Tell Me What to Say to the Children

Cortez Deacetis

Expensive WeAreTeachers:Each and every day, I hear my second quality students chatting about what they see on the information. Typically it’s about violence. Involving the Buffalo supermarket shooting and the college shooting in Texas, I’m at a reduction. They feel so disillusioned and virtually numb to another mass capturing. I […]

Study shows impact of school closures on preschool children during COVID-19

Cortez Deacetis

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Research shows that historically, large-scale events such as World War II, the Great Depression, the 2008 recession and the SARS and N1H1 epidemics have impacted children’s developmental trajectories with long-lasting effects. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic created global school closures and severe disruption to education systems. […]

Children facing increased difficulties returning to in-person school, according to child study expert

Cortez Deacetis

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Although research data on the current school year is incomplete, a Virginia Tech child psychologist points to significant increases in anxiety, depression, irritability and aggression in children. “We have definitely seen a huge increase in referrals for assessments for academic and social-emotional concerns in children and […]