Katie Rose Pryal (Rhymes with "Trial")

Naturally, I forgot the dates in the email that went out to readers, but I updated the dates on the post itself.

#ADHD IN ACTION, FOLKS!

Thanks for sharing!

@katiepryal.bsky.social will be at the Univ. of WI-Oshkosh on March 11, headlining "Building Resiliency: Exploring Health Approaches to Anxiety."

Pryal is the author of the book A Light in the Tower https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700636334/

#mentalhealth #highereducation #upkansas

Upcoming Events, and I’d Love to See You… This is just a short note to let you know that I'm traveling the next few weeks and giving talks in three different states (whew). Plus a new book!

Upcoming Events, and I’d Love to See You…

This is just a short note to let you know that I'm traveling the next few weeks and giving talks in three different states (whew). Plus a new book!

Oh yay!!

All of my California friends should come out! It is open to the public. Share? @apignataro.bsky.social @karriehiggins.bsky.social @beyerstein.bsky.social

This is a nightmare. But real life.

Love this

Excited to speak with OC Public Libraries on March 7 with their Regulation Station program 🚂 I’ll be talking about neurodiversity, parenting, and building communities where every kid belongs.

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#KatieRosePryal #Neurodiversity #InclusiveParenting #RegulationStation #LibraryPrograms

You can you more about the book at alightinthetower.com

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Thanks for highlighting my discussion on mental health and neurodiversity in higher education on @academiclife.bsky.social podcast! Check out A LIGHT IN THE TOWER from your library today. 🙏🏼

Thank you!

The cover of the book A Light in the Tower: A New Reckoning with Mental Health in Higher Education by Katie Rose Guest Pryal. The book sits facing out, on a wooden bookshelf. Behind this book is a tall stack of books in soft focus.

Dr. Katie Rose Guest Pryal joins us to unpack key findings from her book A Light in the Tower: A New Reckoning with Mental Health in Higher Education. 🎧⬇️

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@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @americanstudier.bsky.social #EduSky #AcademicSky #BookSky

HEY BLUE SKY CAN WE DO THE THING

An article in The Atlantic "Stop Meeting Students Where They Are: What I learned when I finally started assigning the hard reading again" by Walt Hunter

Hey @theatlantic.com, who hurt you? Why all the really bad #highered takes lately?
cc: @lollardfish.bsky.social @josheyler.bsky.social

Thank you so much!

Amazing

Thank you for sharing my article!

3 Things Teachers Wish Parents Knew About IEP Meetings Teachers of exceptional children face impossible pressures parents don't see. Here's what really happens in IEP meetings and why supporting EC teachers will help your child.

What do Exceptional Children (EC) teachers want parents to know about IEP meetings? @katiepryal.bsky.social talked to a former EC teacher with a degree in clinical mental health counseling who is now a trauma-informed writing coach, and had three main points:

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A white woman standing next to a blackboard that reads Navigating IEP with Confidence: Free Masterclass!

If you want to learn more about IEP meetings, you can check out my free (as in free-free) online masterclass, Navigating IEP Meetings with Confidence, here: iep.katiepryal.com.

Friends: @shannonrosa.bsky.social @katmacfarlane.bsky.social @karriehiggins.bsky.social @lollardfish.bsky.social (I know you've been to a few)

3 Things Teachers Wish Parents Knew About IEP Meetings Teachers of exceptional children face impossible pressures parents don't see. Here's what really happens in IEP meetings and why supporting EC teachers will help your child.

My latest piece, still talking about Individualized Education Programs, or IEPs: "3 Things Teachers Wish Parents Knew About IEP Meetings." I interviewed a mental-health-trained EC teacher for it. She has some great wisdom.

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/livi...
#neurodiversity #autismaccceptance

But by all means excommunicate the Black princess. These people.

The guy who owns Amazon shutting down the books section of the Washington Post is beyond parody

Criticism, yes, should be part of the cultural conversation.

Perhaps that's the real loss, here -- not book reviews/coverage themselves, but people's ability to understand that books aren't simply products to be sold. They're tools to help us unlock ideas, arguments, fantasies, and deep meaning.

a scooby doo poster that says searching for the lie Alt: a scooby doo poster that says searching for the lie

Just read in a funny post on IG that said Gen X'ers are 45-60yo but we look ten years younger...because of all that hose water we drank.
Fountain of youth, my friends.

Girl no. That's terrible. And also, DON'T GO TO LAW SCHOOL. In other news, how are you!?

two small brown dogs are sitting next to each other on a bed . Alt: two small brown dogs are sitting next to each other on a bed .

*Lots of screeching laughing happens outside our car, which is parked in front of our house, around dusk.*
Me: What is HAPPENING?
16yo: White People.
Me: *glances up from laptop* Those are our friends.
16yo: So? They're standing in the middle of the road with doodles.
...The mouths of babes.

As a former member of the NCTE I’ve always been proud of this story.