Jocelyn M.

Middle School ELA, Gr 2-6 Virtual Learning Support, XULA Grad, DST, #TwitterismyPLN

[Dr. Bryan Pearlman #MaslowBeforeBloom @DrP_Principal]

10 Things You Can Learn from the new book "Before Maslow & Bloom: Bowlby, Bronfenbrenner, Montessori, Elkind, Levine, and the Roots of Student Success"

What if we’ve been trying to help kids by starting in the middle?

In "Before Maslow & Bloom", Dr. Bryan Pearlman takes readers deeper into what children need before they can truly learn, grow, behave, connect, and thrive.

This book is a reminder that student success does not begin with a worksheet, a test score, a behavior chart, or a lesson plan. It begins with the roots.

1. John Bowlby reminds us that attachment matters.
Children need safe, consistent, trustworthy relationships before they can fully explore, take risks, accept feedback, and learn.

2. Urie Bronfenbrenner reminds us that every child exists inside a system.
A student is shaped by home, school, peers, community, culture, stress, and support. To understand the child, we have to understand the world around the child.

3. Maria Montessori reminds us that the environment teaches.
A well-prepared, respectful, hands-on environment can build independence, curiosity, confidence, and intrinsic motivation.

4. David Elkind reminds us not to rush childhood.
Play, imagination, readiness, and time to develop are not extras. They are essential parts of healthy learning and growth.

5. Mel Levine reminds us that struggling students are not broken.
Every child has a learning profile with strengths and challenges. When we understand how a child’s brain works, we can stop shaming and start supporting.

6. Behavior is often a message.
What looks like defiance, laziness, avoidance, or disrespect may actually be fear, overwhelm, unmet needs, stress, confusion, or a lack of skills.

7. We need to ask better questions.
Instead of only asking, “What consequence does this child need?” we should also ask, “What is this child trying to communicate?” and “What support is missing?”

8. Small changes can shift a child’s future.
A stronger relationship, a calmer environment, a better routine, a strengths-based approach, or one trusted adult can change the direction of a child’s life.

9. Schools, homes, and communities all matter.
No one person can do this alone. Children thrive when the adults and systems around them work together with compassion, consistency, and purpose.

10. We have to stop starting in the middle.
If we want children to reach higher levels of learning, behavior, confidence, and success, we must first build the foundation underneath them.

Before Maslow & Bloom is for educators, parents, counselors, school leaders, and anyone who believes children deserve to be understood before they are judged.

Because when we understand the roots, we can help kids rise.

The book is available in paperback, ebook, or free on Kindle Unlimited:
https://t.co/9ATKCPBIa9

#trauma #trauminformed #maslowbeforebloom #mentalhealth #parenting #teaching #school #education

[Jocelyn M. @jocelynmsanders]

@cathypetreebeck That was very moving. We sold my parents home (about six months ago). I've not driven past there. I think I'd be to afriad of what I couldn't "unsee" physically in terms of changes to the home. You were incredibly brave to do so!❤️

[Kerri Zitar @KerriZitar_Math]

One of my favorite summer PD series is back! 🙌
@NCTM + @NAEYC are offering a FREE Early Childhood Math Webinar Series this June - three sessions on creating developmentally appropriate math experiences for PK–2.
Early math matters. Every child is a math person.

[Black Children's Books and Authors (BCBA) @BCBooksAuthors]

✨#BornOnThisDay: May 19, 1925: Malcolm Little (Malcolm X)

📚See these books and more here ... https://t.co/2jom4sYWOJ

#OurStoriesMatter

[Jocelyn M. @jocelynmsanders]

@KevOnStage YUP! I can't keep up with what GenerationalAlphabet group I'm in---born in 1968. I absolutley use it frequently.

[Jocelyn M. @jocelynmsanders]

@WWLTV I agree with the officer, "stupidest thing she could've done" with a toddler in the car. SWEET JESUS. Thankful no one was hurt🙏🏽

[Jocelyn M. @jocelynmsanders]

@WWLTV That's beautifully compassionate ❤️

[Jocelyn M. @jocelynmsanders]

@notcapnamerica YUP! ESPECIALLY on trains, planes, buses b/c "please leave me alone!" the only time I truly remove them is if it's an elder--I answer their question/offer help--"you good?" then put them back in. Elders understand the assignment b/c they don't want to be bothered either

[Jocelyn M. @jocelynmsanders]

As a 1:1 virtual tutor, I can attest to the negative affects of this

[Dr. Byron McClure @SchoolPsychLife]

Why Deficit Thinking Persists and What No One Is Talking About

My latest: https://t.co/5o5qwB0TJZ

[Jocelyn M. @jocelynmsanders]

@SchoolPsychLife THIS is so powerful. Thank you for writing & sharing w/clarity. Was in the classroom, now 1:1 virtual tutor & I often have to dismantle Ss mindset to begin academic receptivness & once success is realized, block the "mental back door" b/c for them success is terrifying.

[Jocelyn M. @jocelynmsanders]

@MonteSyrie That Moms are the anchors of our ships; and when we lose our anchor, it is very hard to pull up anchor and navigate the seas without a steady Captain. But, onward we go because she would've wanted us to continue sailing♥️whether the seas are choppy or smooth

[Jocelyn M. @jocelynmsanders]

@ShiftParadigm Simply beautiful, soulful eyes

[Todd Nesloney @TechNinjaTodd]

You matter.

[Jocelyn M. @jocelynmsanders]

@soledadobrien Brought back so many memories watching this segment. Sesame Street was every child's dream in color. We all saw parts of ourselves. And we can't forget the character Roosevelt Franklin♥️or, "a loaf of bread, a container of milk and a stick of butter"

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Winston Churchill fought his depression with bricks. He'd lay them for hours at his country home in Kent. He joined the bricklayers' union. And in 1921 he wrote about why it worked. It took psychology another 75 years to catch up.

He called his depression the "Black Dog." It followed him for decades. His method for fighting it back was as basic as it sounds: laying brick after brick, hour after hour.

Churchill spelled out his theory in a long essay for The Strand Magazine. People who think for a living, he wrote, can't fix a tired brain just by resting it. They have to use a different part of themselves. The part that moves the eyes and the hands. Woodworking, chemistry, bookbinding, bricklaying, painting. Anything that drags the body into a problem the mind can't solve by itself.

Modern psychology now calls this behavioral activation. It's one of the most-studied depression treatments out there. Depression sets a behavior trap. You feel bad, so you stop doing things, and doing less means less to feel good about. Feeling worse makes you do even less. The loop tightens until you can't breathe inside it.

Behavioral activation breaks the loop from the action side. You schedule the activity first, even when every part of you doesn't want to. Doing it produces small rewards: a wall gets straighter, a painting fills in, a messy room gets clean. Those small rewards slowly rewire the brain. Action comes first, and the feeling follows.

Researchers at the University of Washington put this to the test in 2006. They studied 241 adults with major depression and compared three treatments: behavioral activation, regular talk therapy, and antidepressants. For the people who were most severely depressed, behavioral activation matched the drugs. It beat the talk therapy. A 2014 review of more than 1,500 patients across 26 trials backed up the result.

Physical work like bricklaying does something extra on top of this. It crowds out rumination, the looping bad thoughts that grind people down during the worst stretches of depression. Bricklaying needs both hands and gives feedback brick by brick: each one is straight or crooked. After an hour you can see exactly how much wall you built. No room left for the mental chewing.

The line George Mack used in his post, "depression hates a moving target," is good poetry. The science behind it is sharper. Depression hates a brain that has somewhere else to be.

[Black Children's Books and Authors (BCBA) @BCBooksAuthors]

🎉🙌🏿Happy May 5th #BookBirthday🙌🏿🎉 #PictureBooks by #BlackAuthors

👏🏿Congrats to all! #OurStoriesMatter

📚See these books and more 2026 new releases here:
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#OurStoriesMatter

[PragmaticMom @pragmaticmom]

44 Picture Books Celebrating Asian Joy https://t.co/8fq0qKawxo via @pragmaticmom #ReadYourWorld #AAPI #AsianPacificAmericanHeritageMonth #KidLit

[PragmaticMom @pragmaticmom]

7 Picture Books Set in Southeast Asia https://t.co/zjqo6mffwi via @pragmaticmom #ReadYourWorld #AAPI #AsianPacificAmericanHeritageMonth #KidLit

[PBS Teachers @pbsteachers]

Looking for fresh ways to spark creativity? Our Creative Problem-Solving activity calendar helps you integrate media into your classroom in thoughtful, developmentally appropriate ways. (Grades PreK-2) https://t.co/pUPmFctc2R

[Jocelyn M. @jocelynmsanders]

@NicholasFerroni THAT'S HILARIOUS!