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Navigating discussions with parents about psychoeducational assessments can be delicate yet crucial for supporting struggling students to reach their full potential. Here is a guide for school teams working in the international context to facilitate supportive and solutions-based conversations with parents.

If you’ve ever been curious about the power of therapeutic play, this blog post will give you all the answers. We had the chance to interview the Linden play therapist, Sean Gittins. In this interview, Sean shares how play therapy works, why it’s so important, and how tools like sand, art, and puppets can help children express themselves and support emotional growth. Whether you’re curious about the field or looking for ways to support a child in your life, this blog post offers an insightful look into the transformative power of play. Let’s get started!

Every year, during IGCSE and IB exam season, many students find themselves experiencing the weight of pressure over the warmth of Spring. Sweaty palms, sleepless nights, and even self-doubts—wondering if they’ve “prepared enough.”

Talking to your child about assessments is one of the most important aspects of the process, yet it can feel tricky, especially for families approaching the process for the first time. Fortunately, you can rely on professional guidance to prepare your child for an assessment, navigate sensitive information contained in the report, and celebrate your child’s progress over time. Here are 10 tips to support you and your child to feel empowered at every step of the way.

Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) is a process that helps children—and adults—acquire and apply the essential knowledge, skills, and attitudes to develop a healthy sense of self, manage emotions, work toward personal and group goals, show empathy for others, build supportive relationships, and make responsible, caring decisions.

Change can be really tough. Sudden and unexpected transitions, such as transitioning back to your passport country on short notice, can be overwhelming for families. These changes affect not only those leaving but also those staying behind. Navigating this uncertainty requires care, open communication, and thoughtful planning.

We know that all children are naturally curious about the natural world. In science classrooms, we want to help students build on these...

Germany, and specifically Berlin offers a wide range of public support services for children and their families. These are often free of charge or covered by insurance, which is wonderful! But, even for the most experienced, knowledgeable Berliner it can be incredibly confusing to figure out who does what and how to reach them.

In recent years, schools have increasingly moved to student-centered classroom environments. In these settings, students and their ideas and questions drive learning and teaching. Students have the chance to create ways of showing what they know that align with these ways of teaching; portfolios, performances, and other ways of doing things that are aligned with/more authentic to students’ experiences in their lives/future work.

Let’s face it, school psychology reports can be daunting. They are long. They are jargon-y, they often use a lot of scary statistick-y looking numbers, and they can make a big difference in big decisions being made for your student. Next time a new report lands on your desk or in your inbox, don’t sweat - just grab a highlighter and follow these 6 steps.

Do you work with students who have a speech-language impairment or students who have difficulties successfully communicating with you or their peers? Are you wondering how you can best support these students even though you are not their speech-language therapist? Read about some effective strategies that you can start using with your students right away!

On March 25th we read the news: all of India is on lockdown. My family and I were hours away from our home attending a funeral and the highway roads were closing. We anxiously started our 8-hour car journey back to Chennai with no water, no food and no time for restroom breaks. We finally reached home, and with happy faces we went to sleep not knowing that this would be our last night out for almost 2 months.