Special Needs and Friendship
When a parent or caregiver receives a diagnosis for their child, a myriad of thoughts, hopes, dreams and fears flood that parents mind. The medical and financial costs, the emotional …
The Spectrum Six: Six Positive Results of Having ASD
If you, or your child, has Autism Spectrum Disorder, or ASD, you are probably aware of the many struggles and challenges that come with the diagnosis: Difficulty reading social cues …
When Should Parents Get Involved With School?
0Being a parent is a constant tight rope balance between support and enabling. The goal is to eventually launch children into the world as productive and independent as they possibly …
Raising Girls
In our last post, we discussed the differences that male identified children have as compared to female identified children. We reviewed some of the structural brain changes, as well as …
Raising Boys
On the surface, raising a child with an identified gender of male should be much the same as raising a female identified child We are thankfully moving past strict gender …
Gender Differences Within Autism
Any conversation about autism and the prevalence rates is incomplete without also mentioning the gender differences that occur across the spectrum. An understanding of the gender differences helps capture the …
Is Autism An Epidemic?
Throughout the past 15-20 years, we have seen a steady rise and increase in autism prevalence rates. As these rates have increased, news articles, politicians, and talking heads have referred …
Parenting In The Era of Screen Time
You may have heard some of the alarming news related to research that links screen time and media usage with anxiety and depression in children and adolescents. This analysis was …
Talking To Teenagers
Parents often feel that they’ve entered a new planet, or at least a foreign country, when their sweet innocent children become teenagers. Adolescence is a developmental period where identity, responsibility, …
Welcome Jessy Coleman, LPC-Intern!
It is with great pleasure that Upside Therapy and Evaluation Center welcomes our new therapist, Jessica “Jessy” Coleman, LPC-Intern. Jessy is supervised by Nichole Lecznar, MS, LPC-S. Jessy received her …