when you’re an artist or creative type, you’re just so bursting with ideas that you can’t possibly even write them all down, let alone execute them all? Yeah, I don’t either.

In How PTSD Disrupts Relationships - Part 1- The Relationship Foundation we looked at some ways PTSD may affect the foundation, the basement and floor, of a relationship. Now I want to look more at how PTSD affects the "relationship house" that two people build on the foundation. The relationship house consists of the day-to-day relating, activities, growth, intimacy and connection that the couple creates. This is the metaphorical house they will live in together so they are trying to make it into something positive, healthy and supportive in their lives. But sometimes, sadly, things go wrong. And things go wrong easily if one partner has PTSD. (scroll past discussion to end of article for full list of 50 items)

Just click the following link to download this list of homophones: Homophones Word List 2 A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word or words, but has a different meaning and spelling. Homophones can really trip up our young readers and writers. It’s sometimes difficult for them to know for sure which […]

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Free anger management article where I have compiled a list of techniques to help control anger. Enjoy my free anger management advice. If you have any questions about anger management, leave me a comment below.

Spondylolisthesis may cause many different signs & symptoms including back pain. Learn what might be causing your isthmic or degenerative spondylolisthesis.

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We love science at Echo. In our Trauma & Resiliency trainings (Part I & II) we get into the science about the impact of trauma, including the changes that happen to the various systems of the body. It is a pretty exhaustive list, and to try to make sense of it all, we’ve developed another of our popular infographics.

Do you know the warning signs of autism? Learn them in this infographic.

Learn about good carbs vs bad carbs. Simple guide to help you understand what carbs you should be eating and which to avoid.

Today I wanted to stop by and share some strategies for teaching vowel teams and diphthongs in our classroom! It’s always challenging to teach spelling patterns that aren’t easily decodable! […]

Being stuck in automatic negative thoughts can be mentally exhausting. Learn these 6 steps to challenge and reframing thoughts in a positive way.

Memory aids are often used to help students remember certain spelling rules. The FLoSS rule is one of the first spelling rules taught to our first and second grade students to help them understand when to double the final “f”, “l” and “s” consonants at the end of certain words. The word “floss” actually follows the FLoSS […]

Memory has three stages: encoding, storing, and retrieving. If any one of them fails, an episode from three days or three decades ago will be missing from your personal story. In an obscure natural…

What's the difference between a Project Manager and Scrum Master? This article clearly lays out scrum master vs project manager roles and responsibilities.

When teaching a phonics skill it’s often helpful to use a key word and picture to help the students remember the sound to the letter combinations. For the oa/ow/oe phonics bundle, my fabulous artist created these “bubble” themed borders and game boards and they turned out absolutely adorable! I just love them! This phonics bundle contains […]

Creating a scene list changed my novel-writing life, and doing the same will change yours too. Includes examples of the scene lists from famous authors.

It is unbelievable the number of exercise options available to you. No matter your training goals, there are a plethora of movements you can implement in your program. What follows is a list of hundreds of exercise options delineated into various categories to assist you in designing training programs, such as the examples below. Click on each category...

English vocabulary is taught in schools across America, Canada, Great Britain, and all other English speaking countries. Part of those vocabulary and reading lessons includes the study of prefixes and suffixes, and how they change the meanng of words.