The Parish School Blog
May 1, 2018
Aren’t Academics Enough for My Child to Be Successful? Why Social Competence Is so Important
As parents today, we all feel pressure from society to push our kids to learn letters and numbers as soon as they start talking. Read earlier, learn math, write clearly and memorize facts about science or other subjects...Interestingly, this push for academic success at earlier ages has not led to better results. Research emphasizes that rather than grades, social competence is one of two indicators of success in adult life (the other is grit).
Written by
Renee Attaway, MS, CCC-SLP
Apr 17, 2018
Developing Social Skills for More Than a Decade in Children Who Have Learning Difficulties
What began as passion and determination for supporting students who struggle socially, has turned into a program turning a decade old with clients from across the Houston area. How the Social Thinking program has developed at The Parish School.
Written by
Stefanie Heintz, MS, CCC-SLP
Mar 21, 2018
More About the Spaces We Love: Adventure Play!
The Parish School is fortunate to have one of only five site-based adventure playgrounds in the United States and the only one based at a school. Adventure playgrounds are environments where children create their own worlds and build their own play space with a variety of tools and scrap material.
With all of this stuff organized and built by children - with so much freedom, space, tools and child-directed activity, aren't these playgrounds rife with injury? To answer this question, Jill Wood, Director of Adventure Play at The Parish School, teamed with Morgan Leichter Saxby, PhD candidate in Playwork at Leeds Beckett University and Co-Founder of Pop-Up Adventure Play for a comparative study...
Written by
Jill Wood, MLIS
Nov 28, 2017
The calendar will soon turn to December and for many that means the start of a very busy holiday season. From travel, to major changes in schedules, to unfamiliar holiday traditions, this can also be a difficult season for children, too. However, with these four simple tips, you can take some stress out of the holidays for the whole family.
Written by
Stephanie Landis, MS, CCC-SLP
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