I have been working in K-12 schools in the Chicagoland area since 2012. As a professional in the field of school social work, I have had the pleasure to collaborate with many educators. More specifically, when I was an Elementary School Social Worker, I had the opportunity to work with Jill Forkel who is an exceptional educator. Jill has been a classroom teacher since 2012 and presently teaches 2nd Grade at Roy Elementary School in Northlake, IL. Because of our positive experience working together, we decided to write this blog to share practical strategies and interventions that we discovered to be helpful, and she said the following:
