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In Plain Language: We Are Framing “Punishment” All Wrong
This is the second in as series of plain-language posts exploring behavior modification and offering an alternate framing and practice of human service, inclusion, and harm-reduction. In a recent post, “In Plain Language: We Should Stop Using Applied Behavior Analysis,” or ABA, I offered the following definition of ABA, “In the simplest terms, ABA therapies […]
In Plain Language: We Should Stop Using Applied Behavior Analysis.
(Please note: This piece, on 7/18/22, while vetted, peer-reviewed, and edited, remains a draft. I felt it important to get it to point where I am comfortable with you having it even though it hasn’t been externally verified/validated by a governing body or recognized publication.) First, a few words about plain language, in plain language. […]
Ritalin…Three Months Later
Since the Ritalin revelation, life has intervened in several critical ways, providing painful but important insight. The first several weeks with Ritalin in my system provided an experience very similar to the first several hours when I finally got corrective vision lenses as a pre-teen. I had been, for a decade, experiencing the world through […]
What Ritalin Means to Me.
I’d like to illuminate, here, a series of seemingly mundane events that communicate what the addition of Ritalin; after having lived 46 years not knowing I had ADHD, suspecting giftedness but frustratingly unsure because nobody would ever appropriately assess me, and living with toxic stress and traumas that span all the way back to year […]
TISE Resources for Children
I’m unclear how to begin doing a thing I want to do, so I’m taking this tiny little first step out into the social media void. The short? I’d like to consolidate a directory of trauma-informed, social and emotional (TISE, as I’ve started acronymming it) learning oriented, inclusive, antiracist, queer-affirming, and representationally-diverse professionals and resources […]
My Stable Bow In Heaven
Hi. You may be wondering how I’m doing, and the answer is complex, but the overall valence is extremely positive…buoyant, warm, joy-filled, and at peace. It’s Christmas Day, December 25th, 2020. I suppose if I were to start this as I started the last communication with you, I would begin… Day 10. The tenth day […]
My Covid Experience
Day 1. 9:40 a.m. All is calm. All is bright. Have coffee. Brian Eno’s, “Ambient 1/Music for Airports” in my head. Lots of love and support from folks. It’s all been and is being received. Please know that. Just, a lot of numbness. I should explain myself. … Day 0. 6:18 p.m. All was tenuous. […]
Black English Vernacular is a Robust, Legitimate English Dialect.
Recently, I re-listened to an interview with writer/director Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station, Creed, Black Panther) and writer Aaron Covington (Creed) on the Podcast, “Denzel Washington is the Greatest Actor of All Time Period,” which is hosted by W. Kamau Bell and Kevin Avery. Across these four professional, creative, confident, compelling Black men, I heard a […]