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Attention and Listening Problems Approximately 99% of students with ADD / ADHD experience serious weaknesses in the area of auditory memory.
Attention Span Can attention spans be improved?
Baby: This poem expresses well our need for children and their need for us.
Constitution: Free Copies of The United States Constitution with Lesson Plans
Diabetes & Hypoglycemia School and Home Concerns, Resources, Children's Books, ADHD, Toys and Games for Active Children
Dolch Poems
What are Dolch Words? A very short children's poem from Dolch book # 1
I Can't Draw an At A poem for educators which captures the essence of the need to learn Dolch sight words
Dolch Sight Words, Why are they Important? When should they be learned?
(Educational) Toys and Games for Active Children
and for Children Who Need to be More Active
Forgiveness and Anger Management
"Is Spelling Important?" Reading and Spelling with a Whole Word Approach
Jobs in Education
Motivation, Memory, and Other Reasons for Poor Academic Performance
Psychological Services Position Statements: Role of Assessment; Violence in Media and Toys
Responsibility: Suggestions about Teaching Responsibility
Self-control or Teacher Control of Students: Behaviorism, Reality Therapy, etc.
Sleep Deprivation and Behavior
Take Action: Contacting the Media and Politicians about our Concerns
Teaching Ideas: How to Get Them Published
Teaching Tips and Definitions for Phonology, Phonological Awareness, Phonograms, Phonemes, Phoneme Awareness, Phonics
Testing: Improve Standardized, Multiple-choice Test Scores
Missing Figures, Long Term Memory, How to Take Tests, Test Anxiety
Tribute to Teachers: Where are the heroes of today?
FORGIVENESS AND ANGER MANAGEMENT
An often overlooked aspect of anger management is forgiveness. This is a tall order especially in an abusive situation. To forgive while the abuse continues is like pouring water on yourself when the house is on fire. This might help you get out of the building unburned but the fire must be extinguished. Anger about abuse has a way of striking at inappropriate or non-threatening targets. While we are trying to put out the fire, we need to help children handle anger appropriately.
One way is to have an outlet but it needs to be an appropriate outlet. A specific therapeutic situation can offer release of the anger. The targets should not be in the classroom and interactions with family and community. Allowing them to lash out inappropriately only makes their condition worse by alienating adults and children who might be helpful. Without careful guidance, it also reinforces the anger.
Holding a grudge tends to increase anger in one holding it. This makes anger management more difficult. The target of the grudge often doesn't even care. It does help to say, "I'm sorry," but it should not be in a blaming way implying or saying, "You deserved how I acted."
Sometimes, parenting instructors discourage us from having children say they are sorry for misdeeds. Asking for forgiveness opens the door to helping people forgive others and to forgive ourselves. Forgiveness helps put the angry moment behind us even if the other person doesn't apologize.
Here are two children's stories which gently present forgiveness on a child's level.
Pat, the Cat by Frances D. Strong. The cat breaks a flower pot by knocking it off of the window sill but he is forgiven.
There's Always Pooh and Me: A Collection of Poems
A. A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Enjoy twenty-three memorable poems by A. A. Milne. Poems include "Forgiven." Excerpts from the book and the table of contents can be viewed at Amazon.com. Back to List of Articles