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See the Child Behind the Behavior
Humans use both language and actions to express themselves. Children often express with behavior what they cannot put into words, leaving adults to decode the...
Understanding Gaslighting
Every once in a while, I feel compelled to clear up some “misinformation” ubiquitously shared. Today, the focus is understanding gaslighting. Gaslighting is...
Prevent anxiety disorders in children
Anxiety has outpaced depression as the number one mental illness in this country. While everyone will experience anxiety in their lifetime, we can prevent...
From Reacting to Responding: Managing Anxiety
People regularly seek therapy to get rid of, stop, or eliminate something in their lives. Most often it's the intrusive...
Prevent Challenges by Involving Children
How do children learn appropriate behaviors? We teach them! Going further, we prevent challenges by involving children. We may need to make some updates to...
Navigating Challenges with Children
During a counseling session, a parent overwhelmed with her child's challenging behavior shared her approach when she is uncertain of what to do. She told me,...
How the Negativity Bias Shapes Behavior
Does it feel like you mostly notice the things children are doing wrong? Do you tend to focus on challenges in your life in general more than what is going...
Promoting mindfulness in the classroom
In recent years, mindfulness seems to have garnered quite a bit of interest in the West. People regularly talk about being mindful, but what does that mean?...
Positive, Descriptive, Acknowledgment
Want to prevent challenging behavior and promote social, emotional, and relational skills? Try replacing praise with positive, descriptive, acknowledgment....
Executive Functioning in Young Children
""""In this article, Laura demonstrates how Executive Functioning (EF) in young children impacts learning and development. Specifically, how a lack of skill...
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