Tim Dowling

School psychologist, professional brain picker-upper, optimistic skeptic

[Tim Dowling @timdow]

School Psychologists: 1:500-700
Social Workers: 1:400
Guidance Counselors: 1:250
Nurses: 1:750

These are the ratios required for schools to adequately help their students. Most are NOWHERE close!

If needs are met, more personal connections are made—and tragedies are prevented.

[Dr. Julia Lindsey @JuliaBLindsey]

In July, two (!!) meta analyses about phonemic awareness came out. What does the latest research tell us about teaching phonemic awareness? 🧵 on a few important things to know:

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Across the country, states have already passed bills restricting choice. If you're looking for ways to respond, @PPFA, @USOWomen, and many other groups have been sounding the alarm on this issue for years—and will continue to be on the front lines of this fight.

[Hurt Shrew @HurtShrew]

Kermit (1979) boldly asserts that there are “so many” songs about rainbows but provides no evidence to back up this claim. In reality, the average person may struggle to identify more than 1–2 rainbow-centric songs. In this essay, I will

[Tim Dowling @timdow]

I’ve been waiting a long time for someone with the courage to call out Kermit the Frog’s deficiency of data-driven songwriting

[Hurt Shrew @HurtShrew]

Kermit (1979) boldly asserts that there are “so many” songs about rainbows but provides no evidence to back up this claim. In reality, the average person may struggle to identify more than 1–2 rainbow-centric songs. In this essay, I will

[Tim Dowling @timdow]

@TheSimpsons writers always like unsolicited ideas from 6-year-olds, right? Because my daughter came up with a pretty killer couch gag this week.

[Everyone is miffed to discover that five Maggie clones of various sizes have usurped their couch]

[Tim Dowling @timdow]

@AkiyoshiKitaoka The 1st image is made with variations of the green and blue lines (red is static), while the 2nd is variations of the red and blue lines (green is static).

[Tim Dowling @timdow]

@Robert_Taterka1 Exciting news… congrats, Bob! Such a loss for MMS and D118, but a huge gain for SEDOL. Hope to cross paths again sometime soon!

[Lisa Feldman Barrett @LFeldmanBarrett]

A little parenting advice from a neuroscientist.🙂

(Disclaimer: The title misidentifies me as a "Harvard psychologist." I'm a Northeastern University professor with teaching & research appointments at Harvard Medical School & Mass General Hospital.)

https://t.co/2zQyJeqMan

[Tim Dowling @timdow]

@mariolanderos @cdecaux @PoweredbyOWC You probably had some flavor of Apple II then. Macs didn’t read 5.25” floppies unless they were emulating an Apple II or a PC (which wasn’t a thing in 1984).

[Tim Dowling @timdow]

@Dictionarycom Something seems broken, @Dictionarycom! Broken, broken, broken!

[Tim Dowling @timdow]

He moves too swiftly to effectively capture on film, but after decades of patience, I finally encountered @alyankovic in the wild tonight; I maintained a cautious distance.

[Tim Dowling @timdow]

One of the first questions I'll ask parents when their child is experiencing problems in school: How well is he/she sleeping?

[WIRED @WIRED]

The decimation of sleep throughout industrialized nations is having a catastrophic impact on our health, our wellness, even the safety and education of our children. It’s a silent sleep loss epidemic. https://t.co/pWxugZC61U

[Tim Dowling @timdow]

@FrinkiacApp Yeah, that was a scary couple of hours

[Tim Dowling @timdow]

@policedoghogan @susank2 @JamesStudholme @dangerdonnyb I still managed to squeeze out a few tears

[Tim Dowling @timdow]

Our 2-year-old pointed at an air vent today and yelled, “Look, there’s Grover!”

Still deciding if I should be terrified or hyped at the thought of seeing this in the middle of the night. @Grover

[MindShift @MindShiftKQED]

Waiting an extra 3-5 seconds after asking a question seems like a small thing to do, but it could have large outcomes @middleweb @ValentinaESL https://t.co/DavzHDip5J #edchat #teachchat #ELL #ESL

[Tim Dowling @timdow]

@MickRoner On behalf of @IAmTimDowling (probably?), you’re welcome!

[National Association of School Psychologists @nasponline]

This infographic outlines the issue of shortages in school psychology, identifies strategies to remedy the problem, and has a corresponding FAQs document. https://t.co/pGmIm3hP0V #NASP2018 #NASPadvocates

[Tim Dowling @timdow]

Hey Chicago, if you need someone to talk to—or if you simply want some help in developing an effective FBA data collection system—you only have one more day before thousands of school psychologists suddenly leave town! #NASP2018