Welcome to the Different Skill Notebook. Today we have a guest speaker Samantha Salver a licensed clinical social worker. 

COVID has brought to the forefront that academics may not be the most important skill to succeed. With home learning, parents have realized that in order to independently navigate a school day there are non-academic skills involved. Organized thinking and living are required for a child to be independent.  Parents are continuously bombarded with academic expectations and activities. Not all these expectations and activities are necessary. Let us examine. 

In this episode, you will learn about assessing and shifting your expectations to ensure that you are prioritizing the skills that your children need most: 

1. Reframing your parenting by adjusting the lens to adjust your view.  

• reexamine expectations and needs

2.  Assess learning style:

• How does your child learn best? 
• Do they need a change in the learning environment? 

3. Prioritize skills: What skills does your child need most to meet their needs and succeed now?

Be mindful of: 

• Assess pace of learning some children need more time 
• Celebrate all success no matter how small
• Acknowledging that your child's strengths and weaknesses may be different than yours