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“This story of a professor going the extra mile to acknowledge a student’s potential aligns with what many educators and therapists believe about the lasting power of mentorship. Therapist and educator Tracee Perryman spoke to Newsweek about how teachers are able to profoundly affect the lives of their students and why this post might have resonated with so many online.”
“Naturally, the summer months can cause stress to working families. Schools are not in session, leaving many families without structured supervision for their children,” says Tracee Perryman, Ph.D., therapist, author and CEO and co-founder of Center of Hope Family Services in Toledo, Ohio. “Families balance the summer learning loss with the need for children to rest, refuel and reset. For those parents working from home, finding a variety of stimulating activities for their children poses yet another challenge.”
Classic novels are getting a makeover.
You may have noticed familiar titles such as “The Baby-Sitters Club” series, “The Jungle,” “To Kill a Mockingbird,” “Parable of the Sower,” and “Watership Down,” rereleased in recent years as graphic novel adaptations.
Graphic novels are long-format books that, like comic books, use illustrations alongside text as the method of storytelling.
“Tracee Perryman, PhD, author of Elevating Futures: A Model For Empowering Black Elementary Student Success cautions Parents, using the term “neglect” when referring to any human relationship is ill-advised. Instead, with benign neglect having been characterized as an alternative to helicopter parenting, the goal here is fostering self-determination in children and helping them identify, leverage, and gain confidence in their strengths.”
“When parents and teachers establish a partnership early in the school year, parents have the opportunity to learn how they can best help their children from the start. And parents are able to share important information about their children that helps the teacher seamlessly build rapport, which leads to student engagement, motivation, confidence and success,” said Tracee Perryman, author of …”
“I’m the room mom for Mila’s third grade class so I’ve spent significant time with her peers during class parties and celebrations. One thing I’ve observed is the vast differences in maturity levels. Some kids are polite and respectful while others are mean and disruptive.
Tracee Perryman, PhD,, the founder and CEO at Center of Hope Family Services, is not surprised to see this range in a third-grade classroom. She says several shifts happen between age 8 and age 9.”
“It is no secret that parents are still anxious about their child(ren)’s academic performance.
According to the National Assessment of Student Progress, since 2017, there has been a downward trend in the percentage of fourth graders reading at a proficient level.. For eighth graders, the percentage of students reading proficiently is the lowest since 2007. ”
“Research has shown that students who feel like they belong experience numerous positive outcomes. Among those: They’re more likely to be engaged, confident, and successful academically. The connections that bring a sense of belonging come in many forms in classroom and campus settings, and Dr. Tracee Perryman author of Elevating Futures: A Model For Empowering Black Elementary Student Success, says it’s incumbent upon education leaders …”
“Tracee Perryman, PhD, author of Elevating Futures: A Model For Empowering Black Elementary Student Success and CEO and co-founder of Center of Hope Family Services, says it’s important to think about how structure and other potential positive influences are lost over the summer, which can lead to less-than-stellar behavior.”
“In early 2020, around the onset of Covid-19 lockdowns, Jessica Mungekar noticed her seventh grade honor student, Layla, retreat. “I knew that she felt really uncomfortable and she wanted to fall into the background,” Mungekar says. “She didn’t want to be noticed and I didn’t quite understand it.” Meanwhile, Layla was keeping the source of her pain secret from her mother: She was being bullied and was struggling with her identity as a biracial teen in a predominantly white town. Layla feared that …”
“It is especially important in education for students to have a sense of belonging as they try to build self-confidence, develop friendships, and learn how to succeed in life. Research has shown that students who feel like they belong experience numerous positive outcomes. Among those: They’re…”
