Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: Thinking Errors Practice Your thoughts are so powerful they create your reality. Where do your feelings come from? What happens, or how you think about what happens? For example, it could start raining, and I could think, “Oh no- this is going to ruin everything, I’m supposed to go fishing!” I could be […]
Why are smart, capable kids giving up on schoolwork?
Creating a Sense of Purpose Why are smart, capable kids giving up on school work? While there is no one universally true answer to this question, I have some ideas. One is the digital media and games that are intentionally created to be addictive by stimulating the reward systems in their brains, but that’s not […]
Behavior Management
Happy Cats or Sad Puppies? Link to behavior management summary video here. Focus on Behavior Management This is a common complaint about many of the children who come to see me for help with managing behavior. Anytime we have disruption in our lives from stress, depression, grief, change, ADHD, and […]
Gifted Child- Can they be hard to teach and parent?
The Gifted Child’s Struggle Giftedness can create problems and conflicts; being a gifted child can also mean difficulty socializing with age peers, thinking styles that don’t always mesh well with the demands from the environment, even children who see themselves as little adults, challenging teachers and parents. “The truly creative mind in any field […]
Sibling Rivalry HELP Now
Video preview summary link Don’t you hate it when your kids are agitating one another, screeching and crying out for your rescue? How will they learn to resolve their own conflicts if you jump in and do it for them? Get sibling rivalry help now. Sibling Rivalry can have significant impact on the quality of […]
Social Skills
Behavior Management in a Group- Chaos to Order Video preview of group in action; video link. Goals for early elementary social skills groups ages 4-8 •Keep your body and brain in the group •Visual referencing •Synchronizing your behavior w/others •Sharing control •Willing suspension of disbelief •Use words and follow directions to […]
Video Game Addiction Digital Media Management
Video Game Addiction Digital Media Management Do you have a kid who seems lost in his video games? Do they sneak them when they are not supposed to, find loopholes in digital media management filtering programs, and fight with you over turning them off? Are they spending tons of time immersed in a digital reality, […]
Child Anxiety Definitions and Strategies
Anxiety Disorders effect 1 in 8 children. (www.adaa.org) That’s a lot of kids, right? Read on to get information, tips, resources, a mini-course, and helpful links. I also created a video for parents, teachers, and other therapists to view so they can see some of the ways to manage the problems created by Child Anxiety. […]
ADHD Autism Video Game Addiction- Tips and tools to manage digital media
Tools For Keeping Your Kids Safe Online ADHD Autism and Video Game Addiction- do you think having one of these conditions makes a person more vulnerable to video game addiction? See the lists of resources below. Web Watcher- www.webwatcherkids.com Allows parents to block websites and record on and offline activity, including keystrokes, IM, and email […]
ADHD Child, Why is it never their fault?
Metacognition, ADHD Child Why is it never their fault? I didn’t do it. It wasn’t me. It was because so and so did such and such to me. My childhood ADHD made me do it. One parent said their kid tripped going up the stairs and yelled down at the parent blaming the parent for […]