Educational Links 10/20/17

Young Children Are Spending Much More Time In Front Of Small Screens

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/10/19/young-children-are-spending-much-more-time-in-front-of-small-screens/

How Do You Know If You’re Making a Difference That Matters?

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/edwords-blog/how-do-you-know-if-you-re-making-a-difference-that-matters

Handcuffing of Elementary Students Violated Fourth Amendment, Judge Rules

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/school_law/2017/10/handcuffing_of_elementary_student_violated_fourth_amendment_judge_rules.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheSchoolLawBlog+%28Education+Week+Blog%3A+The+School+Law+Blog%29

How to Help Teens Become More Self-Compassionate

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_to_help_teens_become_more_self_compassionate

Flexible Thinking: What You Need to Know

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/executive-functioning-issues/flexible-thinking-what-you-need-to-know?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

Slow Processing Speed and Anxiety: What You Need to Know

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/information-processing-issues/slow-processing-speed-and-anxiety-what-you-need-to-know?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

Teaching empathy when empathy is hard to find

http://trustedk12.com/teaching-empathy-empathy-hard-find/

Anxiety. Stress. Bullying. Suicide. Violent protests. Shootings. Fake news. The world that students are grappling with is both scary and challenging. To help students navigate young adulthood and make sense of the headlines and what they see and hear around them, school leaders everywhere are integrating lessons on empathy into the school experience, either in the classroom or beyond it.