The author relates that she was an introvert child. It has always taken her time and energy to find her place in a group. As a grown-up, she still needed quiet time to regroup during a busy day. In this article, the author presents an interview with Marti Olsen Laney, author of "The Hidden Gifts of the Introverted Child." During the interview,…

Strategies to help students transition to a new school year include emphasizing that everyone is in it together, discussing everyone's progress, visiting next year's classrooms, meeting students individually, discussing change, maintaining an open-door policy, reviewing the year's plan book, making memory books, and planning to visit old teachers.…