http://www.crazy-horse.net Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:51:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As many of you who follow me on Facey Face know, I have been that poor kitten holding onto the branch. I have been swamped with my spring Testival and IEPooloza, in which I test kids for learning disabilities and hold Individual Education Plans (IEPs) to chart their course. Well, ... http://www.crazy-horse.net/kittens-sheep-and-wolves-oh-my.html Ha Ha! All you basketball sports fans who googled “March Madness” got to my blog about how grade retention and social promotion decisions have come early this year in my school. Fooled you! Sorry, I get my entertainment where I can. Every March, I get a slew of new referrals ... http://www.crazy-horse.net/march-madness-comes-early-this-year.html Hello friends...I have some exciting news. No, I'm not going on maternity leave. You people are just like the bridal registry peeps at Pottery Barn. When I returned a duplicate gift one month after my wedding, the girl winked and said, "You know you can always use your credit at ... http://www.crazy-horse.net/no-child-left-a-dime-a-call-to-action.html You know what is not interesting about being a school psychologist? Writing up psychoeducational reports. Sure, at first it was exciting, trying to figure out new and exciting ways to explain results from the Differential Abilities Scale, but now, not so much. And you know what I never write about ... http://www.crazy-horse.net/the-non-glamorous-side-of-school-psychology.html After last week’s delightfully sad post on telling a parent her daughter has mental retardation, I think we (I) need a more lighthearted post today. You know, exploring the softer side of Sears or whatever. I should warn: This post will not interest 22% of readers.*I am going to talk ... http://www.crazy-horse.net/the-softer-side-of-sears.html It never really gets easier. I get better at my schpeal, but telling a parent their child tested in the retarded range is never easy. It can lead to some very awkward and emotional moments, especially when a parent is getting the news for the first time and the child ... http://www.crazy-horse.net/awkward-conversation-249-telling-a-parent-her-teenager-has-mental-retardation.html I often get inspiration for my job from the little sayings on my tea satchel. What? I work in a large, urban school district, I gotta get inspiration everywhere I can. At least I’m not reading the tea leaves for what to do, right? The other day, my tea told ... http://www.crazy-horse.net/tea-leaves-writing-and-staplers-oh-my.html Last night, my husband and I helped a friend chaperone his 15 year old daughter’s first (and I think last) high school party. His daughter had a great idea of quarantining all the adults into one room so it would still seem like a party. She even put up a ... http://www.crazy-horse.net/ain%e2%80%99t-no-party-like-a-west-coast-party%e2%80%a6screeeeechwith-chaperones.html Happy New Year! If only I was technically fancy enough to make little virtual balloons and streamers fall from this page. Maybe next year. In an homage to 2009, I have analyzed the most popular posts of 2009 from Notes From the School Psychologist, measured crudely by number of comments. ... http://www.crazy-horse.net/new-years%e2%80%99-day-analysis.html In my free time, I have been writing curriculum designed to teach beginning special education teachers what they need to know about teaching students with special needs. I am on page 600 and have 4 more sessions to write. I mean, there is a LOT that teachers need to know. ... http://www.crazy-horse.net/i%e2%80%99ve-got-my-eye-on-you-oral-language-skills.html