Bess Hobson, PsyD, LMFT

02/04/2022

A great resource when researching college accommodations.

Students with learning disabilities, dyslexia, and ADHD should research the accommodations available at colleges they are considering, and look at other campus supports. Learn what to investigate while adding schools to students' college list.

12/28/2019

How to respond to grief

(sharing this video? using it in a training! Great! Tag or email us and let us know, and be sure to give proper attribution.) It's so hard to know what to do...

11/30/2019

Sending your child to college soon? Here’s helpful financial information.

College is expensive. We all know that – and that is why parents come to financial advisors to talk about how they’ll pay for it. What you and your clients’ families may not be aware of is that the posted tuitions are rarely the price anyone pays. College tuition discounts vary wid...

02/06/2019

The frequency of teens asking for nudes continues to rise. This article expresses the need to focus on those who ask for nudes, as much as we focus on those who send them.

Many girls interviewed wanted more guidance on what to do if someone harasses them with requests for explicit photos.

10/31/2017

Deliberate practice is key.

The creator of the 10,000-hour rule says it's not necessarily about how much time they spend at practice.

10/25/2017

This is no ordinary list.😉 100 resources for gifted kids. Enjoy.

Every gifted child is unique, with individual interests. Here are 100 online resources for gifted kids sure to ignite their dreams and fuel their passions.

10/17/2017

Executive Functioning resource.

Our 360 Thinking Time Tracker App now Available in the App Store! The 360 Thinking Time Tracker App is an instructional timer app specifically designed for supporting students' executive function skill development. It is based on the innovative clinical model of executive functioning skills known as...

05/31/2017

Self-persuasion techniques, an alternative to rewards and consequences.

Encouraging student commitment ultimately brings better results than the external motivations of reward or punishment. These seven self-persuasion strategies will get you started.

05/28/2017

A comprehensive Twice Exceptional (2e) guide. 2e children are identified as Gifted (GT), as well as learning disabled (LD).

05/17/2017

Signs of bullying. Parental awareness is key for safety.

Verbal bullying includes:
threatening
name-calling
taunting
teasing
spreading lies

Social bullying includes:
excluding someone from a group
getting others to gang up on someone
embarrassing others

Physical bullying includes:
damaging someone’s property
hitting or kicking someone
stealing someone’s things
making inappropriate gestures towards someone
pushing or tripping a person

Cyber bullying includes these behaviors through the use of:
texting
email
social media