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By: Tonya Mead, PhD, MBA, M.Ed, School-based Psychologist Is it possible to help your child reject tribalism and tribal groupthink mentality? Tribalism can contribute to poor decision making, increase the probability of closed-mindedness, encourage prejudicial and group stereotyping, and stifle creative thinking and growth. The Dangers of Groupthink and Tribal Mentality Janis, the original author […]
Tonya Mead, PhD, MBA, M.Ed, School Psychologist This article offers six tips for success I use to instill in students during group sessions, individual counseling, and mentoring. As I advise kids up to young adults and offer real world and professional advice on success strategies, I often reflect about advocates using a differing viewpoint. Some […]
Tonya Mead, PhD, MBA, M.Ed, School Psychologist Is it possible that social unrest can be correlated with declines in academic performance in school? To address this question, let’s dissect a few terms. Children, teens and young adults, as one can imagine, were grossly impacted by the social and civil unrest of 2019 and 2020. Don’t […]
Tonya Mead, PhD, MBA, M.Ed, School Psychologist According to EdWeek “school districts in urban areas and those that serve the most children in poverty are the most likely to be offering full-time remote instruction,” related to the COVID-19. Not to be brushed aside, students living in rural, sparsely populated communities, says PBS, are “profoundly isolated […]
Tonya Mead, PhD, MBA, M.Ed, School Psychologist Parents of college age students eagerly welcomed them back into our ’empty nest’ households, home school, remote learning environment on the account of COVID-19. We found ourselves, however, perplexed by the political and economic ideologies adopted by our returning young adults. “What happened? Do I know you? Are […]
Tonya Mead, PhD, MBA, M.Ed, School Psychologist Now that a majority of public and private schools have resumed in-person instruction for improved learning, many parents still struggle with concerns about the loss of academic learning of their kids. For instance, EdTrust conducted a survey which found that 9 out of 10 parents are concerned that […]
Tonya Mead, PhD, MBA, M.Ed, School Psychologist Continued shutdown orders got you down? Me too. But, for highly functioning individuals with decades of experience meeting the challenges of economic downturns, chronic underemployment and high debt; we have honed our coping strategies to effectively confront them. So if you dare to think that as a 40-year-old […]
Tonya Mead, PhD, MBA, M.Ed, School Psychologist The adolescent period has been expanded to include the mid-twenties. Yes, that is right. The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine defines adolescence as the onset of puberty to mid-twenties. Puberty according to child development experts is the time in life when a boy or girl becomes […]
Yes, we know that Smartphone usage may cause sleep deprivation among adults. But, what about the long term impact in kids and young adults attending college or vocational schools? The Douglas Research Center, affiliated with McGill University reports that sleep deprivation in kids are expressed as “hyperactivity, crankiness, impulsiveness, and a short attention span.” It […]
Tonya Mead, PhD, MBA, M.Ed, School Psychologist, CHFI, CFE Updates as of May 17, 2020. Many say (not now on account of school closures due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. Anyway, traditionally most learning has taken takes place in formal educational settings. However, Albert Bandura’s Social Learning Theory posits that most learning takes place in informal […]