Reading for Parents & Educators
The following reading list for parents and educators is curated by Calhoun's Student Support Staff, with contributions from Calhoun Directors and Faculty.
- Parenting & Teen Development
- Digital Citizenship
- Sexuality & Human Growth
- Learning & Academic Support
- Talking to Kids About Tragedy/Terrorism
- Educational Pedagogy & Practices
- Differentiation in the Classroom
Parenting & Teen Development
- Empathy Is Tough to Teach, But Is One of the Most Important Life Lessons
- Why Parents Need to Teach Middle-Schoolers Kindness, From the Author Of ‘Wonder’
- OMG, I Can't Even: Drama, Social Skills, and the Teenage Brain
- Bullying: Whether Your Child Is the Victim or Perpetrator
- The Trouble with Bright Girls
- Anxiety in Kids: How to Turn It Around and Protect Them for Life
- How to Raise a Creative Child. Step One: Back Off
- How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk (by Adele & Elaine Mazlich)
Digital Citizenship
- How to Thoughtfully Guide Kids in the Digital Age
- Parents Monitoring Teenagers Online, and Mostly, Getting It Right
- The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age, (by Catherine Steiner-Adair And Teresa H. Baker)
- iRules: What Every Tech-Healthy Family Needs to Know About Selfies, Sexting, Gaming, and Growing Up (by Janell Burley Hofmann)
- Teach Your Children to Use Technology in a Healthy, Responsible Way. Learn What to Watch for, How to Set Limits and Stick to Them, and When it's O.K. to Embrace Screen Time
Sexuality & Human Growth
- Sex & Sensibility
- What Teens Really Want to Know About Sex
- Talk to Me First: Everything You Need to Know to Become Your Kids' Go-To Person About Sex (by Deborah Roffman)
Learning & Academic Support
- Beyond BookSmart: Executive Function Strategies Blog
- Understood: For Learning & Attention Issues
- When Social and Emotional Learning Is Key to College Success
- Top 10 Skills Middle School Students Need to Thrive, And How Parents Can Help
- The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist's Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults (by Frances E. Jensen & Amy Ellis Nutt)
- Smart but Scattered & Smart but Scattered Teens (by Richard Guare, Peg Dawson, Colin Guare)
- Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys But Never Forget How to Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Life (by Sandra Aamodt And Sam Wang)
Talking to Kids About Tragedy/Terrorism
- Coping with Violence Nat'l Assn. for Education of Young Children
- Explaining the News to Our Kids Common Sense Media
- Helping Children Cope with Frightening News ABC Video News
- Helping Children Cope with Terrorism– Tips for Families and Educators National Association of School Psychologists
- How to Help Students Process Tragedy in the News Blog w/Tips from Experts, Educators
- Pediatricians offer strategies for Talking to Kids About Bad News Washington Post
- Talking to Children About Tragic Events Nemours Children's Health System (video)
- Talking to Kids About Tragedies and Other News Events HealthyChildren.org
- Talking To Kids About Tragic Events Video w/Fred Rogers; for parents of young children
Educational Pedagogy & Practices
- 10 Features of Good Small Schools by Linda Darling-Hammond, School Redesign Network, Stanford
- Joy in School by Steven Wolk
- What to Look for in A Classroom by Alfie Kohn
Differentiation in the Classroom
- Assessment and Student Success in a Differentiated Classroom by Carol Ann Tomlinson and Tonya R. Moon
- Differentiation: From Planning to Practice, Grades 6-12 by Rick Wormeli
- Fair isn’t Always Equal: Assessing and Grading in the Differentiated Classroom by Rick Wormeli
- Fulfilling the Promise of the Differentiated Classroom: Strategies and Tools for Responsive Teaching by Carol Ann Tomlinson
- Helping All Learners: Tiering
- Infographic: DI Strategies
- Scaffolding Strategies to Use with Your Students by Rebecca Alber
- The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners by Carol Ann Tomlinson
- Using the RAFT Writing Strategy
Support Services Staff
US
Upper School Counselor
Francesca Canin
212-497-6524
Upper School Learning Specialist
Erica Hassler
212-497-6547
MS
Middle School Counselor
Fernanda Couto
212-497-6539
Middle School Learning Support Coordinator & Associate Director
Jessica Nelson
646-666-6424
LS
Learning Specialist & Curriculum Coordinator
(LS — Early Childhood)
Hamida Butt
646-666-6371
Learning Specialist
(LS — Elementary)
Liz Mavis
212-497-6549