by Ben Springer, PhD | Mar 31, 2020 | Behavior Management, Classroom Management, Mental Health, Parent Training, Resilience
As I sit to write this message, we’ve endured 16 days (or so) of the official COVID-19 school closures. In my role as manager for Totem PD, we’ve seen a dramatic increase in our online course completions, (like, 913% increase). The dedication to learning...
by Ben Springer, PhD | Apr 15, 2019 | Autism, Parent Training, Professional Development, Resilience
Dear Autism, My name is Ben Springer and I wanted to drop you a note, to tell you why I’m grateful for you. We first met in a textbook. You were surrounded by a lot of medical-sounding words that made you feel like something broken. The second time I met you, was in...
by Ben Springer, PhD | Oct 30, 2018 | Behavior Management, Mental Health, Parent Training, Professional Development
Ah, the modern age of parenting and being an educator: “How much privacy do we actually grant our children and our students in the cyber-age (is that even a thing anymore? I dunno…)” It’s a solid, serious, and strangely important question that...
by Ben Belnap, PhD | Mar 16, 2018 | Behavior Management, Parent Training, Professional Development
It all started just 5 days ago. I’m sitting at a table conducting a psych eval, and I feel a little bump on my chin. I knew immediately what it was. An ingrown hair. Look, I promised my daughter I wouldn’t overshare about this because it grosses her out…like most...
by Ben Springer, PhD | Jan 31, 2018 | Parent Training
Discipline and Good Parenting, Volume 1: (aka: My cute baby is becoming a kid, so now what?) Due to popular demand (and by popular demand, I mean two co-workers with two brand new, adorable babies), I have been asked to re-visit the importance of discipline, good...
by Ben Springer, PhD | Jan 23, 2018 | Mental Health, Parent Training
Calling all parents! (And, honestly, anybody that will listen and read about this topic!) There are a ton of things educators are asked to do every day when it comes to working with children. Amazingly, educators accomplish most of what they are asked to do with good...