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Slide ___________________________________ 1 ___________________________________ 10 Ways To Make A Great ___________________________________ School Year ___________________________________ (And More) ___________________________________ Dr. Michael Osit ___________________________________ Licensed Psychologist Certified School Psychologist ___________________________________ Slide ___________________________________ • Early Labor Day 2 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ • Some of you might be dreading school ___________________________________ opening ___________________________________ • Others are excited ___________________________________ ___________________________________ • 10 things you can be doing over the final few weeks to help ensure a great school year. Slide ___________________________________ You! 3 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Getting yourself ready can pay big ___________________________________ dividends throughout the school ___________________________________ year. Starting off on the right foot can make all the difference. Here ___________________________________ are some things to consider for you, ___________________________________ as a parent to kickoff a great school year.

Slide ___________________________________ 4 ___________________________________ Get Yourself Ready ___________________________________ • Prepare yourself mentally in a positive ___________________________________ way • Prepare the family’s work schedule, ___________________________________ making sure to coordinate all activities, ___________________________________ work, carpools, etc. • Establish contingency plans ahead of ___________________________________ time for when you need to travel for work, a sick child, no school, snow days, delayed openings, etc. • Plan time for enough sleep. Slide ___________________________________ 5 Build Relationships ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Get to know the school secretary and ___________________________________ the custodian. They know the school, ___________________________________ the students, and are key people in assisting you and your child with more ___________________________________ than you can imagine. ___________________________________ Get involved in school activities and school staff functions. Slide ___________________________________ 6 When And How To Start ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Preparing? ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Tomorrow ___________________________________

Slide ___________________________________ 7 ___________________________________ When And How To Start ___________________________________ Preparing? ___________________________________ Family Meeting ___________________________________ • Make it formal and mandatory Review last years successes and ___________________________________ failures • Take responsibility for what you ___________________________________ did wrong • Don’t be afraid of letting them know what they need to work on • Get them positively invested in the goals Slide ___________________________________ When And How To Start 8 ___________________________________ Preparing? ___________________________________ Whatever you establish, be firm and ___________________________________ rigid from beginning and don’t ___________________________________ deviate. ___________________________________ You can be flexible later once routines are well established. ___________________________________ Slide ___________________________________ 9 ___________________________________ 10 Tips For Your Child(ren) ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________

Slide ___________________________________ 10 ___________________________________ TIP # 1 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Sleep Cycle ___________________________________ • Bedtimes and wakeup times need to return to school schedules. ___________________________________ • Gradually, over one or two ___________________________________ weeks. If meal times or other regular routines have changed over the summer vacation, reset those as well. Slide ___________________________________ 11 ___________________________________ TIP # 2 ___________________________________ Purchase supplies as soon as ___________________________________ possible ___________________________________ ___________________________________ • Take child with you ___________________________________ • Allow him/her input Slide ___________________________________ 12 ___________________________________ TIP # 3 ___________________________________ Clothing ___________________________________ ___________________________________ • Sense of pride ___________________________________ • Mentally puts in a place ___________________________________ • New clothes, new start

Slide ___________________________________ 13 ___________________________________ TIP # 4 ___________________________________ Make a plan for ___________________________________ success ___________________________________ • Present a positive attitude and excitement ___________________________________ • Instill confidence in them. ___________________________________ • Gently remind them of difficulties or mistakes they made last year so they don’t repeat. • New beginnings, new friends, new opportunities Slide ___________________________________ 14 ___________________________________ TIP # 5 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Establish homework routines ___________________________________ ___________________________________ • Use a calendar with all commitments on it so they know when they are to do their HW ___________________________________ on any given day of the week. • Know your child and what works best for him/her and all your individual children Slide ___________________________________ 15 ___________________________________ TIP # 6 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Set Limits ___________________________________ • TV ___________________________________ • Social media • Computer ___________________________________ • Video games and screens in general from day one of school

Slide ___________________________________ 16 ___________________________________ TIP # 7 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Establish Climate ___________________________________ • Appropriate place to study ___________________________________ • Free from distractions • No Cell Phone ___________________________________ • Monitor Computer Slide ___________________________________ 17 ___________________________________ TIP # 8 ___________________________________ Facilitate Independence ___________________________________ ___________________________________ • Know when and when not to help them ___________________________________ • Help them know when and when not ___________________________________ to ask for help • Be available for assistance if they need it Slide ___________________________________ 18 ___________________________________ TIP # 9 ___________________________________ Communicate with ___________________________________ Teacher(s) ___________________________________ Send an email to the teacher(s) ___________________________________ introducing yourself, your child, ___________________________________ and reinforce that you are available if needed regarding your child or to help in classroom.

Slide ___________________________________ 19 ___________________________________ TIP # 10 ___________________________________ Establish ___________________________________ Routines ___________________________________ ___________________________________ • Establish evening routines and bedtimes. ___________________________________ • Morning problems are really night problems. • Establish morning routines ahead of time. • Make a checklist and morning schedule. Slide ___________________________________ 20 ___________________________________ Starting A New School ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ • Moving up ___________________________________ • Move to new town ___________________________________ Slide ___________________________________ 21 ___________________________________ Starting A New School ___________________________________ ___________________________________ • Entering into intermediate, middle, HS ___________________________________ where other schools feed into it • You just moved to town ___________________________________ • Starting private/public school ___________________________________