Channeling Lacey on this Friday afternoon 💆🏼‍♀️ NCSD Therapy Dogs 🧩🦮💚

"Presume competence!" Cassandra Griffin

Lots of fun this week using Halloween to practice recognizing facial expressions, emotions, problem-solving, and pre-teaching expectations for Halloween at school!

A beautiful day to VOTE!

Today is the end of #SchoolPsychWeek, so a great day to celebrate @ReneeWilkins722 Kailee Chichila Ashley Weinert & all the other school psychs in Novi Community School District! School psychs are valuable members of teams that help examine student data & develop interventions to help students be successful

A fun morning at Target and McDonald’s, practicing social skills and communication in a functional way in everyday environments!

Informative study from @MHealthLab: Frequently using digital devices to soothe young children as a coping strategy can lead to behavioral challenges down the road. Instead, model belly breathing, Playdoh, looking at a book, music, etc labblog.uofmhealth.org/health-tech/fr…

❄PLEASE SHARE❄ Winter weather is coming. Individuals needing to escape adverse cold conditions (real or wind chill temperature at 20 degrees or below) can temporarily stay at these Winter Weather Havens before continuing to their destination.

NCSD will be closed on Friday, Dec. 23 due to predicted extreme wind, temperatures and impending snowfall. All extracurricular activities will also be canceled on Friday. #NoviTogether

Paving the Way to Self Determination is an opportunity for families with children under age 12 to reframe their mindset about disability. Join Disability Network Southwest Michigan next Wednesday, February 15 for Disability Pride and History. bit.ly/MI-pavingtheway

Helpful guidance via National Association of School Psychologists for talking to children about gun violence 💚🤍

Please share this event it is free for everyone!!

On the last day of Better Speech and Hearing Month, we wanted to celebrate our amazing SLP at Parkview Elementary, Cassandra Griffin! She is an amazing therapist and advocate for kids; our students, families, and staff are so lucky to have her!

Field Day at Parkview Elementary was full of lots of smiles! Thanks to Coach A and all the volunteers for making it a great day for everyone! ☀️🏃🏼‍♀️

You love to see it 💪🏻

Our school psychs are an invaluable resource in public schools and play such an important role in problem solving about students…lucky to work with some of the best! 💚 @ReneeWilkins722 Ashley Weinert Kailee Chichila

Happy first day from Novi Meadows Elem.! Here we go, year 12!

Statement from State Superintendent Michael F. Rice on U.S. Department of Education Staffing Reductions

Dismantling the Department of Education has nothing to do with improving outcomes for our kids, it’s simply about taking away resources from our public schools.

I won’t share RFK Jr.’s lies about autism. It’s disgusting and dangerous. If he had a shred of decency, he would apologize and resign. Autistic people contribute every day to our nation’s greatness. To every kid with autism, I’m in this fight all the way for you.