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What teachers should keep in mind when assigning homework. Homework is often met with sighs and low motivation. This is no surprise as the school day is often jam-packed with a curriculum that is a challenge to complete! Therefore, it is important to consider the homework-student relationship to ensure that assigned homework is actually effective!…

How does the purpose of making a clinical psychological diagnosis relate to the philosophy of positive psychology? Historically, there has been a primary focus on human weaknesses (Lopez, Ciarlelli, Coffman, Stone and Wyatt, 2000) where clinical diagnosis has been viewed as an illness ideology that has now, outlived its usefulness (Maddux, 2002). The benefits of…

Some of my favourite moments are spent reminiscing about my childhood and how I used to play outside. My sister and I would spend endless amounts of hours building a fort out of crates and carrying half of my mothers’ kitchen out of her cupboards and into our newly designed home; just to have a…

Netflix is a great resource in times like these. With endless tv shows and movies, keeping kids busy has never been easier. However, the all too familiar debate around screen time plays in the back of your mind and you start to wonder if you need to start hiding the remote. Don’t fear, desperate times…

We find ourselves facing unprecedented times. I’m sure you never thought that you would find yourself in such a time as this. Your daily school drop off and pickups look very different as your kids roll out of bed and into their new learning space, still wearing pajamas with a mop of bed hair. Your…

Many of us can generally describe ourselves as mentally healthy, resilient and happy. Throughout life, you have experienced different seasons from which you have grown and learned valuable, life-impacting lessons. Over the years, you have mastered the art of problem-solving in various situations and have been able to cope with the all too familiar demands…

Normal no longer exists. Life as we knew it has changed significantly over the last few weeks and months as school, work, family, friendships and our way of life looks very different than it did at the beginning of the year. There has been so much to look forward to as we planned for adventure’s…

As days continue to pass and we attribute another day on the calendar to lockdown, it is easy for our hope to turn to apathy as we long for how things used to be. We long for the normal way of doing things and as the government delays decisions and pushes back timelines we push…

Child Mind Institute released a very relevant article called Teenagers and Reopening that we would like to share with you! We will briefly explore some of their key concepts and ideas which will hopefully help you in supporting your teenager going back to school during this uncertain time. We have been in lockdown for two…

It’s normal to have worries as everyone has them from time to time. During a time such as this, new worries or an increase in worry is all too normal! Worry only becomes a problem when it gets in the way of your everyday functioning and wellbeing (when this happens, your worry has transformed into…