Developing Procrastination Awareness
The first week of March is Procrastination Awareness Week. The first step in helping students overcome procrastination is awareness that...
Eating Disorder Awareness
February is “Eating Disorder Awareness Month” and a good time for teachers of special needs teens to provide their students with the...
Professional Dress at Secondhand Prices
It can be difficult for young people to afford clothes for their first interviews and jobs. February’s Secondhand Wardrobe Awareness...
Teaching Teens About Condom Use
Valentine’s Day is also National Condom Day. Clearly, somebody had a sense of humor—and a good idea—since 50% of the pregnancies in the...
Random Acts of Kindness and Special Needs Teens
When the world is good, our students receive many random acts of kindness. People may reach for things that are out of reach. Or, they...
Making Oatmeal Lesson for Teens
Deep into the cold of winter, there’s nothing as comforting as a bowl of warm oatmeal. Maybe that’s why “National Oatmeal Month” falls in...
National Healthy Weight Week
Wouldn’t you know that they’d make the third week of January Healthy Weight Week? It’s like they knew we’d all be looking at our...
Writing a Thank-You Note
After the holidays, many students are left with a desire to thank friends and family for the gifts of the season, but no knowledge of how...
Making New Year's Resolutions
There’s a joke that says the most successful business in the world would be one that is a gym the first two weeks in January and a donut...
Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness
Between Thanksgiving and New Year, 25,000 people will be injured in alcohol-related traffic accidents. In 2017, 885 people died in...
