Best Car Accident Ever
photo credit: mfhiatt Last month as I was leaving the South Davis Recreation Center I got bumped by a young driver as I was exiting the parking lot. Normally that is not the kind of thing I would write about…
Year 2011
GRAMA Answers – A First Pass
I really appreciated the 36 questions that came out of the first meeting of the GRAMA working group and wanted to offer one perspective on a first pass at answering those questions. I will say upfront that the answers provided…
The Straw Man of Teacher Pay
photo credit: 2create I saw a post on Facebook, and later an email, with a title about how overpaid teachers are. The post went on to show mathematically that teachers are not overpaid by any reasonable measurement. Teachers and their…
Orrin Hatch’s Insurmountable Obstacle
photo credit: Gage Skidmore Two years into his bid for re-election (yes, he has already been in obvious campaign mode for two years), in a recent tweet Orrin Hatch invited people to let him know if he was on the…
Session notes on CDI
I thought I’d share the notes I took during an early therapy session where we started learning about Child-Directed Interaction. Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) Helping the non-compliant child – (reference book) (“parenting the strong-willed child” is the subtitle I…
Child-Directed Interaction
There are two primary elements of Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT). The initial element is Child Directed Interaction (CDI). This interaction is intended to strengthen the fundamental relationship between parent and child. The parents have the opportunity to see their…
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
When all attempts at progress either backfire or have no discernible effect its time to seek further insight and experience. Such has been the case for us recently as we have found it impossible with only the expertise of ourselves…
Fixing the BCS Title Game
photo credit: avinashkunnath It’s time to set the record straight on the difference between the best BCS football programs and the best non-BCS football programs in response to the ill-advised and self-serving comments of Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee.…