Joslyn Aubin: Educational Therapist

07/18/2022

Good stuff here about the nature of habits. Wendy Wood's book forms the cornerstone of my approach to helping students add good habits and banish bad ones.

Forming new habits isn’t impossible, but it’s much easier for some people than others.

02/25/2021

Make no mistake, remote learning is taking a toll on our students, especially those with executive functioning challenges.

Research released Monday confirms what many parents and educators already suspected — more students than ever are falling behind during the pandemic, a problem especially present among those learning entirely from home in some of the state’s larger districts. The RISE Network tracked about 12,00...

05/07/2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/05/opinion/coronavirus-pandemic-distance-learning.html?referringSource=articleShare

I’m 13 years old. I don’t miss the other kids who talk out of turn, disrespect teachers and hit one another.

04/23/2020

For those wondering how accommodations will work on this year's at-home AP tests:

Students will be able to use their approved accommodations for 2020 AP Exams. This year the way accommodations are provided may be different because the exams are shorter and will be taken online at home. Specific information about accommodations for AP world language and culture exams will be avail...

04/02/2020

Schools are closed. Minds are wide open.

04/01/2020

Some of these could be fun over April break!

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03/31/2020

There are a lot of cool opportunities like this out there. I will start posting more of them asap!

Signing up for the SAT Prep On Demand trial gives you access to a free online SAT course for 1 month.

03/17/2019

My favorite piece on the college admissions scandal. Probably only an American parent going through this process today could relate to this.

For the socially and economically hopeful, I would explain, raising a child in America is an eighteen-year process of investing in the college-admissions system.

01/26/2019

This is what school should be.

We got a lot to learn

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12/13/2018

I think this is a very positive trend and I hope it will spread a little closer to home!

School districts across the country are banning homework, forbidding it on certain days or just not grading it, in response to parents who complain of overload and some experts who say too much can be detrimental.

10/21/2018

At least 60 minutes of physical activity a day, nine to 11 hours of sleep a night, and no more than two hours a day of recreational screen time were tied to higher mental test scores.

09/10/2017

An interesting, but scary read.

More comfortable online than out partying, post-Millennials are safer, physically, than adolescents have ever been. But they’re on the brink of a mental-health crisis.