Tag: adoptive parenting

• Concussion: Slice of Life 1/31 #sol16

  

  My son has a concussion. He was knocked out for over a minute after an attempt to leap over a badminton net ended in a head-plant onto the gym floor. He’ll be puny for awhile, the E.R. doctor promises me—and for a moment I imagine what puny might look like. If he could just be […]

  Elisabeth Ellington

  March 1, 2016

  slice of life

  #sol16, adoptive parenting, March slice challenge, parenting, slice of life

• Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Books on the Syllabus for a Therapeutic Parenting Course

  

  Top Ten Tuesday is a book meme hosted by The Broke and Bookish. Today’s topic represents a bit of a challenge for me, because developing new syllabi is part of my job. I teach Children’s Lit, Adolescent Lit, Contemporary Lit, British Lit, Graphic Novels, Composition, as well as a host of other courses. When I […]

  Elisabeth Ellington

  August 25, 2015

  top ten lists

  adoptive parenting, how to become a therapeutic parent, parenting, parenting trauma, parenting traumatized children, therapeutic parenting resources, top ten list

• Celebrate: Game Changer #celebratelu

  

  Ruth Ayres hosts a weekly celebration on her blog. I appreciate this invitation to reflect on the positives of my week. It all started with Carol’s Summer Bucket List. My son was playing video games, the ever-present video games, and I was catching up on some blog reading. I exclaimed out loud over Carol’s goals […]

  Elisabeth Ellington

  June 20, 2015

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  #celebratelu, adoption, adoptive parenting, celebration, healing, older child adoption, parenting, parenting trauma, trauma