Recommended Reading

Books that inspire and inform my work:

Smart but Scattered Teens by Richard Guare, PhD, Peg Dawson, EdD, and Colin Guare

Crush Your Test Anxiety: How to Be Calm, Confident, and Focused on Any Test by Ben Bernstein, PhD

The Stress Survival Guide for Teens: CBT Skills to Worry Less, Develop Grit, & Live Your Best Life by Jeffrey Bernstein, PhD

A Teen’s Guide to Getting Stuff Done by Jennifer Shannon, LMFT

Book Love: Developing Depth, Stamina, and Passion in Adolescent Readers by Penny Kittle

College Essay Essentials by Ethan Sawyer

Mathematical Argumentation in Middle School: The What, Why, and How by Jennifer Knudsen et al.

Notice & Note: Strategies for Close Reading by Kylene Beers and Bob Probst

Reading Nonfiction: Notice & Note Stances, Signposts, and Strategies by Kylene Beers

Disrupt Thinking by Kylene Beers and Bob Probst

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum

I Read It, but I Don’t Get It: Comprehension Strategies for Adolescent Readers by Cris Tovani

Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania by Frank Bruni

People/organizations to follow on Instagram:

Teaching the Hardaway @teachingthehardaway

Brene Brown @brenebrown

Amigos de las Americas @amigos_americas

The College Board @collegeboard