Silly question, right? How can you ever have enough to stop the madness when it comes to the ways adults often interact with children who have differences? We can make it better. We can train adults in more loving and effective methods, and we can teach children emotional coping skills, social skills, and better ways […]
Ever wonder why people get “stuck?” Is it fear of change? Staying in the comfort zone of what you have gotten used to, even if it’s not really what you want and dream of? Listening to the internal critic and pessimism, resigning yourself to helplessness, in effect giving away your power to change? Or maybe […]
Autism/Asperger: Understanding from the Inside Out Autism Aspergers Syndrome PDD-NOS Book I read some years ago in my NASP(National Association of School Psychologists http://www.nasponline.org/resources/ ) handbook that “autism is a lifelong disease. “ I think this is misleading from two standpoints. First, it’s not a disease. It doesn’t get worse as time goes on, it […]
Solution Focus There’s a problem inherent in counseling people about their problems. The risk is that we are modeling and training to notice and focus on failures and problems. As soon as one gets better another is chosen or created. One way to overcome this risk is to be solution focused. In solution focused brief […]
Related Service Counseling and Counseling IEP Goals Menu (scroll down the page for the related service counseling IEP goals menu) Update: Telemedicine virtual online counseling now available here: https://www.bradmasoncounselor.com/ Coronavirus Kid Care Kit detailing how to reassure kids in crisis by age group, structuring their day, menu of offline at-home activities, and managing technology use. […]
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 […]
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 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, […]
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. […]
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 […]
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