http://drmelrose.com Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:48:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Parents and educators everywhere, please visit the website www.racetonowhere.com, find the film, see it, sign the petition, and join the movement. You will save your own children and children everywhere from a nationwide educational system that isn't working for anyone. Teachers no longer love their jobs, children no longer love ... http://drmelrose.com/2010/03/08/kids-burning-out-dropping-out-in-the-race-to-nowhere/ Parents beware. Our children look like they're holding it together in Kindergarten through 2nd grade, but there's a growing phenomenon occurring now called third-grade burnout. By the beginning of third grade, many of our children, exposed too soon to too much academic material grow weary of the system. They become ... http://drmelrose.com/2010/02/20/third-grade-burnout-whats-that/ My heart is aching a little more than usual this week. Another reminder of the fatal effects of stress and trauma in children leaves me feeling more committed than ever to delivering the message I do. As parents and teachers, we can prevent such a loss. Young children need nothing ... http://drmelrose.com/2010/01/31/9-year-old-suicide/ I recently finished my fall seminar series speaking to K-12 teachers across the United States, and I was so impressed by their dedication and commitment to understanding their students. They expressed that up to 50 per cent of their classrooms are filled by students who are disengaged, shut down, and ... http://drmelrose.com/2010/01/07/thank-you-teachers/ I am finally writing about an experience I had recently with a psychiatrist. It was a good experience, so I want to share. Most of us (I hope!) loathe the idea of putting our child on any kind of medication, no matter what an educator or other professional may tell ... http://drmelrose.com/2009/10/03/conscious-psychiatry/ Continuing my formal education until I was 30 years of age definitely hard-wired my brain to take summers off. But alas, it is time to get back to work. Although I've been seeing my clients in private practice - and enjoying that part of my work immensely - I must ... http://drmelrose.com/2009/08/31/resources-for-parents-and-educators/ Hi everyone. I didn't know how best to do this so I am trying with my blog. Many of you have attempted to purchase my new book, You Can Heal Your Child: A Guide for Parents of Misdiagnosed, Stressed, Traumatized, and Otherwise Misunderstood Children, but amazon says it is "out ... http://drmelrose.com/2009/06/14/update-you-can-heal-your-child/ Brief periods of predictable, moderate stress are not problematic to us or our children. In fact, stressful experiences - when brief, predictable or moderate - prepare us all to cope with the world. Neuroscientific studies - those that look at the effects of stress on the brain - reveal that ... http://drmelrose.com/2009/05/30/healthy-vs-unhealthy-stress/ Too many of us are guilty of intervening with our children too late. Whether they are struggling socially, emotionally, or with their academics, we want to believe our children's behaviors are part of a normal transition from one stage of development to the next. As educators, we don't want to ... http://drmelrose.com/2009/05/22/intervene-early/ I often hear parents, educators, and many concerned others ask the important question (in so many words): "Why has there been an increase in the incidence of various kinds of childhood problems?" We all want to understand why bullying is so rampant in schools today; why 1 in 150 births ... http://drmelrose.com/2009/05/13/the-stress-factor/