Gary Direnfeld
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
I have had several messages and conversations this week about violence in schools. If your child isn’t sleeping well at night or expresses fear about attending school, that may not be anxiety as you thought. Again, ask your kid about violence literally in the classroom, let alone the school yard. They were all unrelated.
Gary Direnfeld
JULY 24, 2022
Parenting the infant, preschooler, school age child, the grown up is the boss. The teen increasingly moves from seeing and accepting the patent as boss to seeing them more and more as a consultant. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support. We set the rules, structure, expectations.
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Gary Direnfeld
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
While you or someone else may think a particular teen needs counseling, it doesn’t mean it will be helpful. Counseling is one of those things that simply works best when attended on a voluntary basis by someone who self-identifies a need as well as a desire. Think beyond counseling. Looks good, does nothing.
Gary Direnfeld
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Even the school they attended was on the grounds of the treatment centre. Of course there was the promise of more money to assure appropriate supports both in their residences as well as in public schools. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support. Even some couldn’t go there.
Gary Direnfeld
MARCH 10, 2022
——— The issue was the child’s fear of going to school. Her child’s fear was not about the school. Her child was not anxious about school, but her safety as she had worried about her mother. Her child did return to school. We talked about the parental relationship. She put it together.
Gary Direnfeld
AUGUST 30, 2023
2) Please know in many schools the EA is not invited to meetings regarding your child and nor do many have access to your child’s records or reports. 4) Please do not use the school as a testing ground for changes in medication, routines, food choices, etc, without first informing the EA. EAs are not there to judge.
Gary Direnfeld
OCTOBER 16, 2023
This is reflective of the comments: “394 violent incident reports filed in 27 days of school, that is how our year is going in our board. In one class alone over 11 evacuations in 27 school days. School boards have given fancy names to evacuations now, they call them learning walks or extra library time, gym time or outside time.”
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