Tantrums & Giving In
A: Make a plan in advance to avert the stress of meltdowns.
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When Your Child Worries: Understanding and Easing Childhood Anxiety
by Megan Allen, PhD, Psychologist
It is Monday morning and your son complains he has a stomachache and doesn’t want to go to school. You know he’s not sick, but for the last two months his tummy aches have been a common occurrence. What is going on? Read more »
Taming the Disorganized Child: 5 Steps to Get You Started
By Maria Deniston, MS, OTR/L, Occupational Therapist and Jill Yochim, MA, Educational Specialist
James, a middle-schooler, comes home from a long day at school and looks forward to downtime playing video games. After dinner, he searches for 15 minutes to find the scrap of paper where he wrote down his homework assignments, while his mother does the same, providing help that he does not appreciate. Read more »
My Kid Is Fine: How Teen Depression Deceives Us
by Katherine DeVaul, MD, Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
After Mike and his girlfriend of three years ended their relationship, his parents expected their son to be crushed. For weeks, he was withdrawn and moody; he avoided friends and rebuffed his parents’ well intentioned questions. Read more »
At-Home Strategies to Teach Your Struggling Student
For procrastinators, chunking is a useful strategy for breaking down large assignments into smaller, easier-to-tackle tasks. Read more »
Helping Your Child Forge Friendships
While every parent hopes that his child will fit in and be accepted, making friends is not easy for all children. Read more »
Is Your Child a Slow Reader or Are They Dyslexic?
Sara swept her vibrant red hair out of her face as she smiled up at me, clearly pleased with herself and seeking praise for the fact that she had completed her reading beautifully. What a change from the tentative reader I had met one year earlier. Read more »
Steps to Help Your Delayed Talker
You have a lot of titles as a parent: short order cook, chauffeur, personal assistant, maid. Are you also your toddler’s ever-present translator? No, she’s pointing at the yogurt hiding behind the milk gallon. Well, she’s screaming because you handed her a purple cup and she only drinks out of green cups.
It’s easy for you to navigate through these situations to avoid the tantrums and frustrations because you know your child’s preferences and you know she doesn’t have strong communication skills. You can respond to points, grunts and cries, but are you really helping her by swiftly taking the path of least resistance? How can you teach her the communication skills she needs to be independent and thrive? Read more »
Your Distracted Young Learner
by Cindy Lopez, Director of Community Engagement
Is your child struggling with the same behavior challenges in school without making progress? Does he or she have ADHD-like symptoms? Read more »
How Creative Play Builds Critical Reading Comprehension Skills
More and more parents understand the importance of reading to young children to promote literacy. Yet many parents are so eager to advance their child’s reading fluency that they neglect the importance of imaginative play in developing critical comprehension skills. So before you start to pack up the picture books and encourage your young child to read Harry Potter, make sure he’s getting plenty of opportunity to play.
Why is play important and what kind of play develops the foundation for literacy skills? Read more »
