Strengths Along the Spectrum
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has disorder in the very name. Otherwise known as a developmental disability, or a social/emotional handicap, many times the communication about ASD includes conversations about deficits, …
Group Dynamics
Group dynamics refers to the interactions and behaviors or people within a social collective. As our world continues to change, grow, and evolve, we find ourselves very naturally forming groups. …
How to Cultivate Gratitude in Your Family
Increasing research supports the benefits of gratitude and a healthy practice of focusing attention on appreciations and gratefulness. While this sounds great in theory, it can be hard to introduce …
How To Motivate Your Child
Motivation is the drive within a person, towards a specific goal. Some people are intrinsically motivated, or motivated from within. Their innate traits, personality, and the desire to reach their …
Teaching Consent to Children
As it often occurs, national events and headlines make their way to your living rooms and kitchen tables, and into our therapy offices, as well. Lately, questions about consent, boundaries, …
Tried and True Tips For Parenting Differently Abled Children
In this age of the internet, many parents crowd source their parenting decisions, even before a child is born. Parents scan the internet reading reviews of strollers and car seats, …
Back To School Series: Big Moves
As children travel through their school years, they go from toddlers, to kids, to tweens, to teens, to adults! It happens quickly, and parents scramble to keep up with the …
Back To School Series: School Supports
Children, parents, and teachers often meet a new school year with optimism. This fresh start is a chance for new beginnings, new friendships, new study habits…and new obstacles. While challenges …
Back to School Series: Setting Up for Success
A new school year is a landscape of opportunity. Much like a New Year’s resolution, parents and children alike make promises for the new school year, such as zero late …
Back To School Series: The Activity Balance
As kids and parents continue to prepare for back to school, the school schedule is not the only thing in mind as the family calendar starts to fill up. Increasingly, …