Barbara’s Blog

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About Barbara Hurwitz

Welcome

  Welcome to my webpage. So glad you stopped by for a visit. I encourage you to stay a while, take a look around, and introduce yourself. I invite you to read  my blog posts and share your thoughts.  And don’t forget to check out my publications and unsolicited book reviews. While this […]

JAKE PULLMAN & THE MAGICAL TIMER

By now I have learned that reading is most fatiguing for Jake. And because it is slow and arduous, his attention drifts easily. While his parents are complaining of the number of hours spent on homework, I can see the number of hours lost fruitlessly staring at pages while his thoughts are somewhere else. What we need is a new plan, something I never run short of.

THE JAKE PULLMAN STORY CONTINUED

CHAPTER 4 – Our First Session – Organization I arrived 5 minutes early, excited to get started with Jake. The doorbell chime was followed by none of the chatter I heard on my initial evaluation visit, only silence. I waited and rang again. Still nothing. A bit disappointed, I reached […]

THE JAKE PULLMAN STORY

Part 3 THE EVALUATION REPORT   Re: Jake Pullman Parents: Evelyn & Terry Pullman Siblings: 3 brothers, 8 yrs. and twins 5yrs. ASSESSMENT: Jake is a 10-year-old fifth grader in a Montgomery County Public School. In my initial meeting with him, he presented as a sensitive yet a strong-willed young […]