Monitoring homework can be a challenge. How do you strike the right balance when it comes to helping or prodding your child to successfully complete homework? Katrina Hermetet, PhD, a pediatric clinical psychologist, nationally certified school psychologist and program director of Akron Children’s School Success Clinic, recommends families start with a designated homework area. Make […]
How to help your special-needs child achieve school success
Katrina Hermetet, PhD, offers a unique background that is helping families better understand both the clinical and school side of any child’s school success story. As director of neurobehavioral health and pediatric clinical psychologist in Akron Children’s NeuroDevelopmental Science Center, she helps kids with disabilities so they can achieve their potential in the classroom. On […]
Preventing summer brain drain
No more pencils, no more books, no more teacher’s dirty looks. While kids universally celebrate summer because it means a break from school, what they may not anticipate is just how much of what they learned this past year will be forgotten by fall. Your child’s brain is no different from the muscles in their […]
How can children manage an unpredictable school schedule?
School districts are scrambling to get students back in the classroom in an attempt to get back to as much normalcy as possible amidst an ongoing pandemic. In order to maintain social distancing and other safety protocols, many are turning to what’s called a hybrid schedule — a mix of online and in-classroom instruction. What […]
