Blog

How Executive Functioning Impacts Behavior

Children with executive functioning differences, like Asperger’s, Autism Spectrum Disorder, often have behaviors that look like defiance, stubbornness, and mischief. Understanding the root of the behavior can help intervene appropriately, …

Executive Functioning in Autism and ADHD

A common diagnosis clarification requested is to determine autism spectrum disorder (ASD) / Asperger’s disorder versus attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Both disorders impact the frontal lobe, responsible for executive functioning. …

The North Texas area is growing rapidly

The North Texas area is growing rapidly, for good reason.  The Plano Texas area has received numerous accolades for their family friendly environments, economic growth, and excellent schools. Allen, Mckinney, Frisco, …

What Is The Right Age To Diagnose?

I often get questions from families like “Is my child too young to be tested?” “Why should we test her now? Won’t she grow out of it?” “Is it fair …

Children and Therapy

I recently read the wonderful article on Psych Central about making the most of your child’s therapy how to make the most of therapy for your child and it led …

There is an upside to everything

There is an upside to everything, even though that can be hard to see sometimes. When we are in the midst of a bad day, a bad week, a bad year, …