Ben was the kind of kid you could not help liking. He was so hyper he could wear you out in 15 minutes. He overheard a teacher lamenting her accidentally catching her cat’s tail in the door. He never saw … Continue reading
A wonderful psychologist turned to me one day just after we had been soundly cursed and observed, “I think, Jane Hall, that this is Barney’s fault.” I had never considered such a thing and was taken aback. You are special, you’re the … Continue reading
I have been blessed, in my opinion, to have spent my entire professional career on the ground floor (sometimes it felt like the basement). By that I mean I always worked in facilities directly with inmates or kids. I never made … Continue reading
I thought I would spend some time organizing and preparing for this first real post. Then it occurred to me that I had certainly never done such a thing before. I began my career in special education in 1969 because … Continue reading
There is a large segment of the American population that is easy to forget. Very few people in this country, I believe, have any knowledge of the enormity of our correctional problem. Some states, for example, lock up more folks … Continue reading
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